Category: News
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AI Scammers Just Pulled Off a $25 Million Heist Using Deepfake Video Calls
It sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller: A finance worker at a multinational company gets a video call from the chief financial officer. The request? A confidential, high-stakes money transfer. Other colleagues are on the call, nodding along, seemingly in the know. Everything checks out. So, the employee wires over $25 million.
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A Woman Lost Her Life Savings to Fraud. Chase Bank Says It’s Not Liable.
For nearly two decades, Courtney White deposited her earnings into a savings account at Chase Bank. A former sergeant with the Markham Police Department, White worked overtime shifts to build a financial cushion, carefully structuring her account to require in-person transactions—no debit card, no checks—as an added layer of security. But in the fall of…
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How Victims of Online Fraud Get Hit Twice—By Scammers and the IRS
There’s a cruel irony in the aftermath of being scammed. First, someone deceives you into giving up your hard-earned savings. Then, as you’re trying to piece together what remains of your financial life, the government comes knocking. Not to help—but to collect taxes on money you never even really had.
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How a Fake Brad Pitt Conned a Woman Out of $850,000
Scams can take many shapes, but some, like the one that swindled a French woman out of nearly $800,000, are as elaborate as they are heartbreaking. This case involves a series of carefully orchestrated deceptions, including AI-generated images of Brad Pitt, messages from a supposed family member, and a fabricated tale of medical and financial…
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How One Couple Lost Their Life Savings to a Real Estate Wire Scam—and How You Can Stay Safe in 2025
Imagine spending months searching for your dream home, only to have your hard-earned life savings stolen days before closing. This nightmare became a reality for Raegan Bartlo and her husband, who lost $255,000 to a real estate wire fraud scam in West Virginia. Their story is a sobering reminder of the growing prevalence of sophisticated…
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The Phone Scam That Could Wipe Out Your Bank Account—And How to Stop It
Imagine waking up one morning, trying to check your texts, and realizing your phone isn’t working. Weird, right? Now imagine finding out a few hours later that someone drained $38,000 from your bank account. That’s not just a bad day—it’s a complete nightmare.