Scammers capitalize on GTA 6 hype to push malware and crypto cons
Scammers offer fake GTA 6 early access and mobile versions for crypto payments or malware before the November 19 launch.
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Microsoft Edge Blocks Malicious Websites Sending Fake Virus Alert Notifications
Edge 156 automatically disables notifications from scam sites detected by SmartScreen and Scareware.
Online scam detections doubled and overtook phishing, Akamai says
Akamai and Bolster AI counted about 6.4 million scams in April–June 2026, while phishing detections rose 61%.
ITRC survey finds lasting shame and recovery burden after scams
Among scam victims who sought ITRC help, 54.8% felt ashamed, and 64% of identity-theft victims spent over 40 hours on recovery.
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F-Secure Launches Victim-First Scam Encyclopedia Covering 50+ Types of Consumer Fraud
F-Secure published a living Scam Encyclopedia covering more than 50 consumer fraud types.
West African scammers targeted in joint international government-industry operation
Joint Disruption Week against West African scammers yielded 28 arrests, 117 rescues, and 3.7 million account removals.
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Leading Tech Companies Join Global Law Enforcement in Major Crackdown on West African Scam Networks
Tech firms and law enforcement disrupted West African scam networks, removing 3.7 million accounts and aiding 28 arrests.
Internet Society Launches Global Online Trust and Safety Hub as Part of Its Safer Internet Initiative
The Internet Society launched a free multilingual Online Trust and Safety Hub to help people spot scams.
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Meta Partners With Government Agencies, Law Enforcement, and Safety Organizations to Launch Regional Anti-Scam Education Campaign
Meta's One Step Ahead anti-scam campaign reached 303 million people across 18 Asia-Pacific countries.
Meta Takes Action on 3.7 Million Accounts, Pages and Content In Partnership With Singapore Police Force
Meta and Singapore police disrupted millions of scam accounts, pages, and prebuilt shell pages.
Fake CAPTCHA Scams
Bruce Schneier examines fake CAPTCHA scams that abuse human-verification prompts as social engineering lures against users.
Why AI Is So Good at Scamming Humans
Menlo Park Intelligence researcher Fred Heiding discusses frontier models' capacity to influence humans, enable scams, and build emotional dependency.
Safe word: What is it and why do you need one?
ESET recommends pre-agreed family safe words to counter AI voice-clone scams such as virtual kidnapping, as one-in-four Americans report receiving deepfake calls.
The purpose of DNS is to spread scams
Interisle data cited by Terence Eden shows 8.5 million of 85 million new 2025 gTLD registrations blocklisted, implying a 10-20% scam domain abuse rate.
Scammers have figured out the best time to text you
Malwarebytes threat data shows scammers tailor platforms per scam, with the web as top channel, Friday midday peaks, and MrBeast the most impersonated person.
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Tech support scams look different now. Here’s what to watch for
Malwarebytes warns tech support scammers now abuse sponsored search results, fake listings, calendar invites, and Apple Pay notifications, and shares red flags for impersonation scams.
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Scammers are getting smarter about where they target you
Malwarebytes data shows scammers tailor fraud by platform: 90% of toll scams arrive via email/SMS and MrBeast is now the most impersonated person.
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What’s the Scam?
Bruce Schneier reports AI-generated fake thank-you replies to his newsletter confirmations from throwaway Gmail accounts; the scam's goal is unclear.
How Cyber Sleuths Tracked a Nigerian Scammer to His Doorstep
Cyber fraud fighters Erin West and Paul Raffile traveled to Nigeria to identify a scammer, uncovering more than just his identity.
The Money Mule Solution: What Every Scam Has in Common
CYBERA's money mule intelligence, now in Recorded Future's Payment Fraud Intelligence, targets the shared exit point of $450B-$1T annual scam losses.
Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China
Scammers in China are exploiting Microsoft Teams and Webex to trick Chinese victims into transferring large sums of money.
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Wzmacniamy w Polsce ochronę przed oszustwami
Meta announces expanded anti-scam protections in Poland, citing rising fraud across dating apps, crypto platforms, online games and SMS messaging.
LLM-Based Social Engineering Scams
OpenAI disrupted a Cambodia-based ChatGPT-powered scam network running romance, crypto-investment, gambling, and fake law-enforcement fraud campaigns.
A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains
Allure Security researchers found 838 live phantom bank sites sharing a $25 template, built to lend credibility to investment and romance scams.
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