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AI voice-cloning scams are now cheap and convincing, and a Hiya report from March says one in four Americans received a deepfake voice call in the past 12 months. A further 24% say they cannot tell a cloned voice from a real one. The article describes virtual kidnapping scams, in which attackers clone a relative's voice from a few seconds…
Scammers continue to exploit Bitcoin/crypto ATMs as an irreversible payment channel in impersonation fraud. According to the FBI, 13,460 such complaints in 2025 resulted in $389 million in losses, a 23% rise in volume and 58% rise in losses over 2024. Victims over 50 lost more than $302M, and those over 60 accounted for $257.4M. The scam …
Consumer-fraud reporting describes a growing ecosystem of timeshare exit scams that target owners wanting to leave their contracts. Scammers find owners through real estate records and approach them with unsolicited calls or high-pressure dinner seminars. They then collect large upfront fees, often thousands of dollars, for services they …
Scammers are exploiting the annual Medicare Open Enrollment period (October 15 to December 7) as a pretext to impersonate insurers, agencies or Medicare itself. Contact comes by phone, SMS, email, social media and malicious Google ads that lead to spoofed, official-looking websites. Lures include plan changes, card replacement, lower prem…
