Romance scams may rise as isolation grows and generative AI helps scammers scale; the FBI says US victims lost nearly $4.5B to such scams over the past decade
There are even sweatshop type setups where people are tricked into working in the romance scam industry. — It would be nice if Wired acknowledged that instead of using an illustration that promotes ...
In its latest security report, Meta says it removed 2M+ accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the UAE
Here's Why TechRadar : Meta reveals major crackdown on organized crime scams Cynthia B Brumfield / Metacurity : Meta Addresses Pig-Butchering, Claims Two-Year Collaboration with Law Enforcement Wired ...
The US FTC says ~56K romance scams were reported last year as crypto scammers turned to dating apps; experts believe crypto dating scams originated in China
“Everything was a lie,” said one woman lured into a recent scam. — The man from the dating app Hinge checked all of Tho Vu's boxes. Tweets: @kevinroose , @mrinaldesai , @goldengateblond , and @drner...
Two people, in their free time, have reported ~2,000 fake Facebook accounts posing as US military and are concerned about the company's tools to catch others
“We know we have more work to do,” Facebook said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. — Kathy Kostrub-Waters and Bryan Denny estimate they've spent … Tweets: @craigsilverman and @craigsilverman Tweets: ...