A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game
At least a worthwhile use for #AI!
O2, the company behind the scam-baiting granny, said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time.
#scammers
Jeff Tiedrich
dumb-ass Trumpers are getting scammed by grifters selling obviously fake money
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/dumb-ass-trumpers-are-getting-scammed
#TrumpStinks #TrumpSmells #TrumpisaLoser #MAGA #Scam #Scammers #Cult #Grift #Grifter #Dumb #Conman #Stupid #Stupidity #Republicans
Maryland woman loses $17K in SIM card swap scam despite two-factor authentication
I've said it before and I'll say it again your cell phone is a BAD IDEA as your ID
A Cautionary Tale About Cell Phones, Identity and 2-Factor Authentication That Is NOT SAFE
Selling your vehicle? Watch out for this scam growing in popularity
Another new #scam to watch out for:
An Ottawa woman is warning people who are selling their vehicle to be wary of scammers who try to lure sellers into purchasing vehicle history reports through fraudulent websites in order to obtain their credit card information.
Ellen Thompson says she was encouraged by the large number of responses to an ad she posted on AutoTrader to sell her son's 2011 Honda CR-Z.
"The first day I was inundated with interested people and I thought 'Oh, this is crazy,'" says Thompson. "I couldn't even keep up to the interest."
Thompson had already paid for a vehicle history report for the pending sale, but she estimates nine out of every 10 text messages she received from potential buyers led to the same request for a vehicle history report from a different company.
#PigButchering #scam explained: Everything you need to know
source: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/Pig-butchering-scam-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
The pig butchering scam, also known as a #romance scam, is a long-term fraud that combines #investment schemes, romance scams and #cryptocurrency #fraud. This scam originated in Southeast #Asia, and the name originates from the Chinese phrase "Shāz Hū Pán," meaning pig butchering. A ring of cryptocurrency #scammers search dating and social #media sites for victims.
How scammers likely used artificial intelligence to con Newfoundland seniors out of $200K
A new wrinkle on the "grandparents scam". People need to know about this!
there will be #wars, and #rumoursOfWars
^ springs to mind when seeing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6erj-qpbMU
#soyuz #internationalspacestation
#bankers and other #scammers and #dominators playing out the rest of their #PNAC #ploy, pretending nation divides are real, keepin up the #weaponsofmassdistraction, despite the cooperations continuing?
or what?
#Romance #scammers’ favorite lies exposed
You may have heard about romance scammers who tell you they’re sick, hurt, or in jail – or give you another fake reason to send them money. But did you know that many romance scammers operate by offering to do you a favor? They may claim to be a successful #cryptocurrency investor who’ll teach you how it’s done. But any money you “invest” goes straight into their wallet. In another twist, they might say they’ve shipped you a valuable package (not true), which requires you to send money for “customs” or some other made-up fee. It’s all a lie. You send the money, and the package never turns up.
#money #finance #crime #cybercrime #scam #scammer #internet #love #news #crypto
State securities regulators order virtual casino firm to stop selling NFTs
Cyprus-based Sand Vegas Casino Club and co-founders Martin Schwarzberger and Finn Ruben Warnke allegedly offered 11,111 NFTs in a "high-tech fraudulent securities offering" to fundraise to build virtual casinos in the metaverse. They also erroneously told potential buyers the tokens were not securities, the Texas State Securities Board said in a statement.
Another Day Another NFT Scandal Scheme Exposed
#NFTs #NFT #Reuters #SecurityRegulators #VirtualCasinoScammers #CryptoTheft #Texas #Alabama #SandVegasCasinoClub
#NFTCriminals #Scammers #OffshoreScammers
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The #scammers who run #DuckDuckGo think they can fool some people into handing over their emails https://news.itsfoss.com/duckduckgo-email-protection/ see http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/
PSA: "International Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby" scam on social networks
At least three scammers have shown up on Diaspora claiming to belong to an utterly invisible to search engines "International Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby", following people and inevitably pitching for contributions (via Bitcoin of course)
This is by all appearances a scam.
DDG shows no results for the organization.
Similarly Google (note that it "helpfully" expands the search when no exact match is found)
Bing (note that it "helpfully" expands the search)
Startpage (also expands search when exact match isn't found)
Among scamming users on Diaspora:
"Suzen Lee": https://joindiaspora.com/people/a0d6113de1c6e868
"ionas" appears to have canceled their account: https://www.joindiaspora.com/people/3f48ac202b35942f
Typical pitch text
This is the text appearing on Suzen Lee's Diaspora stream presently:
Guided by our values of integrity, equality, respect, diversity and partnership, we work to improve the lives of those who experience discrimination and abuse because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and to achieve a world with human rights for everyone, everywhere.
Our work requires the development of strong human rights movements globally, which is why building advocacy partnerships is at the heart of what we do. As partners, we work hand-in-hand with local activists to strengthen their capacity to confront human rights violations at home. Together with our partners, we create visibility for human rights violations by monitoring and documenting abuses and by responding to human rights emergencies. We stand firm with those who seek to change discriminatory laws and policies affecting our communities.
Four critical goals shape our work: We advocate for the elimination of discriminatory laws, policies and practices, such as sodomy laws which empower police and other authorities to abuse, harass, extort, imprison and execute us. We support the enactment and implementation of anti-discrimination laws policies and practices to help build a world that is more equitable and fair. We strive to reduce family, community and state-sanctioned violence, publicly condemning all forms of violence against individuals because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. And we actively promote economic, social and cultural rights, such as those related to employment, housing, education and health.
Our work is critically needed; more than 80 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex intimacy. And every day in countries around the world, from Brazil to Botswana, Bulgaria to Bangladesh, those who challenge sexual or gender norms are arrested, forced into psychiatric "treatment" or marriage, denied basic job protections, health care, and parental rights, brutally attacked, tortured, and even murdered.
We bring a fluid understanding of identity to our work. We support people who experience violations to their rights on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. This means that we work with those self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) and with those whose identities do not fit the LGBTI paradigm, such as those who call themselves tongzhi or hijra.
We work for the day when people with diverse sexualities can flourish. We work for the day when all human beings are valued, and treated with dignity and respect. We work for the day when justice becomes a reality, everywhere.
Please, make a contribution today to keep up the momentum and the pressure for change.
Our Bitcoin address for donations is: 1B4QCVfMTdEGxBfnaegYBvSyEfWRAYmvEu
h/t @Stuart Duckworth
#gay #lesbian #lgbt #lgbtq #scam #scammers #bitcoin #1B4QCVfMTdEGxBfnaegYBvSyEfWRAYmvEu