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Visa to buy cybersecurity firm BioCatch for $2.4 billion amid surge in AI-powered scams (cnbc.com)

2026-08-03 | by Hugh Son | tags: biocatch, visa, behavioral biometrics

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AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ai chatbots, pig butchering, crypto scams

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Online fraud is a $150 billion nightmare for Americans, but most crimes go unreported (techspot.com)

2026-07-30 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: fbi, internet crime, cryptocurrency

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AI chatbots are now better than humans at romance scams – and that’s scary (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-30 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: chatbots, romance scams, chatgpt

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AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Andy Greenberg | tags: ai chatbots, pig butchering, crypto scams

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Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: fbi, cryptocurrency, deepfake

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Online Scams May Be Costing Americans 7 Times More Than Reported (cnet.com)

2026-07-29 | by Nelson Aguilar | tags: fbi, consumer federation of america, online scams

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NordVPN’s New HangUp App Screens Calls and Texts for Scams (cnet.com)

2026-07-24 | by Alex Valdes | tags: nordvpn, hangup app, hiya

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Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere (wired.com)

2026-07-24 | by Matt Burgess | tags: satellite images, myawaddy, international justice mission

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iPhone Users Beware: Scammers Are Using FaceTime to Steal Bank Info (cnet.com)

2026-07-16 | by See Full Bio | tags: faceid, bank scams, apple

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Turning the Tables on Email Scammers With 'ScamBuster' (darkreading.com)

2026-07-13 | by Elizabeth Montalbano | tags: attacker, email, giovannoni

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Redditor finds "16TB SSD" for $30 that was actually a microSD card with weights glued on (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: drive, ebay, fake

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Redditor's latest fake-drive purchase reveals a 60GB microSD card and weights inside a "16TB SSD" (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: drive, ebay, fake

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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-07 | by Julie Bort | tags: coughlin, phone, savi

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Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | by Victoria Strauss | tags: book, club, payment

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Apple users beware: This ‘copy-paste’ scam could allow someone to take control of your Mac (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-04 | tags: apple, copy, copy paste

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Grab a massive $464 saving on a two-year NordVPN subscription with three extra months free — 69% saving unlocks this privacy-first VPN service with scam protection, password manager, 1TB cloud storage, ad blocking and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-01 | by Ben Stockton | get NordVPN Two-Year Plan → | tags: nordvpn, virtual private network, password manager

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Inside the rise of the global scam economy powered by AI and Starlink (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-30 | get AI Scam Detection Tool → | tags: starlink, scam industry, american tech companies

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Inside the rise of the global scam-economy powered by AI and Starlink (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-30 | get Starlink Satellite Internet Kit → | tags: starlink, scam industry, american tech companies

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Local Police Collusion Hampers Crackdown on Asian Scam Centers (darkreading.com)

2026-06-25 | tags: police, scam centers, cybercrime

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PSA: Watch out for these scams as Amazon Prime Day goes live (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-23 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Prime Day Scam Detector → | tags: amazon prime day, apple products, fake amazon domains

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These AI Scams All Have Red Flags. Here's How to Spot Them (cnet.com)

2026-06-20 | by See Full Bio | get AI Scam Detection Guide → | tags: ai scams, mcafee, deepfake

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Unlucky PC builder sent RTX 5070 from Amazon, gets DVD rewriter and a busted logic board from an early 2000's Kenwood AV receiver instead — $700 GPU turns out to be e-waste thanks to return scam (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Hassam Nasir | get RTX 5070 Graphics Card → | tags: nvidia rtx 5070, amazon, kenwood av receiver

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iPhone users: Be aware of this new ‘Apple High Alert’ scam (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-20 | get iPhone Security Case → | tags: apple high alert, iphone, scams

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Is That Call, Text or Email Real? Here’s How to Identify Scams (cnet.com)

2026-06-19 | by See Full Bio | get RFID Blocking Wallet → | tags: ai scams, robocalls, phishing

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Google shares updated timeline for rolling out Android developer verification (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-18 | get Android Developer Verification Kit → | tags: android, google, developer verification

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Click to Cancel Is Dead, but the FTC Is Still Fighting Subscription Scams (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | get Subscription Management App → | tags: ftc, click to cancel, shutterstock

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Click to Cancel is Dead, But the FTC is Still Fighting Subscription Scams (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | get Subscription Management App → | tags: ftc, click to cancel, shutterstock

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'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get Ghost Jobs Detection Software → | tags: ghost jobs, new york, illegal

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FTC warns of record $3.5 billion losses to imposter scams in 2025 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-16 | get Imposter Scam Prevention Kit → | tags: ftc, imposter scams, facebook