Republished on February 7 with news of further attacks this week and reports into the involvement by Chinese cybercriminals targeting Americans.

There is a tried and tested scamming recipe that involves the same basic ingredients: present a dilemma, create a sense of urgency and proffer a solution.

That a bank manager, of all people, could be fooled on a scale sufficient to bring down a bank is a sign of how sophisticated ...

According to local reports, Indian police have apprehended suspected cryptocurrency investment scammers in the Maharashtra ...

Thailand's PM has revealed that she was targeted by an AI-driven phone scam. Phone scams are one of the widespread problems around the world, with many cases of call centers in different countries ...

The West Vancouver Police Department (WVPD) is warning the public about people who are spoofing its phone number to place scam calls. In an advisory, the WVPD says scammers are placing calls through ...

Others recommended maintaining a balance between being cautious and helpful, by offering alternatives like dialing numbers on behalf of strangers without handing over the phone. As scams evolve, ...

We are all vulnerable to the rapid spread of phone scams – including, it seems, world leaders. Thailand’s prime minister has revealed she got a call from an AI system, demanding money in the ...

The term “smishing” is a mash-up of “SMS” and “phishing,” and it refers to a scam carried out via cell phone text ... and California. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet ...

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra almost fell victim to a phone scam using AI to impersonate a foreign leader's voice, she said Wednesday. The PM, the youngest daughter of telecoms ...

Gemma Traya Austin, a resident of Chula Vista, along with Michael Cris Traya Sordilla and Bryan Navales Tarosa, both from the Philippines, are accused of running the scam through two companies ...