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Email faker steals $30,000 from family trying to buy a home
The email address was just one letter off. But that missing letter cost a Florida family $30,000 when they tried to buy their first home. Here’s how it happened and how to avoid the scam.
Inside the scam: Atlanta woman loses $500,000 to love scammers
An Atlanta woman says romance scammers stole her life savings in a months-long fraud built on fake love, deepfake-style video calls, and emotional manipulation. Police later made arrests in the case.
Fake leather, Fake people: AI sellers are cheating shoppers
After more than three decades of artisan leather work, Grace ---smiling into the camera --- is ready to hang up her tool belt. But her face is fake. She's created by AI, designed to lure you into spending money. And it works.
Fact check: Can Elon Musk & Leonardo DiCaprio lower your electric bill?
Scammers are using fake emails, spoofed city addresses, and celebrity names like Elon Musk and Leonardo DiCaprio to push bogus energy-saving devices. Here’s what to watch for.
Scam psychology: How deepfake Walmart callers use your own brain against you
A look at how AI-generated Walmart scam calls exploit psychology, using fear, urgency, trust, and curiosity to push victims into pressing one and handing money to criminals.
Are scam callers using a Donald Trump copycat voice to trick you out of money?
Scammers are using AI-generated voices that sound like Donald Trump to trick people into fake Walmart charge alerts, pressuring victims to hand over money and personal information.
Crooks are using AI avatars to pull off cybercrime
A look at how criminals are misusing AI avatars for scams, propaganda, and fraud, and how AI companies are tightening defenses to keep harmful content off their platforms.
Fake authors are swindling people with shady AI travel guides
A fun but cautionary look at how AI-generated travel books are flooding online stores with fake reviews, bogus facts, and misleading advice that can ruin a trip.
Would you fall for this deepfake scam call?
Hear the real scam call in this video story as a Scottsdale police sergeant uncovers how AI voice cloning is making family emergency scams more convincing, dangerous, and expensive.
Two years of war & industrial cyberattacks in Ukraine
A video breakdown of Russia’s most significant cyberattacks on Ukraine during the first two years of war, focusing on industrial hacks that can cause real-world damage like power outages and expose new global cyber threats
Two crime fighters accused of running money for romance scammers
Two men who were supposed to be fighting crime turned into criminals themselves, according to investigators. Their criminal cases say the two took in money from romance scam victims, part of a criminal infrastructure to cheat people out of money.
Scammers are stealing people's faces for live video calls
All it takes is two phones and a cheap or free app. Criminals are swiping people’s pictures and using deepfake technology to pose as them in live video calls.
Watch the checkout for ugly surprises when shopping online
Are you a speedy shopper? Some companies are counting on you moving a little too quickly at checkout. Here’s why you should slow down and double check to avoid sneaky surprise charges.
Learn to detect a deepfake voice with an Elon Musk clone
Elon Musk has chosen you for his new investment project! But this Elon Musk is made up of pixels and crime. And he wants your money. The good news is he can help us detect other fakers like him. Here are the tell-tale signs that give away his deepfake voice.
QR code con: watch out for fakes in your email
You’ll find QR codes at restaurants, on receipts, and sometimes on the back of your cereal box. Do you ever scan them? Cyber crooks want to turn that habit into an illegal jackpot.
Tricky apps download a digital shark onto your phone
Watch out for social media posts or ads touting apps that might do more harm than good. Researchers say digital sharks are finding their way onto official app stores and onto your phone. Here's how to steer clear of these dangerous waters so you don't get bitten.
Three ways phishing emails can trick you as seen in Peru
Peru is one of the top targets in the world for email attacks. People in every country can learn from the tricks filling up Peruvian inboxes.
Would you fall for this fake email written by AI?
The first wave of AI-written attack emails looks like this, researchers say. One of the first-known cases of computer-generated phishing hit six universities in the U.S.
Here's how easy it is for scammers to use PayPal to trick you
Cyber crooks have found an easy way to send you PayPal invoices that are both fake and real at the same time. The goal: to steal your money and take over your computer.
Thieves are running illegal travel agencies with your stolen points
How do cyber attackers travel? They use airline miles. Sometimes yours. People are reporting a wave of airline account hacks, with points and money lost. Thieves are using you to run their own criminal travel agencies.