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- 1Scammers Using AI and Obituaries to Target Grieving Families●Scammers using AI and obituaries to target loved ones
Fraudsters are exploiting artificial intelligence together with information from published obituaries to impersonate deceased people or relatives and con grieving loved ones out of money. The scams use personal details from death notices to sound convincing, often through phone calls or messages created with AI voice cloning. Reports warn families to verify any unexpected requests and be cautious about sharing personal details in public obituaries.
- 2Scammers Trick Users into Bridging $2 Million to Fake GIWA Network●Scammers Fool Users into Bridging $2 Million to Fake GIWA Network
Fraudsters set up a counterfeit version of the GIWA network and convinced crypto users to bridge roughly $2 million into it, where the funds were effectively stolen. The scheme exploited trust in the GIWA name, catching victims who did not verify the bridge contract. Observers are warning users to double-check URLs and contract addresses before moving funds.
- 3Truecaller expands scam protection beyond caller ID to the web●Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID
Truecaller is extending its scam-detection technology beyond its caller ID app to the open web, the company announced. The move signals an effort to grow beyond phone-call screening and apply its fraud intelligence more broadly online. It comes as scammers increasingly target users across websites, messages and other channels, pushing security firms to broaden their defenses.
- 4Meta uses AI to fight AI-powered scammers●Scammers use AI to fake faces and voices. Meta is fighting back with AI of its own—analysing billions of signals to spot
Scammers are increasingly using AI to generate fake faces and voices in fraud schemes, prompting Meta to deploy its own AI defences that analyse billions of signals to detect patterns and remove accounts at scale. The company says it removed 159 million scam accounts in 2025. Meta's Dr. Rafael Frankel discussed this AI-versus-AI arms race, as concern grows over deepfake-driven online fraud.
- 5Mental health provider bought gold-plated Cybertruck with $17M stolen from Tricare▼Mental health scammer buys gold-plated Cybertruck with $17M stolen from Tricare
A man accused of running a mental health billing scheme allegedly defrauded Tricare, the US military health program, out of roughly $17 million. Federal prosecutors say he spent the money on luxury purchases, including a gold-plated Tesla Cybertruck, drawing attention to fraud in mental health services billed to military beneficiaries.
- 6Prosecutor Erin West Targets the Fraud Economy's Supply Chain▼The Fraud Economy Has a Supply Chain, and Erin West Is Going After It
Santa Cruz County deputy district attorney Erin West is leading efforts to disrupt the organised networks behind online fraud and crypto scams. Rather than chasing individual scammers, her approach targets the wider supply chain of the fraud economy — the money launderers, facilitators and infrastructure that enable industrial-scale scams. The story highlights how law enforcement is shifting focus from lone perpetrators to the system that sustains cybercrime profits.