Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...

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In late November 2024, Seth Alvo of Berm Peak, a popular cycling YouTube channel with over 2.5 million subscribers, was made aware that someone had stolen his identity using LLMs like ChatGPT to ...

Crypto phishing scammers are apparently earning five-figure weekly incomes by impersonating Coinbase support and using leaked data to target high-ranking crypto executives and software engineers. Nick ...

I’ve always loved true-crime documentaries, and the more outrageous the con, the better. Inventing Anna. The Dropout. The Tinder Swindler. Apple Cider Vinegar. I’m fascinated by how people so ...

With affordable housing so hard to find in South Florida, a good deal from what looks like a reputable realtor is hard to resist. So hard, NBC6 Investigates found, people are sending thousands in cash ...

When a couple in St. Pete lost their dog, a scammer took advantage using AI-generated photos to trick them into paying fake veterinary bills.

Person holding their phone with an incoming call from an unknown number. There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, ...