The scam baiter pretends to be a victim and tells the scammer a parcel was handed to another person. The act makes the ...

Apate’s 200,000 fake AI ‘victims’ are so good at scam baiting, the company has a monthly KPI for how many F-bombs scammers drop at the infuriating bots. Australian tech firm Apate deploys a vast array ...

A seemingly reputable Amazon third-party seller appears to have duped at least 42 unsuspecting customers into paying $999 for a GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, shipping the buyers fanny packs instead. The ...

In the WhatsApp scam involving ballerina Eliska, criminals use a seemingly harmless vote as bait. Behind the scheme is so-called Ghost Pairing, which allows perpetrators to take over other people’s ...

Hello, is this Marta?” The man on the phone had an accent that was hard to place, but his English was clear and direct. He introduced himself as Nick. As you might expect of someone in her 80s, Marta ...

Politics is in the air, and scams could be on your smartphone. The political season is phishing season. Be ready to hit delete and report.

Meta's expanding its use of facial recognition technology to combat celebrity scams, which use well-known identities to dupe unsuspecting users. Which it's been developing for some time. Over the past ...

Meta is also testing video selfies as a way for users on Facebook and Instagram to verify their identity and regain access to accounts that have been locked. AFP Meta Platforms Inc. announced Monday ...

SYDNEY, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab said it has taken down some 8,000 so-called "celeb bait" scam ads from Facebook and Instagram as part of a new effort with Australian banks to ...

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