AI-powered scams and what you can do about them
This is by no means a complete list, just a few of the most obvious tricks that AI can supercharge. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams
Read more: Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scamsThe new coalition, Tech Against Scams, will work together to find ways to fight back against the tools used by scammers and to better educate the public against financial scams. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Biz & IT, breaches, Dell, personally identifiable information, PII, Scams, Security, Tech Industry, Tech News
Dell warns of “incident” that may have leaked customers’ personal info
Read more: Dell warns of “incident” that may have leaked customers’ personal infoNotification follows claim of compromised database with 49M Dell customers’ data.
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Europcar says someone likely used ChatGPT to promote a fake data breach
Read more: Europcar says someone likely used ChatGPT to promote a fake data breachOn Sunday, a user in a well-known hacking forum advertised what they claimed was a cache of stolen data from the rental car giant Europcar. The user claimed to have stolen the personal information of more than 48 million Europcar customers, and said th…
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Logan Paul promises CryptoZoo refunds, as long as you don’t sue him
Read more: Logan Paul promises CryptoZoo refunds, as long as you don’t sue himLogan Paul is offering refunds for CryptoZoo, the failed and allegedly fraudulent Pokémon-inspired NFT game that he launched in 2021. The catch? You can’t sue him if you get a refund. In an X (formerly Twitter) post on Thursday, Paul announced th…
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Crypto losses declined over 50% in 2023
Read more: Crypto losses declined over 50% in 2023While hackers continue to hack the crypto industry for a cash grab, the dollar amount is down substantially compared to the previous year. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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big banks, consumer financial protection bureau, email scams, imposter scams, payment apps, phone scams, Policy, Scams, Tech Industry, Tech News, text scams, Zelle
Zelle finally caves after years of refusing to refund scam victims
Read more: Zelle finally caves after years of refusing to refund scam victimsZelle now shielding users from the most reported scam in payments.
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YouTube is disabling links on Shorts to cut down on spam
Read more: YouTube is disabling links on Shorts to cut down on spamYouTube Shorts is making a change to address the growing issues around spam on the short-form video platform. The company says that starting on August 31st, links that appear in the Shorts comments section, Shorts descriptions, and the vertical live feed will no longer be clickable. This new policy is meant to be a preventative…
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Crypto, cryptocurrencies, hex, lawsuit, Scams, SEC, securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, Tech Industry, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC sues Richard Heart and his projects Hex, PulseChain and Pulse X for fraud, securities violations
Read more: SEC sues Richard Heart and his projects Hex, PulseChain and Pulse X for fraud, securities violationsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it is suing Richard Schueler, known online as Richard Heart and his three crypto projects, Hex, PulseChain and PulseX, for conducting unregistered offerings of “crypto asset securities.” The unregistered offerings raised more than $1 billion in crypto from investors, the agency stated. Heart and PulseChain also were…
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Protect yourself from ticketing scams ahead of the Premier League Summer Series USA Tour
Read more: Protect yourself from ticketing scams ahead of the Premier League Summer Series USA TourThere is a significant secondary marketplace where tickets can sell for several times their original value, opening the opportunity for scammers and fraud The post Protect yourself from ticketing scams ahead of the Premier League Summer Series USA Tour…
