GoKawiil - Tech News

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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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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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ChatGPT was caught recommending fake scam stores (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-10 | get AI Content Moderation Tool → | tags: bromley, fake, russell

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Man sent to prison for selling data of 7 millions elderly Americans (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-29 | get Data Privacy Protection Software → | tags: personal data, jamaican scammers, wire fraud

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Don’t Troll the Scam Texts. You’re Only Helping the Scammers. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-28 | get Spam Text Blocker → | tags: smishing, scammers, personal details

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Telegram Is Still Hosting a Sanctioned $21 Billion Crypto Scammer Black Market (wired.com)

2026-04-14 | by Andy Greenberg | get Encrypted Messaging App → | tags: telegram, xinbi guarantee, crypto scammers

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A 16-year-old intern helped Netgear catch scammers in India for $800 — Culprits would pose as Netgear employees & sell fake support packages to customers (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Netgear Router → | tags: able, fake, just

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Verizon’s $20 outage payout has scammers working overtime (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-20 | get Smartphone → | tags: account, credits, links

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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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FBI warns of virtual kidnapping scams using altered social media photos (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-05 | get Social Media Photos → | tags: loved, photos, ransom

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Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands - so how did they get her details? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2025-11-25 | get Smartphone → | tags: account, breaches, email

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Don't Buy Crypto From a Taylor Swift Deepfake. How to Spot a Celebrity AI Scam (cnet.com)

2025-11-13 | by See Full Bio | get Atomic Habits book → | tags: create, fake, scam

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Google will allow 'experienced users' to sideload unverified Android apps (engadget.com)

2025-11-13 | get Google Play Store → | tags: apps, google, malware

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Singapore to cane scammers as billions lost in financial crimes (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-04 | get Identity Theft Device → | tags: billions, billions lost, cane

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WhatsApp will now warn scam victims against screen-sharing bank details (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ben Lovejoy | get computer monitor → | tags: information, people, scammers

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Scammers are faking cell towers now; Americans bad at spotting scams (9to5mac.com)

2025-10-31 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Atomic Habits book → | tags: cell, devices, phishing

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Meet the AI Fraud Fighters: A Deepfake Granny, Digital Bots and a YouTube Star (cnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by See Full Bio | get Chromecast → | tags: ai, bots, fraud