Hacker News with Generative AI: Scams

AI scam factories force trafficked workers to defraud global victims (restofworld.org)
Young Indonesians are increasingly falling for fraudulent job ads on Telegram, Facebook, and other social media and getting trafficked to scam farms in Southeast Asia, former scammers and cybersecurity experts told Rest of World.
Artificial Intelligence, Scams, Labor Trafficking, Southeast Asia
11 points by Michelangelo11 1 day ago | 1 comments
Australian company BwE scamming customers, abusing children [video] (youtube.com)
Scams, Child Abuse, Australia, Business, Video
14 points by zettabomb 11 days ago | 3 comments
Pakistani firm shipped fentanyl analogs, scams to us (krebsonsecurity.com)
A Texas firm recently charged with conspiring to distribute synthetic opioids in the United States is at the center of a vast network of companies in the U.S. and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals.
Cybersecurity, Scams, Pakistan, Opioids, Texas
105 points by todsacerdoti 16 days ago | 44 comments
The Hunt for Darcula (nrk.no)
You might have received a text message from a somewhat strange phone number saying a package is on its way to you.
Mystery, Scams, Text Messages
8 points by rolph 19 days ago | 0 comments
The Scam Network (nrk.no)
De tjener store summer på å sende svindelmeldinger til folk over hele verden. Tusener lar seg lure - også mange i Norge. Hvem er de som ber oss oppdatere kortdetaljene våre for å motta pakker og betale regninger?
Scams, Online Security, Norway, International Crime
6 points by namanyayg 19 days ago | 1 comments
The Scam Network (nrk.no)
Scams, Crime, Norway
19 points by punnerud 19 days ago | 1 comments
UN says scam call centers are epidemic and expanding globally (theregister.com)
Scam call centers are metastasizing worldwide "like a cancer," according to the United Nations, which warns the epidemic has reached a global inflection point as syndicates scale up and spread out.
Scams, Telecommunications, Crime, International Relations, Technology
51 points by jnord 31 days ago | 34 comments
Organised gangs behind rise in QR 'quishing' scams (bbc.com)
Organised crime gangs are behind a sharp rise in scams linked to fraudulent QR codes, experts say.
Cybersecurity, Crime, Scams, Technology
29 points by dabinat 42 days ago | 48 comments
Tell HN: Amazon order info is getting sold (ycombinator.com)
Today from Amazon, I bought an iPad (sold by Amazon.com) and an iPad cover (sold by ZMSolutions in receipt, TiMOVO in Amazon order page) in a single order at 10:11 AM EST. At 10:15 AM EST I received an obvious scam call asking if I authorize a MacBook Pro purchase from Amazon.
Data Privacy, Amazon, Scams
11 points by aleyan 44 days ago | 8 comments
Users Are Getting Scammed Out of Money on Trump's Truth Social (rollingstone.com)
Users of Donald Trump‘s social media network, Truth Social, are reporting being scammed out of large amounts of money by people they meet through the site.
Social Media, Scams, Donald Trump, Truth Social
11 points by niklasbuschmann 45 days ago | 1 comments
Global scam industry evolving at 'unprecedented scale' despite recent crackdown (cnn.com)
Global Crime, Scams, Cybercrime, Economics, Law Enforcement
8 points by kingforaday 51 days ago | 3 comments
Scammers Steal $1T a Year – Mostly from Americans (wired.com)
Scams, Finance, United States, Security
107 points by vinni2 55 days ago | 90 comments
Scam pulled off in Indian hackathon, won $85k just by rebranding Brave Browser (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Scams, Hackathons, Competitions, Technology, Brave Browser
6 points by greatgib 61 days ago | 2 comments
Scamming scammers with AI callbot [video] (youtube.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Security, Scams, Video
5 points by huhhuh 68 days ago | 0 comments
A Princely Ploy: Inside the Ruse of a French-Armenian Scammer (publicdomainreview.org)
Hidden away in a villa on the outskirts of Paris lived a defrocked Armenian monk who fancied himself a prince.
Scams, Crime, France, Armenia
30 points by pepys 70 days ago | 2 comments
Can't access my Google account, but scammers can (ycombinator.com)
About 15 years ago I created a secondary Gmail account.
Security, Google, Scams
18 points by SilentThunder 74 days ago | 10 comments
Show HN: I built a tool to detect scams (scamchecknow.com)
Show HN, Tools, Scams, Security
30 points by vinnythejinny 76 days ago | 31 comments
Myanmar scam centres: Thousands who have been freed are now stuck in camps (bbc.com)
"I swear to God I need help," said the man quietly on the other end of the line.
Myanmar, Scams, Human Rights, Crime, Social Issues
8 points by speckx 78 days ago | 0 comments
1M Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers (wired.com)
New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devices—from TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systems—are compromised to allow bad actors to commit ad fraud and other cybercrime.
Cybersecurity, Android, Scams
6 points by Brajeshwar 79 days ago | 1 comments
Github scam investigation: Thousands of “mods” and “cracks” stealing data (timsh.org)
While looking through the articles on a "social engineering" themed forum I discovered a relatively new scam scheme that shocked me.People create thousands of GitHub repositories with all sorts of things - from Roblox and Fortnite mods to "cracked" FL Studio and Photoshop.
Security, Scams, GitHub, Software, Data Security
388 points by timsh 84 days ago | 160 comments
The False Promise of Digital Public Squares Was Always a Scam (joanwestenberg.com)
The Ancient Greek agora was a place where students and citizens could freely gather, give speeches, engage in debate, and challenge each other.
Social Media, Scams, Philosophy, Ancient Greece
16 points by cratermoon 88 days ago | 11 comments
Android 16 will fight scammers by blocking certain features during phone calls (androidauthority.com)
To combat these scammers, Google is working on a new security feature for Android 16 that blocks you from changing certain sensitive settings during phone calls.
Android, Security, Scams
6 points by healsdata 98 days ago | 1 comments
Italian entrepreneurs got scammed by AI voice faking defense minister (lastampa.it)
Artificial Intelligence, Italy, Business, Scams
7 points by lormayna 104 days ago | 3 comments
Shwe Kokko is accused of being a city built on scams (bbc.co.uk)
The tall, shiny buildings which rise out of the cornfields on the Myanmar side of the Moei river are a sight so jarring you find yourself blinking to be sure you haven't imagined it.
Myanmar, Scams, Urban Development, International Relations
217 points by inm 105 days ago | 94 comments
Ask HN: Is Godaddy Running a Scam? (ycombinator.com)
Recently, I was trying to a buy a domain for which we had bid in Godaddy. We bid the suggested price in Godaddy. Our bid was rejected buy the owner.
Domain Names, Web Hosting, Scams
80 points by bitlad 106 days ago | 57 comments
Robocallers posing as FCC staff blocked after robocalling real FCC staff (arstechnica.com)
Robocallers posing as employees of the Federal Communications Commission made the mistake of trying to scam real employees of the FCC, the FCC announced yesterday.
Scams, Telecommunications, Government, Technology
14 points by nobody9999 107 days ago | 2 comments
FCC Proposes Nearly $4.5M Fine for Apparently Illegal Robocall Scheme (docs.fcc.gov)
Telecommunications, Law Enforcement, Scams
18 points by impish9208 107 days ago | 3 comments
The 'AI granny' driving scammers up the wall (theguardian.com)
An elderly grandmother who chats about knitting patterns, recipes for scones and the blackness of the night sky to anyone who will listen has become an unlikely tool in combatting scammers.
Artificial Intelligence, Scams, Seniors, Cybersecurity, News
7 points by occamschainsaw 107 days ago | 2 comments
Fake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines. We looked for the source (cbc.ca)
Ads featuring fake CBC articles have inundated the social media platform X in recent weeks. The ads are designed to lure Canadians into a sophisticated scam that uses Russian internet infrastructure, CBC News has found.
Social Media, Misinformation, Scams, Canada
19 points by jaredwiener 116 days ago | 3 comments
Ask HN: How to protect yourself from coding challenge scam? (ycombinator.com)
These past months, I've seen several social media posts about people getting scammed during coding challenges or take-home tests.
Coding Challenges, Scams, Security, Hiring, Technology
11 points by azophy_2 118 days ago | 4 comments