Scammers used an AI voice clone and a fake WhatsApp message to move €95 million out of an Italian bank
Fideuram recovered €53 million with help from authorities in Italy, Portugal, and China, but the rest went into crypto
Fake "locked computer" alerts in Google Ads are tricking users into calling tech-support scammers
The fraudulent pages hid the cursor and address bar, disrupted keyboard shortcuts, and played alarming sounds to make computers look unusable
Sweden launches campaign telling people to be ruder as scammers exploit good manners
Don't be afraid to tell a scammer where to go
This guy has spent two years hunting fake job listings on LinkedIn, and found 60,000 of them
Big quote: Verified profiles, company pages, and polished job listings are being used to lure job seekers into scams that can cost them money or expose their personal information. Jay Jones, a Chicago-area job seeker who calls himself The Profiler, has made it his mission to find them. Since being laid off from an advertising role in late 2023, Jones says he has helped get nearly 60,000 fake job listings removed from the internet, most of them from LinkedIn. He has also flagged about 7,000 profiles that he believes were used in job scams.
AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB: It's a Scam
AMD's Radeon RX 9050 4GB shares a name with the faster 8GB model, but half the VRAM and memory bandwidth make this OEM-only GPU a far worse deal than buyers may realize.
Amazon seller sends $1,400 RTX 5080 customer a cheap "gift" and fake instructions claiming the GPU is still coming
The buyer received a cheap mug, a suspicious leaflet, and a fake Amazon customer service address
Interpol's latest crackdown targeted the global network behind West African cyber-scams
The eight-month operation led to 58 arrests and identified 263 suspects across 22 countries
Online fraud is a $150 billion nightmare for Americans, but most crimes go unreported
Crypto scams still reign supreme, while AI is making criminals' life easier
These fake download websites look real and rank high on Google, until they swap the links for malware
The operation has run for nearly a year, impersonating 72 popular Windows tools to steal crypto and passwords
A hot potato: The developer behind popular Windows optimization tool Wintoys has uncovered a sophisticated cybercrime operation that mimics dozens of popular Windows apps through duplicate websites built to look uncannily like the real thing. The fraudulent sites reportedly distribute malware capable of compromising user privacy, hijacking account credentials, and draining crypto wallets.
Redditor finds "16TB SSD" for $30 that was actually a microSD card with weights glued on
This tech vigilante buys suspicious eBay listings just to report the sellers and claim refunds
Interpol arrests 5,811 people, seizes $293 million in global scammer crackdown
Why it matters: Interpol has wrapped up its biggest anti-fraud sweep of the year, reporting 5,811 arrests and the interception of $293 million in illicit assets across 97 countries and territories. The operation, code-named First Light 2026, ran from January 15 to April 30 and targeted social engineering fraud: the umbrella term for scams that manipulate victims into handing over money or sensitive information voluntarily, covering business email compromise, romance scams, impersonation fraud, investment fraud, and sextortion.
Fake tech support, bogus crypto, and a gold pickup: how scammers stole $673,000 in three days
Four scams in one Washington county reveal the same fear-and-urgency playbook
Scammers are selling fake RTX 4090 graphics cards with plastic GPU dies and missing memory
Another day, another fake GPU scam
Valve says physical Steam Gift Cards are being discontinued after years of scams
Retailers are expected to run out of physical Steam Gift Cards by the end of 2026
PSA: Scammers are getting their fake shopping sites into ChatGPT's results
Convincing copycats use near-identical domain names and layouts while dangling discounts of up to 80%
Android can now detect when scammers are faking calls from your contacts
Google's answer to AI voice cloning is a silent RCS handshake you'll never see
Craigslist founder and Sesame Street's Count von Count team up to fight online scams
Count von Count is helping teach adults one simple habit for spotting suspicious messages, Ah-Ah-Ah!
Was Ray Tracing a Scam?
Eight years after Nvidia promised ray tracing would revolutionize gaming, most gamers still disable it. So what happened, and did RTX buyers get sold a fantasy instead of the future?
Fake DDR5 sticks with dummy plastic chips are the latest RAM scam
The fake modules are another symptom of soaring DDR5 prices
Amazon customer buys Pragmata for Switch 2, receives fake card that damages console
Another fake product slips through Amazon Warehouse
Repair shop discovers near-perfect fake RTX 4090 with laser-etched VRAM and GPU core
"The best scam I've ever seen"
Hoax post claiming the world's oldest tortoise had died was a crypto scam
The fake post fooled major outlets and drew millions of views
Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD is good enough to fool your benchmarks
Counterfeit drive matches specs and speeds on paper, but collapses under real file transfers
Corsair redesigns DDR5 packaging to combat rising RAM scams
Customers can now see the actual DRAM product they are paying a fortune for
Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSDs are becoming harder to detect as storage prices soar
Counterfeit drive fooled Windows until Samsung's own tool caught it