Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel is warning consumers of a nationwide Venmo scam. Scammers “accidentally” send money to consumers, then ask for the money back. Nessel advises consumers to never send the money back. Contact Venmo about the error. Scammers often use stolen funds that Venmo and other services will eventually flag as fraudulent. A common …
The force issued the alert on Friday, a day after officers revealed a new tactic used to dupe a businesswoman out of HK$41 million worth of cryptocurrency in an online investment fraud. Inspector Leung Man-yee on Thursday said the fraudsters had orchestrated in-person transactions to lower the victim’s guard and trick her into going along …
With a rise in online scams, India is facing an increasing number of cybercriminal activities, especially on platforms like WhatsApp. Scammers are constantly innovating new tactics to deceive unsuspecting users, often through WhatsApp calls. These calls are used to coerce individuals into sharing sensitive banking information and personal details. Despite this concerning trend, there are …
Disinformation is deliberately generated misleading content disseminated for selfish or malicious purposes. Unlike misinformation, which may be shared unwittingly or with good intentions, disinformation aims to foment distrust, destabilize institutions, discredit good intentions, defame opponents and delegitimize sources of knowledge such as science and journalism. Many governments engage in disinformation campaigns. For instance, the Russian government …
People in the UK are receiving on average seven fake messages or scams per day, with 49% of all Brits found to have clicked on or fallen for a scam in the past year. That’s according to new research from security firm McAfee, who blames the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) on the steep rise …
On Twitter, Elon Musk has taken action against bots and scam accounts, causing the suspension of Indian developer Prabhu Biswal’s popular bot account, known as ‘Explain This Bob’. This account was connected to the memecoin BOB and utilized OpenAI’s GPT-4 model to provide brief explanations in response to tagged tweets. Musk believed that this account …