Google sues alleged crypto scammers who uploaded fraudulent apps to the Play Store
An unprecedent move by Google
Counterfeiters caught in multimillion-dollar iPhone repair scheme
They face 20 years behind bards
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 Review: A Scammy CPU?
In testing the Ryzen 7 5700, we feel we've stumbled upon a product that is borderline scammy, or is at best anti-consumer. But maybe we're overreacting, so let's take a look and see what you think.
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm
Google launched a lawsuit against a scammer last year
There's a possibility FTX customers get repaid in full after all
The soaring price of Bitcoin has fattened FTX's bottom line considerably
FCC aims to outlaw AI voices in robocalls after fake Biden message
"AI-generated voice cloning and images are already sowing confusion"
Amazon sold a fake RTX 4090 with an RTX 4080 GPU and fried components
The mash-up card was part of a pallet deal
Global police effort sees 3,500 arrests, $300 million seized in online crime crackdown
The cybercrimes range from NFT rug-pulls to romance scams and deepfakes
Be careful who's selling you that high-end AMD Radeon GPU, especially on Amazon
Board partner Sapphire reports fraudulent RX 7000 listings
Microsoft and Amazon tip India's law enforcement on tech support call center fraudsters
The tech support scammers convinced customers to pay for PC "fixes"
Two Florida scammers stole more than $1 million from Uber Eats
A well-oiled scheme based on fake accounts, stolen information and prepaid cards
Shady dirt-cheap $3 SATA SSD benchmarks prove its worth exactly $2.99
Frustrated tester calls it a "piece of turd" not worth a flush
Social media scammers have stolen at least $650 million from victims this year
More than half came from investment scams
FTX employees discovered customer wallet backdoor, but bosses ignored their warnings
FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh could have avoided charges if he'd listened to subordinates
Gen Z falls victim to online scams more often than boomers, says Deloitte survey
Growing up with the internet vs. watching it arrive
In brief: There might be a stereotypical image of internet users aged 70 to 79 happily handing their bank details over to a "Nigerian prince" they just met on Facebook. But the surprising truth is that Generation Z – those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s – get scammed a lot more than their boomer grandparents.
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