Buyer of $1,600 second-hand RTX 4090 finds it has no GPU, missing VRAM chips
Caveat emptor
Global police effort sees 3,500 arrests, $300 million seized in online crime crackdown
The cybercrimes range from NFT rug-pulls to romance scams and deepfakes
Be careful who's selling you that high-end AMD Radeon GPU, especially on Amazon
Board partner Sapphire reports fraudulent RX 7000 listings
Microsoft and Amazon tip India's law enforcement on tech support call center fraudsters
The tech support scammers convinced customers to pay for PC "fixes"
Two Florida scammers stole more than $1 million from Uber Eats
A well-oiled scheme based on fake accounts, stolen information and prepaid cards
Shady dirt-cheap $3 SATA SSD benchmarks prove its worth exactly $2.99
Frustrated tester calls it a "piece of turd" not worth a flush
Social media scammers have stolen at least $650 million from victims this year
More than half came from investment scams
FTX employees discovered customer wallet backdoor, but bosses ignored their warnings
FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh could have avoided charges if he'd listened to subordinates
Gen Z falls victim to online scams more often than boomers, says Deloitte survey
Growing up with the internet vs. watching it arrive
In brief: There might be a stereotypical image of internet users aged 70 to 79 happily handing their bank details over to a "Nigerian prince" they just met on Facebook. But the surprising truth is that Generation Z – those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s – get scammed a lot more than their boomer grandparents.
Apple adds hidden watermarks to iPhone 15 boxes to verify authenticity
You'll need a UV light to see it
Best Buy accused of selling Intel Core i9-13900K CPU with no internals
Emphasis on the "accused" part
Amazon customer discovers his Intel Core i9-13900K is an i7-13700K in disguise
This old scam hasn't gone away
Hundreds of thousands of trafficking victims are being forced into committing online scams
"This complex phenomenon has two sets of victims"
Group arrested for selling former cryptomining graphics cards as brand-new models
The cards were valued in excess of $2 million
Online scammers are turning analog to steal users' money
Tech support scammers are trying a novel offline approach
Cybercriminals are circumventing email security with image-based scams
Malicious emails contain no HTML text, are pulling off phishing through QR codes
Man designs ChatGPT bot subscription service to annoy and waste telemarketers' time
Sweet revenge for about $2 per month
Scam alert: If you received an unsolicited smartwatch in the mail, don't turn it on
The device could carry malware, or could simply be an online retailer review scam
Dell Australia found guilty in federal court of deceptive sales practices
Ordered to refund monitor purchases, with other possible penalties to follow
Watch out for sneaky ChatGPT scams in Google Play and Apple's App Store
Most AI chatbots for mobile devices are fleeceware to be avoided
New FCC ruling sends mobile carriers a very real message about stopping robospam texts
Carriers are now required to block messages from illegitimate numbers
Americans lost $10.3 billion to online scams in 2022
The largest financial hit since the FBI started tracking losses in 2000
Sketchy Google Play store reward apps accrue over 20 million downloads
Spend every waking moment earning worthless tokens
Eight "influencers" charged with securities fraud in $114 million pump-and-dump scam
Each suspect faces a maximum of 300 years if convicted on all 12 counts
The FBI warns that tech support scams are still popular
And people are still falling for them