Gen Z falls victim to online scams more often than boomers, says Deloitte survey
Growing up with the internet vs. watching it arrive
Apple adds hidden watermarks to iPhone 15 boxes to verify authenticity
You'll need a UV light to see it
Best Buy accused of selling Intel Core i9-13900K CPU with no internals
Emphasis on the "accused" part
Amazon customer discovers his Intel Core i9-13900K is an i7-13700K in disguise
This old scam hasn't gone away
Hundreds of thousands of trafficking victims are being forced into committing online scams
"This complex phenomenon has two sets of victims"
Group arrested for selling former cryptomining graphics cards as brand-new models
The cards were valued in excess of $2 million
Online scammers are turning analog to steal users' money
Tech support scammers are trying a novel offline approach
Cybercriminals are circumventing email security with image-based scams
Malicious emails contain no HTML text, are pulling off phishing through QR codes
Man designs ChatGPT bot subscription service to annoy and waste telemarketers' time
Sweet revenge for about $2 per month
Scam alert: If you received an unsolicited smartwatch in the mail, don't turn it on
The device could carry malware, or could simply be an online retailer review scam
Dell Australia found guilty in federal court of deceptive sales practices
Ordered to refund monitor purchases, with other possible penalties to follow
Watch out for sneaky ChatGPT scams in Google Play and Apple's App Store
Most AI chatbots for mobile devices are fleeceware to be avoided
New FCC ruling sends mobile carriers a very real message about stopping robospam texts
Carriers are now required to block messages from illegitimate numbers
Americans lost $10.3 billion to online scams in 2022
The largest financial hit since the FBI started tracking losses in 2000
Sketchy Google Play store reward apps accrue over 20 million downloads
Spend every waking moment earning worthless tokens
Eight "influencers" charged with securities fraud in $114 million pump-and-dump scam
Each suspect faces a maximum of 300 years if convicted on all 12 counts
The FBI warns that tech support scams are still popular
And people are still falling for them
Scammers tried to sell free Unreal Engine 5 "Superman" demo on Steam
A concerning precedent for small developers that release free games
Woman pays her Instagram lover $30,000 for a ticket back to Earth
The scam would have you believe Russia sends cosmonauts up, then charges them to come home
FTC lawsuit alleges Roomster owners scammed roommate seekers with fake listings and reviews
The roommate-finder app claims rentals are "real, available, and verified" but they rarely are
Third-party Walmart vendor found selling bogus 30TB SSDs
The same scam was discovered on at least one other online retailer
Beware of this very convincing PayPal phishing scam
It lacks the usual tell-tale scam signs
Criminals are hijacking PCs by mailing out fake Microsoft Office USB sticks
There's no such thing as a free lunch
All 50 states attorneys general promise litigation against telecom companies facilitating robocalls
Task force formed to help give current US legislation more teeth
FBI warns of fake crypto investment apps that have stolen $42 million in a few months
Too good to be true? It usually is