Collaborate Disseminate
Could a senior Latvian politician really be responsible for scamming hundreds of “mothers-of-two” in the UK? (Probably not, despite Graham’s theories…) And should we be getting worried about the AI wonder that is ChatGPT?
All this and more is dis… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #307: ChatGPT and the Minister for Foreign Affairs
Five tips to keep yourself, and your friends and family, out of the clutches of “chopping block” scammers… Continue reading Multimillion dollar CryptoRom scam sites seized, suspects arrested in US
A couple unexpectedly find $10.5 million in their cryptocurrency account, and in Cambodia people are being forced to commit scams.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer secu… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #293: Massive crypto bungle, and the slave scammers
Latest episode – listen and learn now (or read and revise, if the written word is your thing)… Continue reading S3 Ep103: Scammers in the Slammer (and other stories) [Audio + Text]
A 74-year-old Manga artist received an unsolicited Facebook message from somebody claiming to be Incredible Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo.
You can probably guess where this is heading… Continue reading How a deepfake Mark Ruffalo scammed half a million dollars from a lonely heart
Two years of scamming + $10 million leeched = 25 years in prison. Just in time for #Cybermonth. Continue reading Romance scammer and BEC fraudster sent to prison for 25 years
Students learn a valuable lesson when it comes to AI detecting guns on campus, SIM swappers are surprisingly stupid, and romance scammers get scammed by someone (or some thing?) calling themselves Chiquita Banana.
All this and much more is discussed… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #288: Chiquita banana, dumb criminals, and detecting ring binders
An Irish court has jailed three romance scammers who tricked a 66-year-old woman out of her life savings, and even tricked her into visiting Dubai at her own expense.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Romance scammers jailed after tricking Irish OAP out of €250k
To his victims he was “Tony Eden”, a middle-aged white man looking for love online, while working overseas for a drilling company.
But in reality he was a school caretaker called Osagie Aigbonohan, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, and part of a crimi… Continue reading Jail for prolific romance fraudster who fleeced besotted lonely hearts
Found love online? Sending them money? Friends and family warning you it could be a scam? Don’t be too quick to dismiss their concerns… Continue reading Romance scammer who targeted 670 women gets 28 months in jail