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How global scammers use US tech to fleece peopleIndian scammer Safeer Koorimannil reveals how AI from American tech giants fuels global fraud rings in Myanmar. Trafficked to a scam center...- Valentine’s Day scammers target New Yorkers as holiday nears, BBB issues warning - Here’s what you can do to protect yourselfThe Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers about a rise in Valentine's Day scams, including fake gift offers, romance scams, wro...
- ChatGPT was used 'to help scammers do their thing' at Asia fraud compoundKenyan jobseeker Duncan Okindo was trafficked to Myanmar under false promises of work in Thailand, where he endured forced labor in a scam ...
- Fraud victims among top crypto ATM users, Australian regulator saysAUSTRAC has identified 90 top crypto ATM users in Australia as scam victims, money mules, or suspects in a nationwide crackdown on crypto-r...
- Deep love or deepfake? Dating in the time of AIBeth Hyland, a Michigan resident, fell victim to a romance scam, losing $26,000 to a con artist using deepfake technology. Scammers are usi...
- Cybercrime rate rises, victims lost whopping $16 billion. Here are top scams that duped peopleLosses from cybercrime are notoriously hard to calculate. The FBI's figures are among the most comprehensive, but the bureau acknowledged t...
- Valentine's Day scams exposed: How Facebook and Instagram romance fraud is trapping victims worldwide & how to protect yourselfValentine's Day scams are on the rise, especially on Facebook and Instagram, where fraudsters create fake profiles to trap victims. These r...
- Nigerian scammers accused in AI-driven fake Brad Pitt fraudThe scammers deceived 53-year-old Anne, into believing that she was in a romantic relationship with a 61-year-old Hollywood actor Brad Pitt...
- Rs 7.36 crore AI scam involving Brad Pitt addressed by actor. 'It’s awful that...'A French woman, identified as Anne, was scammed out of $850,000 by fraudsters posing as Brad Pitt using AI-generated images and fake social...
- Woman loses Rs 7 crore to scammer who posed as Brad PittImagine forming a romantic connection with Hollywood star Brad Pitt, only for him to request financial help, claiming his ex-wife, Angelina...
- Heartbreaking Tale of a 67-Year-Old Woman Scammed by a Fake 'Keanu Reeves' – A Stark Warning About Online Romance FraudKatherine Goodson, a 67-year-old California woman, fell victim to a romance scam involving a fraudster posing as actor Keanu Reeves.
- Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scamThe suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, were detained on December 10 at the seven-storey Big Leaf Building in Lagos,...
- Indian software professional in US loses her Rs 4 crore savings to 'fake love'. What is 'pig butchering' scam?The "pig butchering" scam ensnared Shreya Datta, a tech professional from Philadelphia, in a devastating cryptocurrency romance fraud, resu...
- Love Not Actually: 39% of Indians fall prey to cat fishers & scamsters online39% of Indians saying their conversations with a potential love interest online turned out to be with a scammer!
- From 'Believe In Magic' to 'The Grift', 6 must-listen podcasts about lies & fraudExplore the world of lies, scams, and con artists with these six gripping podcasts that delve into various forms of deception, from art for...
- Stranger Things! Woman in US divorces husband, duped of $10,000 after she fell in love with hit Netflix series 'actor'A woman was duped of $10,000 after she got into an online romantic relationship with an imposter who posed as "Stranger Things" actor.
- Losses caused by APP scams expected to increase by 85% in India by 2026: studyAPP fraud scams involve fraudsters tricking their victims into willingly making large bank transfers to them – in many cases, this happens ...
- Business email scam costliest type of US cybercrime in 2021: FBI reportIn 2021, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 847,376 complaints, a 7% increase from 2020, with potential losses exceed...
- Beware of online dating! Romance scams hits all-time high as fraudsters swindle millions in the name of 'virtual' loveIn the US, romance scams in 2021 increased by nearly 80 percent.
- Crypto scammers' new target: Dating appsRomance scams - the term for online scams that involve feigning romantic interest to gain a victim's trust - have increased in the pandemic...
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