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Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/your-iphone-gets-stolen-then-the-hacking-begins/

Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/your-iphone-gets-stolen-then-the-hacking-begins/

Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/your-iphone-gets-stolen-then-the-hacking-begins/

Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/your-iphone-gets-stolen-then-the-hacking-begins/

#Podcast : The #Chinese #Deepfake Software Powering #Scams
#ai #security #China

https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-chinese-deepfake-software-powering-scams/

The Guardian | Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges by Reuters

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

California’s Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company profited from illegal scam ads on Facebook and Instagram in violation of the state’s false‑advertising and unfair‑business‑practice laws. The complaint, based on leaked internal documents, claims Meta earned up to $7 billion annually from “high‑risk” scam ads and that it largely tolerated such fraudulent advertising rather than broadly cracking down on it, even setting “guardrails” that limited anti‑scam measures when they threatened revenue. The county seeks restitution, civil damages, and an injunction to stop Meta’s alleged misconduct, accusing the firm of enabling middlemen to sell protected ad accounts, targeting users who previously clicked scam offers, and using generative AI to facilitate deceptive ads. Meta says it will defend itself, arguing the lawsuit misrepresents its anti‑scam efforts.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit

#Meta #SantaClara #Facebook #Instagram #AndyStone #TonyLoPresti #BernsteinLitowitz #RennePublic #BishopPartnoy #scams #technology #westcoast

The Guardian | Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges by Reuters

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

California’s Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company profited from illegal scam ads on Facebook and Instagram in violation of the state’s false‑advertising and unfair‑business‑practice laws. The complaint, based on leaked internal documents, claims Meta earned up to $7 billion annually from “high‑risk” scam ads and that it largely tolerated such fraudulent advertising rather than broadly cracking down on it, even setting “guardrails” that limited anti‑scam measures when they threatened revenue. The county seeks restitution, civil damages, and an injunction to stop Meta’s alleged misconduct, accusing the firm of enabling middlemen to sell protected ad accounts, targeting users who previously clicked scam offers, and using generative AI to facilitate deceptive ads. Meta says it will defend itself, arguing the lawsuit misrepresents its anti‑scam efforts.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit

#Meta #SantaClara #Facebook #Instagram #AndyStone #TonyLoPresti #BernsteinLitowitz #RennePublic #BishopPartnoy #scams #technology #westcoast

The Guardian | Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges by Reuters

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

California’s Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company profited from illegal scam ads on Facebook and Instagram in violation of the state’s false‑advertising and unfair‑business‑practice laws. The complaint, based on leaked internal documents, claims Meta earned up to $7 billion annually from “high‑risk” scam ads and that it largely tolerated such fraudulent advertising rather than broadly cracking down on it, even setting “guardrails” that limited anti‑scam measures when they threatened revenue. The county seeks restitution, civil damages, and an injunction to stop Meta’s alleged misconduct, accusing the firm of enabling middlemen to sell protected ad accounts, targeting users who previously clicked scam offers, and using generative AI to facilitate deceptive ads. Meta says it will defend itself, arguing the lawsuit misrepresents its anti‑scam efforts.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit

#Meta #SantaClara #Facebook #Instagram #AndyStone #TonyLoPresti #BernsteinLitowitz #RennePublic #BishopPartnoy #scams #technology #westcoast

The Guardian | Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges by Reuters

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

California’s Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company profited from illegal scam ads on Facebook and Instagram in violation of the state’s false‑advertising and unfair‑business‑practice laws. The complaint, based on leaked internal documents, claims Meta earned up to $7 billion annually from “high‑risk” scam ads and that it largely tolerated such fraudulent advertising rather than broadly cracking down on it, even setting “guardrails” that limited anti‑scam measures when they threatened revenue. The county seeks restitution, civil damages, and an injunction to stop Meta’s alleged misconduct, accusing the firm of enabling middlemen to sell protected ad accounts, targeting users who previously clicked scam offers, and using generative AI to facilitate deceptive ads. Meta says it will defend itself, arguing the lawsuit misrepresents its anti‑scam efforts.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit

#Meta #SantaClara #Facebook #Instagram #AndyStone #TonyLoPresti #BernsteinLitowitz #RennePublic #BishopPartnoy #scams #technology #westcoast

The Guardian | Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges by Reuters

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

California’s Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company profited from illegal scam ads on Facebook and Instagram in violation of the state’s false‑advertising and unfair‑business‑practice laws. The complaint, based on leaked internal documents, claims Meta earned up to $7 billion annually from “high‑risk” scam ads and that it largely tolerated such fraudulent advertising rather than broadly cracking down on it, even setting “guardrails” that limited anti‑scam measures when they threatened revenue. The county seeks restitution, civil damages, and an injunction to stop Meta’s alleged misconduct, accusing the firm of enabling middlemen to sell protected ad accounts, targeting users who previously clicked scam offers, and using generative AI to facilitate deceptive ads. Meta says it will defend itself, arguing the lawsuit misrepresents its anti‑scam efforts.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit

#Meta #SantaClara #Facebook #Instagram #AndyStone #TonyLoPresti #BernsteinLitowitz #RennePublic #BishopPartnoy #scams #technology #westcoast

Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit #Meta #Technology #Scams #Instagram #Facebook #California #UsNews #WestCoast

Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit #Meta #Technology #Scams #Instagram #Facebook #California #UsNews #WestCoast

Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit #Meta #Technology #Scams #Instagram #Facebook #California #UsNews #WestCoast

Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit #Meta #Technology #Scams #Instagram #Facebook #California #UsNews #WestCoast

Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/meta-scam-ads-california-lawsuit #Meta #Technology #Scams #Instagram #Facebook #California #UsNews #WestCoast

NBC News Bay Area: Santa Clara County sues Meta over misleading ads. “Santa Clara County filed a civil lawsuit Monday against Meta, accusing the social media company of targeting users with misleading and fraudulent advertisements. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of all California residents, alleges the Menlo Park-based company tolerated and profited from scam ads on its platforms.”

Hey broke college kids, here's how to get free textbooks.

Google Term: "doctype:pdf" [title of book]

OpenStax.org textbooks made by Rice University

#college #scams

‘Reservation Hijacking’ #Scams Target #Travelers. Here’s How to Stay Safe

The #hotel staffer who calls you with an urgent request for payment isn’t necessarily who they say they are.
#security #reservation

https://www.wired.com/story/reservation-hijacks-scam-safety-tips/

In spite of the headline, this is not satire.

Scammers Furious That Their Fellow Criminals Are Using AI, Saying It's Unethical
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scammers-furious-ai

#AI #Scams #Futurism

‘Reservation Hijacking’ Scams Target Travelers. Here’s How to Stay Safe

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/reservation-hijacks-scam-safety-tips/

Pension scams: Britons warned over criminals offering inheritance tax loopholes https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/10/pension-scams-inheritance-tax-loopholes-iht-rules-savings #Scams #ConsumerAffairs #Money #PensionsIndustry #Pensions #InsuranceIndustry #Business #UkNews

Another day, another scammer. #scams

Estonian current law failing to combat cyber fraud effectively | News

Estonian law lags behind a surge in cybercrime, prosecutors and lawmakers say. In a recent high-profile case, Artur…
#Estonia #EE #Europe #Europa #EU #arturyermolayev #CyberCrime #CyberFraud #Eesti #estonia #hanneskelt #MadisTimpson #phonescams #ppa #prosecutor'soffice #Scams #Uudised
https://www.europesays.com/2977607/

The #fraud and #scams that Presidents can get away with.

In 2025, Trump offered a 'golden' T1 mobile phone. 'Made in America'.

590.000 (!!) people paid a deposit to buy the phone.

Now, a year later, no phone has been delivered, but the conditions have been changed: the deposit is no longer a deposit, but has become a NON-REFUNDABLE 'conditional opportunity'.

59 million (!) US$ income, no phones delivered, and the buyers won't be able to get their money back.

#Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIFkBsDHdUE

More from Victoria Strauss, on GenAI, scams, and book festivals.

#Scams #Writing #GenAI #Publishing

https://writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/book-festival-scams-interview-fakes-two-new-ai-driven-impersonation-scams-to-avoid/

#PSA Via Victoria Strauss, ruling on Philipino book scammer

#Writing #Publishing #Scams

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/defendant-pleads-guilty-48-million-nationwide-book-publishing-scam-targeting-hundreds

@BrideOfLinux
Christine, Cory's key quote for me from this story about the Ai bubble is:
"Bubbles are a system for moving the painfully sequestered life's savings of people who do things to people who steal things."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/#alpo-eaters-anonymous
#Ai #EconomicBubbles #Scams #CoryDoctorow

@BrideOfLinux
Christine, Cory's key quote for me from this story about the Ai bubble is:
"Bubbles are a system for moving the painfully sequestered life's savings of people who do things to people who steal things."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/#alpo-eaters-anonymous
#Ai #EconomicBubbles #Scams #CoryDoctorow

@BrideOfLinux
Christine, Cory's key quote for me from this story about the Ai bubble is:
"Bubbles are a system for moving the painfully sequestered life's savings of people who do things to people who steal things."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/#alpo-eaters-anonymous
#Ai #EconomicBubbles #Scams #CoryDoctorow

@BrideOfLinux
Christine, Cory's key quote for me from this story about the Ai bubble is:
"Bubbles are a system for moving the painfully sequestered life's savings of people who do things to people who steal things."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/#alpo-eaters-anonymous
#Ai #EconomicBubbles #Scams #CoryDoctorow

@BrideOfLinux
Christine, Cory's key quote for me from this story about the Ai bubble is:
"Bubbles are a system for moving the painfully sequestered life's savings of people who do things to people who steal things."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/#alpo-eaters-anonymous
#Ai #EconomicBubbles #Scams #CoryDoctorow

Has anyone else here noticed a huge surge lately in spam phone calls involving home insulation scams?
Most of the numbers (apparently) have Scottish area codes but in the past couple of days I started getting the same nonsensical obviously recorded messages from (apparently) mobile numbers.
I assume that all these numbers are spoofed and that the calls actually originate outside the UK(?)
#UK #spam #PhoneSpam #scam #scams #HomeInsulationScam

Has anyone else here noticed a huge surge lately in spam phone calls involving home insulation scams?
Most of the numbers (apparently) have Scottish area codes but in the past couple of days I started getting the same nonsensical obviously recorded messages from (apparently) mobile numbers.
I assume that all these numbers are spoofed and that the calls actually originate outside the UK(?)
#UK #spam #PhoneSpam #scam #scams #HomeInsulationScam

Has anyone else here noticed a huge surge lately in spam phone calls involving home insulation scams?
Most of the numbers (apparently) have Scottish area codes but in the past couple of days I started getting the same nonsensical obviously recorded messages from (apparently) mobile numbers.
I assume that all these numbers are spoofed and that the calls actually originate outside the UK(?)
#UK #spam #PhoneSpam #scam #scams #HomeInsulationScam

Has anyone else here noticed a huge surge lately in spam phone calls involving home insulation scams?
Most of the numbers (apparently) have Scottish area codes but in the past couple of days I started getting the same nonsensical obviously recorded messages from (apparently) mobile numbers.
I assume that all these numbers are spoofed and that the calls actually originate outside the UK(?)
#UK #spam #PhoneSpam #scam #scams #HomeInsulationScam

#PSA Fraud alert from McMillan:
"This list is non-exhaustive"

#Writing #Publishing #Scams #McMillanPublishing

https://us.macmillan.com/publishing-fraud-alert/

I reported an ad on a social network because of this a few months back. The answer that I got back was "no action - totally fine and within policy".

When it comes to dealing with the explosion in GenAI then society is SCREWED because important groups can't be arsed to do anything 😐

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c5ye7dnxv86o

#Scams #FuckGenAI

‘HELLO BOSS’: Inside the #Chinese Realtime #Deepfake Software Powering #Scams Around the World

#HaotianAI marks the next stage in deepfake scams & fraud, 1 that the public & tech companies may not be ready 4, where criminals are able to change their appearance in real time to trick people, including Americans, into handing over their money. Romance scams, tax fraud, virtual kidnappings: all stand to be amplified by live deepfake software which continues to improve…
#ai

https://www.404media.co/hello-boss-inside-the-chinese-realtime-deepfake-software-powering-scams-around-the-world/

SCAMELOT, or rather, so many scams. Here is the Author's Guild page for #publishing #scams
https://authorsguild.org/resource/publishing-scam-alerts/

Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums/

Undocumented feature in Facebook -- it leads the pack as the origination point for many online scams.

FTC reports social media scams cost US peeps $2.1B in 2025 -- an 8x increase since 2020. WhatsApp and Instagram were a "distant" second and third to Facebook as the starting point and scams can be broadly grouped into investments, shopping, or romance. https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/social-media-scams-cost-americans-more-than-usd2-1-billion-last-year-according-to-the-ftc #SocialMedia #Scams #OnlineScams #Facebook #WhatsApp #Instagram #Internet #FTC #Shopping #OnlineShopping #Investments

We've all seen those obvious deepfakes online picturing Trump or Musk getting arrested by the FBI. The latest AI tools are now so advanced that looking for the usual signs like extra digits on hands is no longer helpful when trying to spot them. The Atlantic's Lila Shroff experiments with photorealistic images of bank alerts, passports and tax forms and explains how deepfakes are coming for our bank accounts.

https://flip.it/Kv7S1A

#AI #Deepfakes #Cybersecurity #PersonalFinance #Scams

This is an awful story about scammers and dogs, sharing for awareness - please boost and share to your networks https://bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9l74wvd7o

#scams #scammers #ScamAlert #DogRescue #charity #DogCare #CanineCare

This is an awful story about scammers and dogs, sharing for awareness - please boost and share to your networks https://bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9l74wvd7o

#scams #scammers #ScamAlert #DogRescue #charity #DogCare #CanineCare

This is an awful story about scammers and dogs, sharing for awareness - please boost and share to your networks https://bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9l74wvd7o

#scams #scammers #ScamAlert #DogRescue #charity #DogCare #CanineCare

This is an awful story about scammers and dogs, sharing for awareness - please boost and share to your networks https://bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9l74wvd7o

#scams #scammers #ScamAlert #DogRescue #charity #DogCare #CanineCare

This is an awful story about scammers and dogs, sharing for awareness - please boost and share to your networks https://bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9l74wvd7o

#scams #scammers #ScamAlert #DogRescue #charity #DogCare #CanineCare

#technology #scams #crime #crypto #fakes #deepfakes #counterfeits #hackers #IA #moneylaundering

Scam centre survivors criticise Steam video games that closely depict real-life compounds

You decide who to abduct. You decide when to feed them. You decide how they…
#NewsBeep #News #Technology #AU #Australia #BloodMoney:LethalEden #computer #EscapetheScamCompound #games #InternationalJusticeMission #JadeFlame #Myanmar #Netflix #NoMoreBets #OnlineGames #ScamCenterSimulator:UnderKingdom #scamcentrevideogames #scamcentres #scamcompounds #scams #Steam #Thailand
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/645986/