Five ways to spot when a paper is a fraud
• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Illustration: The Project Twins From the low-quality output of paper mills to increasingly convincing content generated by artif
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NC prosecutors seize $61M USDT from pig butchering scam
• $61M USDT seized by NC prosecutors from pig butchering scam. • Funds traced to crypto wallets used to launder stolen money. • Victims lured online to fake trading platforms, losi
Beware Phone Return Scam After New Device Delivery
• Scammers call claiming a wrong phone was shipped and ask for return. • They often keep the device instead of replacing it. • Victims should hang up and verify with the carrier di
Ukrainian Gets 5 Years in US Prison for Aiding North Korean IT Fraud
• A Ukrainian national was sentenced to five years in a US prison for selling stolen identities to fraudulent North Korean workers and for facilitating the operation of laptop farm
PayPal Data Breach Led to Fraudulent Transactions
• PayPal disclosed a data breach affecting personal info of ~100 customers. • Breach caused by coding error in PayPal Working Capital loan application. • Exposed data included name
Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case
• Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has beensentenced to five years in prisonin the U.S. • for his role i
From Fentanyl to Fraud: On-Chain Activity Highlights Illicit Market Evolution
• TL;DR - Darknet market activity remains resilient, with aggregate DNM flows reaching nearly $2.6 billion in 2025, underscoring the persistence of crypto-enabled drug markets desp