Microsoft Is Using AI to Stop Phone Scammers From Tricking You

There are plenty of tools out there for filtering and blocking spam calls. But what about the calls you actually answer?  That’s the problem Microsoft is trying to address with a new service called Azure Operator Call Protection, which analyzes conversations in real time and can alert the user if the caller seems suspicious. Microsoft … Read more

Scammers Sent Fake iPhones ‘For Repair’ to Get $3 Million in Authentic Phones From Apple

File photo of people walking past an Apple flagship store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Feb 20, 2024.Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing (Getty Images) Two men in Maryland who sent thousands of counterfeit iPhones to Apple for repairs to get authentic replacement iPhones in return were found guilty by a federal jury on Tuesday, according to an … Read more

Facebook Marketplace Is Being Ruined by Zelle Scammers

Some scams encourage people to upgrade their Zelle accounts to a business tier to receive money from a buyer, according to the Better Business Bureau, and come from emails mimicking Zelle, but with different domains. That upgrade appears to cost $300, and the buyer promises to send it if the seller will then refund it. … Read more

The Enduring Nightmare of Trafficked Scammers

After just two months of exchanging WhatsApp messages, Mark Santos knew the stranger he met online was falling in love with him. “He was very nice,” Santos says, of the unmarried 47-year-old real estate broker from Virginia. “We even celebrated our two months of being together.” Except Santos wasn’t who he said he was. And … Read more

I’m Dying Laughing At These Scammers Who Tried To Rip People Off And Got Totally And Completely Destroyed In The Process In 2023

Honestly, it feels like part of just being alive in 2023 is getting about 15 scammer or spam texts every single day. It can be enough to drive one absolutely cuckoo. Join me, if you will, as we look at some people who absolutely dunked on some sorry scammers. Take for example… 1.The person who … Read more

Google fights scammers using Bard hype to spread malware

Google is suing scammers who are trying to use the hype around generative AI to trick people into downloading malware, the company has announced. In a lawsuit filed today in California, the company says individuals believed to be based in Vietnam are setting up social media pages and running ads encouraging users to “download” its … Read more

‘The Beekeeper’ trailer sees Jason Statham take bloody revenge on phishing scammers

Unfortunately, action film The Beekeeper isn’t about an environmental activist taking on threats to our vital pollinating insects. However, it is about an actual beekeeper taking revenge on phishing scammers, which might be the next best thing. The Beekeeper follows beekeeper/former secret agent Mr. Clay (Jason Statham), who goes on a bloody revenge mission after … Read more