Published on: 2025-06-10 08:06:00
Scammers gotta be scamming. Getty Images Whether it's scam text messages, fake ads, unsolicited social media messages, or just plain old phishing emails, the methods used by cybercriminals to hook their targets are getting more sophisticated and believable. That's the upshot of a report released Wednesday by Google ahead of its Safety Engineering Center's inaugural Scams Summit. The research pointed to recent Federal Trade Commission data showing that reported fraud losses jumped 25% to $12.5
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 13:06:53
Scammers gotta be scamming. Getty Images Whether it's scam text messages, fake ads, unsolicited social media messages, or just plain old phishing emails, the methods used by cybercriminals to hook their targets are getting more sophisticated and believable. That's the upshot of a report released Wednesday by Google ahead of its Safety Engineering Center's inaugural Scams Summit. The research pointed to recent Federal Trade Commission data showing that reported fraud losses jumped 25% to $12.5
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-01 04:10:09
The FBI is warning of a new scam targeting Middle Eastern students who lawfully reside in the US. Fraudsters are impersonating government officials in an attempt to convince students that there is an issue with their immigration or visa status. To rectify the problem, and avoid prosecution or deportation, a targeted student is asked to pay paperwork processing fees. Scammers are known to take advantage of current events to craft believable cons. This particular scam comes amid efforts by the Tr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 17:03:18
As the underground industry of crypto investment scams has grown into one of the world's most lucrative forms of cybercrime, the secondary market of money launderers for those scammers has grown to match it. Amid that black market, one such Chinese-language service on the messaging platform Telegram blossomed into an all-purpose underground bazaar: It has offered not only cash-out services to scammers but also money laundering for North Korean hackers, stolen data, targeted harassment-for-hire,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-06 01:00:00
Digital scammers have never been so successful. Last year Americans lost $16.6 billion to online crimes, with almost 200,000 people reporting scams like phishing and spoofing to the FBI. More than $470 million was stolen in scams that started with a text message last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. And as the biggest mobile operating system maker in the world, Google has been scrambling to do something, building out tools to warn consumers about potential scams. Ahead of Google
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 13:00:00
These days, when Nicole Yelland receives a meeting request from someone she doesn’t already know, she conducts a multi-step background check before deciding whether to accept. Yelland, who works in public relations for a Detroit-based non-profit, says she’ll run the person’s information through Spokeo, a personal data aggregator that she pays a monthly subscription fee to use. If the contact claims to speak Spanish, Yelland says, she will casually test their ability to understand and translate t
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Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Cryptocurrency is notoriously volatile. Digital asset value can swing wildly in a matter of days or hours, making them both a thrilling and high-risk investment. The latest example is Bitcoin value eclipsing more than $100,000 for the first time in December. That was followed by a sharp decline in price driven by the unknown impact of US tariffs. In addition to market volatility, there's another dangerous side of crypto investing: crypto scams. Investors lost $
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 08:29:00
In brief: It seems one profession that really loves generative AI is that of the cybercriminal. Microsoft warns that the technology has evolved to the point where creating an online scam can now take minutes rather than days or weeks and requires little technical knowledge. In its latest edition of the Cyber Signals report, Microsoft writes that AI has started to lower the technical bar for fraud and cybercrime actors looking for their own productivity tools. The range of cyber scams AI can be
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In brief: It seems one profession that really loves generative AI is that of the cybercriminal. Microsoft warns that the technology has evolved to the point where creating an online scam can now take minutes rather than days or weeks and requires little technical knowledge. In its latest edition of the Cyber Signals report, Microsoft writes that AI has started to lower the technical bar for fraud and cybercrime actors looking for their own productivity tools. The range of cyber scams AI can be
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-13 13:19:47
The FBI warns that scammers impersonating FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) employees offer to "help" fraud victims recover money lost to other scammers. Over the last two years, between December 2023 and February 2025, the FBI said it has received over 100 reports of fraudsters using this tactic. "Complainants report initial contact from the scammers can vary. Some individuals received an email or a phone call, while others were approached via social media or forums," the law enforcem
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-02 09:00:00
Time is running out to get your income taxes filed, and experts warn that waiting until the last minute could cost you. Rushing through this annual chore at the last minute could put you at risk for more than just making costly mistakes -- it could also make you more likely to fall for tax season-related scams and other attempts to steal your refunds and personal information. Ahead of the annual April 15 deadline, the FBI is warning consumers that criminals are stealing taxpayer identities and
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Transcript [transition dinging] [suspenseful music] [Evelyn] I was on Hinge for just a couple of months and matched with one of the profiles. Seemed like a nice guy. It escalated to him asking if I knew about cryptocurrency. He said he ran a studio on the side that did some currency exchanges. And I ended up taking all my savings, even tapping into my IRA, we're talking like $300,000. [whistling] Okay. [laughing] That's a lot of money. [Evelyn] Yeah. It still to this day, a year
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rob dobi/Getty Images A widespread "smishing scam" is targeting people for their personal information under the guise of unpaid tolls. In recent months, the American public has been hit with waves of texts claiming they owe unpaid tolls or E-ZPass bills. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center has logged more than 60,000 reports of the such texts, a spokesperson told NBC News. Also: These phishing attacks are now targeting Mac browsers - how to protect yourself Scammers, purporting to be f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-26 08:00:00
It's officially tax season and April 15 is fast approaching. Sure, waiting until the last minute to file is tempting, especially if you owe the government money, but security experts say procrastinators should beware. Rushing last-minute through this annual chore could put you at risk for more than just making costly mistakes -- it could also make you more likely to fall for tax season-related scams and other attempts to steal your refunds and personal information. While consumers have long ne
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-29 04:32:57
is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Google is taking down 10,000 fake business listings from Google Maps and suing a network of scammers who set them up, CBS News reports. The company’s lawsuit alleges that a man connected to a broader scam network created fake business profiles on Google Maps and sold them for profit. Google was tipped off by a Texas-based locksmith who said so
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-07 16:00:00
It was almost an hour into our Google Meet call. I was interviewing Kitboga, a popular YouTube scam baiter with nearly 3.7 million subscribers, known for humorously entrapping fraudsters in common scams while livestreaming. "I assume I'm talking to Evan Zimmer," he says with a mischievous glance, his eyes exposed without his trademark aviator sunglasses on. We were close to the end of our conversation when he realized that my image and audio could have been digitally altered to impersonate me t
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It was almost an hour into our Google Meet call. I was interviewing Kitboga, a popular YouTube scam baiter with nearly 3.7 million subscribers, known for humorously entrapping fraudsters in common scams while livestreaming. "I assume I'm talking to Evan Zimmer," he says with a mischievous glance, his eyes exposed without his trademark aviator sunglasses on. We were close to the end of our conversation when he realized that my image and audio could have been digitally altered to impersonate me t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-19 07:50:00
It's officially tax season and April 15 is fast approaching. Sure, waiting until the last minute to file is tempting, especially if you owe the government money, but security experts say procrastinators should beware. Rushing last-minute through this annual chore could put you at risk for more than just making costly mistakes -- it could also make you more likely to fall for tax season-related scams and other attempts to steal your refunds and personal information. While consumers have long ne
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-20 13:28:00
ZDNET A new "smishing scam" is targeting people for their personal information under the guise of unpaid tolls. Scammers, purporting to be from E-ZPass or other toll providers (like SunPass, Peach Pass, or EZDriveMA), are sending fraudulent text messages asking for toll payments and urging recipients to click a link to settle their bills. Also: Why I use virtual cards for online purchases – and you should too The messages usually threaten that if the person does not pay their balance, they w
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krblokhin/Getty Images A new "smishing scam" is targeting people for their personal information under the guise of unpaid tolls. Scammers, purporting to be from E-ZPass or other toll providers (like SunPass, Peach Pass, or EZDriveMA), are sending fraudulent text messages asking for toll payments and urging recipients to click a link to settle their bills. Also: Why I use virtual cards for online purchases – and you should too The messages usually threaten that if the person does not pay thei
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-23 23:00:13
It's officially tax season, and April 15 is fast approaching. Sure, waiting until the last minute to file is tempting, especially if you owe the government money, but security experts say procrastinators should beware. Rushing last-minute through this annual chore could put you at risk for more than just making costly mistakes -- it could also make you more likely to fall for tax season-related scams and other attempts to steal your refunds and personal information. While consumers have long n
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