Scams

1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (54+ words) From voice cloning to fake arrests, cyber expert Morgan Wright breaks down how scammers use high-tech tools to exploit basic human fears. Why the best defense against AI scams is old-fashioned skepticism From voice cloning to fake arrests, cyber expert…...

8+ hour, 22+ min ago   (431+ words) Home ➤ Press Releases ➤ How Victims of Romance Investment Scams Are Fighting Back Legally The term “pig butchering” describes a long-con scheme in which the fraudster cultivates a relationship before directing the victim toward a fake investment account. The victim sees…...

12+ hour, 28+ min ago   (292+ words) Discord's privacy woes continue as hackers of a third-party security tool make off with 1 million user email addresses. Gaming chat app Discord has suffered another user data breach, with a suspected 1 million email addresses stolen alongside (potentially many more) user…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (551+ words) From voice cloning to fake arrests, cyber expert Morgan Wright breaks down how scammers use high-tech tools to exploit basic human fears. While adversarial states like China and Russia leverage AI on a global scale, average Americans are most frequently…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (410+ words) Man gets 18 months for AI scheme stealing $8M in music streaming royalties. After pleading guilty, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, Michael Smith, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (118+ words) The recent Court of Appeal decision in Moorwand v. Hamblin rejected a derivative claim brought by victims of an authorized push payment fraud, clarifying that these claims will only succeed in limited circumstances where a provider is demonstrably put on inquiry…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (436+ words) Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and thousands of bot accounts to collect over $8 million in royalties from major streaming platforms A North Carolina man who turned artificial intelligence and an army of fake listeners into a royalty machine is headed…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (627+ words) New figures from a free scam-checking service suggest 'purchase scams' are the UK’s fastest-growing con. These scams usually involve someone paying upfront for goods or services that either don’t exist or never turn up. Over the past 12 months, checks in…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (407+ words) A Chinese hacking group has allegedly been impersonating AI experts, including a former government official, as part of an espionage campaign to steal AI policy secrets. Proofpoint said the group has been conducting targeted credential-phishing attacks against people working for…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (642+ words) Justice Department’s First-Ever Criminally Charged Super-Intelligence Assisted Music Streaming Fraud Jamie McDonald, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL SMITH was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme…...