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

Officials urge customers to redeem credits only in the My Verizon app to avoid phishing scams.

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