#scams — Public Fediverse posts

Bei #A1 gibt's jetzt "sicheres Internet für Unternehmen"!
(Ganzseitige Inserat im Standard)

#Fakenews, #scams, #spam, gehackte Websites, #Serviceausfälle, alles Geschichte?

Achso ..
"#DNS Security"
.. gegen Aufpreis..

Bei #A1 gibt's jetzt "sicheres Internet für Unternehmen"!
(Ganzseitige Inserat im Standard)

#Fakenews, #scams, #spam, gehackte Websites, #Serviceausfälle, alles Geschichte?

Achso ..
"#DNS Security"
.. gegen Aufpreis..

Bei #A1 gibt's jetzt "sicheres Internet für Unternehmen"!
(Ganzseitige Inserat im Standard)

#Fakenews, #scams, #spam, gehackte Websites, #Serviceausfälle, alles Geschichte?

Achso ..
"#DNS Security"
.. gegen Aufpreis..

Bei #A1 gibt's jetzt "sicheres Internet für Unternehmen"!
(Ganzseitige Inserat im Standard)

#Fakenews, #scams, #spam, gehackte Websites, #Serviceausfälle, alles Geschichte?

Achso ..
"#DNS Security"
.. gegen Aufpreis..

I can't be the only one experiencing a massive uptick in #Insurance , and #PrivateLender and other #Funding #Scams coming in via phone calls and texts and emails in the past 3 days.

Did somebody #pardon a shitload of #scammers this week? I thought those were supposed to be televised or 'Truthed-Out' special events so they could flout the crimes in progress.

I can't be the only one experiencing a massive uptick in #Insurance , and #PrivateLender and other #Funding #Scams coming in via phone calls and texts and emails in the past 3 days.

Did somebody #pardon a shitload of #scammers this week? I thought those were supposed to be televised or 'Truthed-Out' special events so they could flout the crimes in progress.

I can't be the only one experiencing a massive uptick in #Insurance , and #PrivateLender and other #Funding #Scams coming in via phone calls and texts and emails in the past 3 days.

Did somebody #pardon a shitload of #scammers this week? I thought those were supposed to be televised or 'Truthed-Out' special events so they could flout the crimes in progress.

ZDNet: AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year – can these international standards help?. “International standards bodies are stepping up efforts to help provide the tools that end users and companies need to distinguish real images, videos, and other content from deepfakes and AI-generated slop. New standards were recently announced at the AI for Good conference hosted in Geneva under […]

ZDNet: AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year – can these international standards help?. “International standards bodies are stepping up efforts to help provide the tools that end users and companies need to distinguish real images, videos, and other content from deepfakes and AI-generated slop. New standards were recently announced at the AI for Good conference hosted in Geneva under […]

ZDNet: AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year – can these international standards help?. “International standards bodies are stepping up efforts to help provide the tools that end users and companies need to distinguish real images, videos, and other content from deepfakes and AI-generated slop. New standards were recently announced at the AI for Good conference hosted in Geneva under […]

ZDNet: AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year – can these international standards help?. “International standards bodies are stepping up efforts to help provide the tools that end users and companies need to distinguish real images, videos, and other content from deepfakes and AI-generated slop. New standards were recently announced at the AI for Good conference hosted in Geneva under […]

ZDNet: AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year – can these international standards help?. “International standards bodies are stepping up efforts to help provide the tools that end users and companies need to distinguish real images, videos, and other content from deepfakes and AI-generated slop. New standards were recently announced at the AI for Good conference hosted in Geneva under […]

Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-images-reveal-how-giant-scam-compounds-keep-on-expanding/

Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-images-reveal-how-giant-scam-compounds-keep-on-expanding/

Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-images-reveal-how-giant-scam-compounds-keep-on-expanding/

Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-images-reveal-how-giant-scam-compounds-keep-on-expanding/

Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-images-reveal-how-giant-scam-compounds-keep-on-expanding/

https://www.europesays.com/people/163515/ Rubio restricts visas for sextortionists, cyber scammers #AspenInstitute #DepartmentOfJustice(DOJ) #ExecutiveOrder #InvestmentScams #MarcoRubio #RomanceScams #scammers #Scams #sextortion #StateDepartment #Visas

"When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#fraud #scams #books #bookstodon #tech #MentalHealth #culture

"When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#fraud #scams #books #bookstodon #tech #MentalHealth #culture

"When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#fraud #scams #books #bookstodon #tech #MentalHealth #culture

"When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#fraud #scams #books #bookstodon #tech #MentalHealth #culture

"When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#fraud #scams #books #bookstodon #tech #MentalHealth #culture

Associated Press: International criminal groups use technology to expand in and beyond Asia, UN report says. “Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, with scams alone causing estimated combined losses of $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in 2025, a U.N. […]

Associated Press: International criminal groups use technology to expand in and beyond Asia, UN report says. “Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, with scams alone causing estimated combined losses of $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in 2025, a U.N. […]

Associated Press: International criminal groups use technology to expand in and beyond Asia, UN report says. “Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, with scams alone causing estimated combined losses of $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in 2025, a U.N. […]

Associated Press: International criminal groups use technology to expand in and beyond Asia, UN report says. “Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, with scams alone causing estimated combined losses of $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in 2025, a U.N. […]

Associated Press: International criminal groups use technology to expand in and beyond Asia, UN report says. “Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, with scams alone causing estimated combined losses of $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in 2025, a U.N. […]

I get one of these scam texts every week or so. I pretty much never respond to any text from any number I don’t know, even if it’s claiming to be a family member. #scams

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a5dbj5y33y7phxqrxaekj5lf/post/3mrbp4mrans2f

I get one of these scam texts every week or so. I pretty much never respond to any text from any number I don’t know, even if it’s claiming to be a family member. #scams

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a5dbj5y33y7phxqrxaekj5lf/post/3mrbp4mrans2f

I get one of these scam texts every week or so. I pretty much never respond to any text from any number I don’t know, even if it’s claiming to be a family member. #scams

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a5dbj5y33y7phxqrxaekj5lf/post/3mrbp4mrans2f

I get one of these scam texts every week or so. I pretty much never respond to any text from any number I don’t know, even if it’s claiming to be a family member. #scams

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a5dbj5y33y7phxqrxaekj5lf/post/3mrbp4mrans2f

I get one of these scam texts every week or so. I pretty much never respond to any text from any number I don’t know, even if it’s claiming to be a family member. #scams

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a5dbj5y33y7phxqrxaekj5lf/post/3mrbp4mrans2f

In #books: "I met scammers and I met people who were scammed. And people who are scammed, to a one, kept going when it was pretty clear that it was a scam. They just continue." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#scams #fraud #law #bookstodon #Texas #Austin #MentalHealth #tech

In #books: "I met scammers and I met people who were scammed. And people who are scammed, to a one, kept going when it was pretty clear that it was a scam. They just continue." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#scams #fraud #law #bookstodon #Texas #Austin #MentalHealth #tech

In #books: "I met scammers and I met people who were scammed. And people who are scammed, to a one, kept going when it was pretty clear that it was a scam. They just continue." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#scams #fraud #law #bookstodon #Texas #Austin #MentalHealth #tech

In #books: "I met scammers and I met people who were scammed. And people who are scammed, to a one, kept going when it was pretty clear that it was a scam. They just continue." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#scams #fraud #law #bookstodon #Texas #Austin #MentalHealth #tech

In #books: "I met scammers and I met people who were scammed. And people who are scammed, to a one, kept going when it was pretty clear that it was a scam. They just continue." https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/

#scams #fraud #law #bookstodon #Texas #Austin #MentalHealth #tech

Feds Move to Seize $25 Million in Crypto From Scammers https://www.byteseu.com/2218873/ #Crypto #CryptoScams #CryptoCurrency #FinancialCrime #News #PYMNTSNews #RomanceScams #Scammers #scams #What'sHot

The growing problem of AI scams

#PredictionMarkets and #AI / #LLM models are empowering #scams #ransomware #deepfakes #DataBreach across a variety of methods and areas of law and which offer little to nothing at present to prevent or even discourage.

https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/the-growing-problem-of-ai-scams/

The growing problem of AI scams

#PredictionMarkets and #AI / #LLM models are empowering #scams #ransomware #deepfakes #DataBreach across a variety of methods and areas of law and which offer little to nothing at present to prevent or even discourage.

https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/the-growing-problem-of-ai-scams/

The growing problem of AI scams

#PredictionMarkets and #AI / #LLM models are empowering #scams #ransomware #deepfakes #DataBreach across a variety of methods and areas of law and which offer little to nothing at present to prevent or even discourage.

https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/the-growing-problem-of-ai-scams/

The growing problem of AI scams

#PredictionMarkets and #AI / #LLM models are empowering #scams #ransomware #deepfakes #DataBreach across a variety of methods and areas of law and which offer little to nothing at present to prevent or even discourage.

https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/the-growing-problem-of-ai-scams/

The growing problem of AI scams

#PredictionMarkets and #AI / #LLM models are empowering #scams #ransomware #deepfakes #DataBreach across a variety of methods and areas of law and which offer little to nothing at present to prevent or even discourage.

https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/the-growing-problem-of-ai-scams/

The MIT Press Reader: A Brief History of the Internet’s Favorite Scam. “It is easy to see 419 merely as a tired cliché — and to mistake that familiarity for understanding. But doing so often leads to facile assumptions about the risks, motives, and imagined rewards on both sides of the exchange. To see the scam clearly, we need to treat it not simply as spam, but as a cultural myth, or […]

The MIT Press Reader: A Brief History of the Internet’s Favorite Scam. “It is easy to see 419 merely as a tired cliché — and to mistake that familiarity for understanding. But doing so often leads to facile assumptions about the risks, motives, and imagined rewards on both sides of the exchange. To see the scam clearly, we need to treat it not simply as spam, but as a cultural myth, or […]

The MIT Press Reader: A Brief History of the Internet’s Favorite Scam. “It is easy to see 419 merely as a tired cliché — and to mistake that familiarity for understanding. But doing so often leads to facile assumptions about the risks, motives, and imagined rewards on both sides of the exchange. To see the scam clearly, we need to treat it not simply as spam, but as a cultural myth, or […]

The MIT Press Reader: A Brief History of the Internet’s Favorite Scam. “It is easy to see 419 merely as a tired cliché — and to mistake that familiarity for understanding. But doing so often leads to facile assumptions about the risks, motives, and imagined rewards on both sides of the exchange. To see the scam clearly, we need to treat it not simply as spam, but as a cultural myth, or […]

The MIT Press Reader: A Brief History of the Internet’s Favorite Scam. “It is easy to see 419 merely as a tired cliché — and to mistake that familiarity for understanding. But doing so often leads to facile assumptions about the risks, motives, and imagined rewards on both sides of the exchange. To see the scam clearly, we need to treat it not simply as spam, but as a cultural myth, or […]

Lifehacker: Scammers Are Using FaceTime to Pose As Apple Support Reps. “As spotted by Malwarebytes Labs, Apple is now warning users to be skeptical of strange FaceTime calls. It comes as an update to Apple’s guide on recognizing phishing schemes, which details the many ways hackers try to trick you into handing over sensitive information or financial data. That might have something to do with […]

Lifehacker: Scammers Are Using FaceTime to Pose As Apple Support Reps. “As spotted by Malwarebytes Labs, Apple is now warning users to be skeptical of strange FaceTime calls. It comes as an update to Apple’s guide on recognizing phishing schemes, which details the many ways hackers try to trick you into handing over sensitive information or financial data. That might have something to do with […]

Lifehacker: Scammers Are Using FaceTime to Pose As Apple Support Reps. “As spotted by Malwarebytes Labs, Apple is now warning users to be skeptical of strange FaceTime calls. It comes as an update to Apple’s guide on recognizing phishing schemes, which details the many ways hackers try to trick you into handing over sensitive information or financial data. That might have something to do with […]

Lifehacker: Scammers Are Using FaceTime to Pose As Apple Support Reps. “As spotted by Malwarebytes Labs, Apple is now warning users to be skeptical of strange FaceTime calls. It comes as an update to Apple’s guide on recognizing phishing schemes, which details the many ways hackers try to trick you into handing over sensitive information or financial data. That might have something to do with […]

Lifehacker: Scammers Are Using FaceTime to Pose As Apple Support Reps. “As spotted by Malwarebytes Labs, Apple is now warning users to be skeptical of strange FaceTime calls. It comes as an update to Apple’s guide on recognizing phishing schemes, which details the many ways hackers try to trick you into handing over sensitive information or financial data. That might have something to do with […]

... that do #scams that are #evil. And the #suckers that fall for them are #stupid. But whatever. I want to help people understand that if they can just learn a couple of things they can really help themselves in a number of ways.
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Is something makes it easy, isn't there a way to do it right? 🔦🎤💃

Apparently a new #wankstortion campaign in progress, preserved message https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.txt

I almost missed it because the message is in the graphic https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.png and with mail client in dark mode the diversion text was displayed black on dark grey.

Fun fact: last hop before reaching here was a antispamcloud.com host

Not storyworthy in itself, so linking to my 2022 piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html will do (w/links)
#sextortion #scams #spam #bitcon #bitcoin #cybercrime

Apparently a new #wankstortion campaign in progress, preserved message https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.txt

I almost missed it because the message is in the graphic https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.png and with mail client in dark mode the diversion text was displayed black on dark grey.

Fun fact: last hop before reaching here was a antispamcloud.com host

Not storyworthy in itself, so linking to my 2022 piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html will do (w/links)
#sextortion #scams #spam #bitcon #bitcoin #cybercrime

Apparently a new #wankstortion campaign in progress, preserved message https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.txt

I almost missed it because the message is in the graphic https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.png and with mail client in dark mode the diversion text was displayed black on dark grey.

Fun fact: last hop before reaching here was a antispamcloud.com host

Not storyworthy in itself, so linking to my 2022 piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html will do (w/links)
#sextortion #scams #spam #bitcon #bitcoin #cybercrime

Apparently a new #wankstortion campaign in progress, preserved message https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.txt

I almost missed it because the message is in the graphic https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.png and with mail client in dark mode the diversion text was displayed black on dark grey.

Fun fact: last hop before reaching here was a antispamcloud.com host

Not storyworthy in itself, so linking to my 2022 piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html will do (w/links)
#sextortion #scams #spam #bitcon #bitcoin #cybercrime

Apparently a new #wankstortion campaign in progress, preserved message https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.txt

I almost missed it because the message is in the graphic https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20260720_wankstortion_posing_as_me%40skapet.bsdly.net_peter%40bsdly.net.png and with mail client in dark mode the diversion text was displayed black on dark grey.

Fun fact: last hop before reaching here was a antispamcloud.com host

Not storyworthy in itself, so linking to my 2022 piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html will do (w/links)
#sextortion #scams #spam #bitcon #bitcoin #cybercrime