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Here’s how to stay safe from Chinese scammers releasing malicious Diwali-themed campaigns targeting Indians

If you have received social media links to websites that offer or promise free Diwali gifts, then t…

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Aaron Holmes   


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How to keep scammers from infiltrating your text messages and making a fortune

Scammers can exploit vulnerabilities in the phone system to blast dangerous links to your phone. He…

Walt Hickey   


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How scammers use deepfakes of celebs to steal millions from fans

Scammers in Australia are using deepfakes of Steve Irwin's son and other celebrities to trick fans…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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How scammers used 'social engineering' to steal over $1 million from an Idaho town of less than 4,000 people

Gooding, Idaho lost more than $1 million after scammers used "social engineering" to trick an emplo…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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AI-savvy scammer uses deepfake video to steal ₹40,000 via WhatsApp

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become mainstream since the launch of ChatGPT, with awareness abou…

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Meet the new AI grandmother that can scam the scammers on your behalf

"Scambaiting" is when the target of a scam knowingly plays along to waste the scammer's time. Now t…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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If your bank texts you to warn you of a fraudulent charge, that's likely a scammer, FTC warns

Scammers are creating such realistic bank fraud warning texts, that they've milked unwitting consum…

Julie Bort   


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How a woman lost nearly $150,000 to a romance scammer who gaslit her

Linda Young told the BBC that she had fallen under the scammer's "spell" and that the experience wa…

Rebecca Rommen   


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A student loan scam operation was reportedly exposed after the scammer was arrested on cyberstalking charges

When arresting a man on cyberstalking charges, the FBI discovered a years-long student loan scam op…

Lauren Frias   


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Love is in the air, but so are scammers: Protect yourself from valentines day dating app frauds

Valentine's Day is a time for love and romance, but it can also be a time for scammers to take adva…

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Scammers sending WA messages to top tier employees' pretending to be their CEO: CloudSEK report

CloudSEK analysts found a spear phishing campaign targeting multiple corporations wherein a spec…

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Cash App scammers are impersonating Jeffree Starr and David Dobrik in order to fake cash giveaways and defraud people

When YouTubers announced recent cash giveaways, scammers targeted fans using fake Cash App accounts…

Aaron Holmes   


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Scammers used fake emails and a cloned website to trick health authorities into spending millions on face masks that didn't exist

The episode illustrates how scammers are cashing in on government agencies' desperation and need fo…

Aaron Holmes   


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Look out for fake donation links for Afghanistan and Haiti relief

After world disasters like the earthquake in Haiti and the Afghan refugee crisis, scammers flood th…

Heather Schlitz   


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There's A Reason Nigerian Scammers Are So Obvious In Their Emails

Therefore, it's in the scammers' best interest to minimize the number of false positives who cost t…

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A Wells Fargo customer lost $68,000 after being tricked into making a wire transfer by a scammer, report says

Marc Beardsley told ABC7 he didn't realize a scammer got into his account and transferred $70,000 f…

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