A chilling new scam uses AI to clone your child's voice, tricking parents into paying ransom. Here's how the horror unfolds—and how to avoid it. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

Five young men thought they were going to Cambodia to intern at a casino. Instead, they say, they became enslaved in one of the world’s most sophisticated fraud networks, an industry that has swindled ...

The "screw method" scam is taking over social media by storm, but you can rest easy: According to Snopes, it's actually a hoax. Reports have been making the rounds in recent weeks, enough to even get ...

Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network ...

Q: I’ve been getting strange invitation emails lately; how do I know if they’re real? A: With graduation parties, weddings and summer get-togethers filling up the calendar, it’s perfectly normal to be ...

ChatGPT shopping results have been linked to fake stores, exposing some users to financial fraud and stolen payment details. Scammers exploited the disappearance of Russell & Bromley as an independent ...

A new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a showcase of how hard it’s become to police the app stores for scammy apps. The suit alleges that a company known as Genesis Tech ...

Scammers have found a new way to reach shoppers: getting ChatGPT to do their marketing for them. According to The Guardian, scam-checking service Ask Silver found that OpenAI’s chatbot is recommending ...

Police used an undercover operation to detain a man accused of targeting an elderly woman in a scheme that allegedly cost her $700,000. Authorities say the case involved an attempt to convert the ...

After falling for a scam call, ‘The Tech Chap’ host Tom Honeyands realised he’d given away vital details in social media posts When Tom Honeyands realised he had been defrauded out of £70,000 he was ...

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A California man has been sentenced to two to four years in State Prison for attempting to bilk more than $50,000 from a 92-year-old Pelham woman. Yalei Li, 39, of Rosemead, California, was arrested ...