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Florida Officials Return $710,000 in Crypto to Product-Review Scam Victim

The case shows that tracing crypto flows into consolidation wallets through civil forfeiture restores stolen assets to victims.

PG&E Warns of New Barcode and QR-Code Payment Scam

ChatGPT Returned Links to Convincing Fake Retail Sites

FBI Warns of Surge in ‘Banking Spoof’ Calls Draining Accounts

Social Security Watchdog Warns of Surge in Fake ‘Statement’ Emails Targeting Retirees

Verizon $20 Outage Credit Rolls Out as Some Customers Secure Up to $200 and Phishing Texts Are Reported

Internal Docs Link Billions of Meta’s China Ad Revenue to Scams as Senators Push Investigations

China-Linked Smishing Rings Netted Over $1 Billion Targeting U.S. Phones, DHS Says

LAPD Probes AI Deepfake Using Steve Burton’s Likeness That Cost L.A. Woman $81K

Ohio Man Warns as AI Impersonator of Jelly Roll Presses for More Gift Cards

DOJ Indicts Two in $650 Million Global Crypto and Forex Fraud Scheme

Evanston Woman Loses $62,000 to Telegram Impersonator Claiming to Be Kevin Costner