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Candidate spam vs. scammer spam | Scam of the week

CHICO — The 2026 primary may be in the rearview mirror, but the general election hype is just getting started. It never ends during election years. I got an interesting call from a reader this past ...
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Mishing vs. Phishing: Protect Yourself Against the Latest Scam Tactics

Cybercriminals Are Getting Smarter—Are You? Lately I’ve noticed I’ve been getting a lot of text messages telling me that I need to call a certain number because either, my Amazon account was ...
ZDNet

Scammers are increasingly using messaging and social media apps to attack

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CNN

How to outfox financial scammers

While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...
The New York Times

Scammers Want to Steal Everyone’s Savings, Especially Seniors’ Savings. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer who has covered privacy and security — including ...
CNET

Scam Messages Are Everywhere. CNET Survey Finds 96% of Americans Are Targeted by Scammers Each Week

Everywhere you look there's a potential scam waiting to happen. Look no further than your inbox, CNET survey finds. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...
TechSpot

Phone network employs AI "grandmother" to waste scammers' time with meandering conversations

In brief: Human-like AIs have brought plenty of justifiable concerns about their ability to replace human workers, but a company is turning the tech against one of humanity's biggest scourges: phone ...
Mashable

The 12 most common internet scams to be aware of in 2025

Be careful out there. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; krblokhin / Jeffrey Coolidge / Photodisc / Glow Images / Glowimages / Isaac Lee / iStock / Getty / Indeed Join Mashable as we look back at ...
BGR

4 Ways Scammers Are Using AI To Trick You (And How To Stay Safe)

Whether we were ready for it or not, generative AI technology has circulated far and wide across the internet. Most of the major tech brands are pushing their own AI-powered tools and assistants, and ...
Android

Android Security Shields: Users Get 58% Fewer Scam Texts Than iOS'

Android’s AI-driven defenses are proving superior in the fight against mobile scams. The platform proactively blocks over 10 billion malicious messages monthly. New data shows Android users receive 58 ...
ZDNet

Android's AI is scanning your phone for scam activity now in two ways

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