EE mobile customers given £4.27 ‘payment reminder’ warning
People with the mobile phone network EE have been issued a warning over a ‘payment reminder’. EE Limited, formerly known…
World Cup Scams Are Getting Harder to Spot
From fake tickets to cloned websites, AI is magnifying World Cup scams. Can fans distinguish between what’s real and what’s…
Hidden scam risk and why the search for success is making young men vulnerable
For years, the stereotype of a scam victim was simple. An elderly person receives a suspicious phone call. A fraudster…
Pump.Fun’s Bounties Platform Is a Black Hole of Circular Grifting
The crypto platform claims you can “pay anyone to do anything,” from quitting a job on camera to getting a…
On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
Illustration: Mark HarrisView image in fullscreen Illustration: Mark Harris On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left…
FTC lawsuit reveals how subscription scam networks evade app store enforcement
A new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a showcase of how hard it’s become to…
Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced…
Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling
Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal”…
The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar
In this excerpt from WIRED Book Club pick The Yahoo Boys, journalist Carlos Barragán traces one scammer’s journey from flop…
Teen’s faked brain tumour that duped thousands in true story behind Mother Of All Cons
Believe In Magic was the much-loved charity backed by One Direction that granted wishes for children diagnosed with cancer. However,…