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@guardian_world 'You have a meeting': the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially #CyberSecurity #Scams #Tech
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Oct 11, 2026
@fast_company These costly recruiter and résumé writer scams are targeting executives #Scams #Business #Career
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Oct 8, 2026
@guardian_world Money stolen by scammers hijacking UK social media accounts rises 400% #Scams #SocialMedia #Crime
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Oct 4, 2026
@scientific_american Why AI-powered romance scams are harder than ever to spot #AI #Scams #Technology
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Sep 30, 2026
@bbc_news 'Mum sent them £140,000': How to spot the signs a loved one is being scammed #Scams #Consumer #Security
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Sep 29, 2026
@the_standard AI leaves quarter of UK adults 'overwhelmed' by sophistication of scams #Scams #AI #News
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Sep 29, 2026
@wired Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead #Security #Scams #Technology
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Sep 26, 2026
@wired Party Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed Connections #Scams #Phishing #Cybersecurity
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Sep 25, 2026
@wsj_markets AI Is Supercharging Stock Scams #Finance #Scams #AI
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Sep 25, 2026
@npr_fresh_air Inside the 'modern slavery' where cyber scammers are victims themselves #Scams #HumanRights #Cybercrime
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Sep 22, 2026
@fast_company AI is supercharging money scams. Here's how to protect yourself from fraud #AI #Scams #Security
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Sep 17, 2026
@the_verge The sexy AI-powered dating app scams are here #AI #Scams #DatingApps
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Sep 16, 2026
@schneier Fake CAPTCHA Scams #Security #Privacy #Scams
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Sep 16, 2026
@guardian_world Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam 'endorsement' ads #Scams #Business #Cybercrime
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Sep 13, 2026
@guardian_world Six Nigerians extradited to US over $6M online romance scam #Cybercrime #Scams #WorldNews
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Sep 12, 2026
@fast_company This powerful free tool is your secret weapon against phone scams #Tech #Security #Scams
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Sep 11, 2026
@fast_company Travel scams are getting smarter. Here's how to protect yourself #Travel #Scams #Safety
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Sep 10, 2026
@wsj_markets The U.S. Seized $225 Million From Scammers. Who Gets It Back? #Finance #Scams #Law
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Sep 10, 2026
@wsj_markets They Lost Their Money to Scammers--and Now Battle the U.S. Government to Recover It #Finance #Scams #Crime
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Sep 10, 2026
@bbc_news 'My new job as a tour guide turned out to be fake' #Scams #Jobs #News
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Sep 9, 2026
@bbc_news Cowboy builder tore my home apart and disappeared off the face of the Earth with £14k #News #Crime #Scams
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Sep 9, 2026
@bbc_news Scammers demand ransoms from Instagram users over fake copyright claims #Scams #CyberSecurity #SocialMedia
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Sep 8, 2026
@simon_willison The purpose of DNS is to spread scams #DNS #Security #Scams
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Sep 6, 2026
@terence_eden The purpose of DNS is to spread scams #DNS #Security #Scams
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Sep 6, 2026
@bbc_news How the hunger for a new weight loss drug is feeding an industry of fakes #Health #Medicine #Scams
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Sep 4, 2026
@bbc_news 'I lost my savings after a job interview scam' #Scams #Fraud #ConsumerNews
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Sep 3, 2026
@schneier Researching Employment Scams #Security #Scams #Privacy
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Sep 3, 2026
@lithub The Latest Literary Scam: Emailing the Long-Dead Legends of 20th-Century Literature #Literature #Scams #AI
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Sep 3, 2026
@fast_company How to spot romance scams online and protect yourself #Scams #OnlineSafety #CyberSecurity
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Sep 3, 2026
@lithub The Latest Literary Scam: Emailing the Long-Dead Giants of 20th-Century Literature #Literature #AI #Scams
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Aug 28, 2026
@schneier LLM-Based Social Engineering Scams #Security #AI #Scams
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Aug 27, 2026
@bbc_news Scammers increasingly using QR codes to steal money and data #Scams #CyberSecurity #Technology
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Aug 23, 2026
@guardian_world 'Friday afternoon fraud': warning for UK homebuyers on bank scams #Fraud #Scams #Money
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Aug 23, 2026
@fast_company Apple and Amazon users: Beware this new 'unauthorized charge' scam #Cybersecurity #Scams #TechNews
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Aug 22, 2026
@bbc_news Tinder conman who claimed he was a millionaire jailed for taking £68,000 from victims #Crime #Scams #Justice
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Aug 20, 2026
@lifehacker Seven of the Most Common WhatsApp Scams (and How to Avoid Them) #Scams #Privacy #Security
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Aug 19, 2026
@longreads The Phone Scammers Next Door #Crime #Scams #Journalism
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Aug 18, 2026
@guardian_world Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns #AI #Scams #Australia
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Aug 16, 2026
@guardian_world 'We detected unusual activity': the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos #Scams #AI #TravelTech
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Aug 16, 2026
@bbc_news These seaside apartments were a ghost city - then police say scammers moved in #Scams #Crime #Community
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