Crypto scam uses fake AI chatbot impersonating Google's Gemini AI to promote fraudulent 'Google Coin' cryptocurrency. Malwarebytes researchers expose scam.

Crypto crooks are getting bolder — and now, they sound just like your mom. TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord, who testified before Congress last week, says scammers are now using AI-generated voices and deepfake ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — A new texting scam is very sneaky and looks legitimate but is stealing thousands of dollars from people’s investments and savings. Here’s how the scam works and ...

On Aug. 13, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert regarding fictitious law firms that target crypto scam victims through ...

U.S. digital investment advisor Betterment confirmed that hackers breached its systems and sent fake crypto-related messages to some customers. The threat actor last week delivered fraudulent emails ...

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ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the regulator has beefed up its scam enforcement to include monitoring social media ads. Update Aug. 24, 11:40 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include more ...

Federal agents have quietly pulled off one of the largest financial seizures in American history, taking control of roughly 15 billion dollars in bitcoin tied to a sprawling "pig butchering" ...

The victims were led to the Arizona convenience store by an increasingly familiar scam: Crooks had tricked them into believing they were in legal trouble, their bank accounts were hacked or that they ...

Chen Zhi faces an indictment in federal court in Brooklyn on charges of swindling millions of dollars from Americans as part of a global cryptocurrency scam. By Santul Nerkar A man who U.S. federal ...