Parents also joined their children to explore how digital tools could be used at home and in school. Joan Jimenez, who attended with her 10-year-old son Jacob, said children are being exposed to AI at an early age and would benefit from proper guidance. “Yung age ng mga bata ngayon, very common na yung AI....Read More
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — There’s an uptick in scams targeting seniors in Shelby Township, and authorities are warning residents to stay alert. “We’re seeing this several times a week, where our detective bureau is dealing with seniors getting scammed out of money,” Shelby Township Police Sgt. Kevin Bailey said. “It’s getting to the point where our...Read More
Using artificial intelligence to canvas obituaries, fraudsters identified the woman as a target, told her they’d helped her late husband cook up a tax avoidance cover-up and said she had to pay them $7,000 in order to “preserve what was left of her inheritance,” USA Today reports. By the time the mother’s family figured out...Read More
It took one click and a matter of minutes. Paul’s computer screen suddenly turned black. Reams of IP addresses rained down his monitor, accompanied by an ominous message: A virus, triggered by a malicious link, had infiltrated the device. Its removal, according to the disembodied voice on the other end of the phone, would cost...Read More
A former senior Foreign Ministry official, arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) for the theft of 6,000 visas, appeared in court in Phnom Penh on Sunday, along with two accomplices. Tho Samnang and two accomplices, Nop Ratha and Yos Ranae, were sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Prosecutor’s Office to continue legal proceedings at...Read More
Executive Summary What’s new: Organizations across industries are confronting a sharp escalation in AI-enabled social engineering scams — highly targeted campaigns that harness AI to craft convincing text, voice and video communications, fueling attacks that have surged in both volume and sophistication. Why it matters: A single successful attack can trigger data breach notification obligations,...Read More
Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using new technology and carefully crafted tactics to target Australians every day. But despite the changing methods, one thing remains constant: scams are designed to exploit human behaviour. As part of Scams Awareness Week, we spoke with three members of ANZ’s Customer Protection team about the scams they’re seeing, why...Read More
WASHINGTON, N.C. (WTVD) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says Americans 60 and older lost nearly $8 billion to scams last year. Investigators say scammers are targeting the large amounts of money that older Americans may have access to through investment accounts and home equity. Since the pandemic, more seniors have turned to social...Read More
A senior manager at Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation was allegedly conned out of HK$74 million (US$9.4 million) in a two-year-long scam by a fraudster posing as an employee of HSBC UK who lured the victim into investing in green bonds. Police said on Friday that a 59-year-old man had reported that he...Read More
PORTAGE, Mich. — Portage Public Safety and the FBI are warning the public about scams targeting older adults after a Massachusetts man was sentenced to prison in a fraud scheme that police said took more than a half-million dollars from two seniors in Portage. Xiao Yu Wang, 38, was sentenced to three to 20 years...Read More
