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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.
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.
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.
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.