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Americans lost $333 million to Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2025 — FBI says there is a ‘clear and constant rise’ of this scam, and that it is ‘not slowing down’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Bitcoin ATM → | tags: athena, crypto, million

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Meta made scam ads harder to find instead of removing them (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-01 | by Rani Molla | get Facebook Ads → | tags: compiled, deliveries, estimates

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Meta created 'playbook' to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | get Facebook → | tags: crack, crack scammers, created

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Finally, a MagSafe wallet that doesn't feel like a scam (especially at this price) (zdnet.com)

2025-12-31 | by Kayla Solino | get MagSafe Wallet → | tags: magsafe, magsafe wallet, metropolis

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Vibration Plates: New Year Fitness Secret or Scam? Experts Weigh In (cnet.com)

2025-12-30 | by Taylor Freitas | get Exercise Ball → | tags: body, exercise, plate

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Someone Stole $400,000 Worth of Lobster Destined for Costco Using a 'Sophisticated' Phishing Scam (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-30 | get I cannot provide information that could be used to commit → | tags: altered, believes, lobster

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How AI Is Making Life Easier for Cybercriminals (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-12-26 | get I can't fulfill this request. → | tags: bigger, bigger targeted, convincing

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Amazon Fends Off 1,800 Suspected DPRK IT Job Scammers (darkreading.com)

2025-12-23 | get Smartphone → | tags: beset, beset deluge, deluge

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Chinese Crypto Scammers on Telegram Are Fueling the Biggest Darknet Markets Ever (wired.com)

2025-12-23 | by Andy Greenberg | get Blockchain → | tags: billion, black, crypto

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Ask HN: My mother was scammed out of all her savings. What should I do? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | get Blockchain → | tags: build, country, gone

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In 2025 Scammers Have Stolen $835M from Americans Using Fake Customer Service Numbers (slashdot.org)

2025-12-22 | by Posted | get Phone → | tags: airlines, google, number

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Honey: all the news about PayPal’s alleged scam coupon app (theverge.com)

2025-12-21 | by Verge Staff | get Coupon → | tags: attribution, businesses, click

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Scammers in China Are Using AI-Generated Images to Get Refunds (wired.com)

2025-12-19 | by Zeyi Yang | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: buyer, chinese, crabs

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The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams (wired.com)

2025-12-18 | by Matt Burgess | get FacialSwap → | tags: cryptocurrency, face, face swapping

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Can your shopping bot be trusted? How Visa will ensure scam-free AI transactions (zdnet.com)

2025-12-17 | by Sabrina Ortiz | get Atomic Habits book → | tags: agent, akamai, protocol

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Meta knowingly took in billions from scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, says Reuters (techspot.com)

2025-12-17 | get Facebook Ads → | tags: ad revenue, ads illegal, billion

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Google Sues Alleged Chinese Scam Group Behind Massive US Text Message Phishing Ring (slashdot.org)

2025-12-17 | by Posted | get Email → | tags: america, america work, forbes

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AI is starting to shop for you. Here’s how Visa is making sure it doesn’t scam you (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-17 | get E-commerce platform → | tags: agents, agents increasingly, ai agents

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RAM scammer swaps DDR5 modules for DDR2 and metal weights (techspot.com)

2025-12-16 | get DDR2 → | tags: amazon, amazon fraudulent, buyers

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Beware of 'gift card draining' and two other top holiday scams, US Treasury warns (zdnet.com)

2025-12-16 | by Lance Whitney | get Gift card → | tags: cyber, fraud, giving

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Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-16 | get NHS Blood Donation → | tags: aljin, campaign, campaigns

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Meta Allowed Scam Ads In China to Protect Revenue: 'I Don't Know How Anyone Could Think This Is Okay.' (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-15 | get Facebook → | tags: ad revenue, ads china, ads violate

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Meta Allowed Scam Ads In China to Protect Revenue. 'I Don't Know How Anyone Could Think This Is Okay.' (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-15 | get Meta → | tags: ad revenue, ads china, ads violate

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Beware: PayPal subscriptions abused to send fake purchase emails (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-14 | get PayPal Subscriptions → | tags: email, emails, paypal

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U.S. Government Websites Are Hosting PDFs Promoting Porn and Scams (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-12 | tags: government, government websites, hosting

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Director found guilty of scamming Netflix out of $11 million (theverge.com)

2025-12-12 | by Emma Roth | get Streaming device → | tags: called, fraud, funds

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It’s Open Enrollment Season. Don’t Be a Target of These Health Care Scams (cnet.com)

2025-12-12 | by See Full Bio | get Medigap → | tags: enrollment, health, medicare

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How Scammers Poison AI Results With Fake Customer Support Numbers (gizmodo.com)

2025-12-10 | get Voice Assistant → | tags: actors, actors exploiting, exploiting

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Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-09 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Phone → | tags: calls, family, feature

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People May Be Less Vulnerable to Phishing Scams When Using Mobile Phones (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-12-09 | get Smartphone → | tags: altogether, avoid, avoid clicking