2026 • Jan 28
There's a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address
Abusing Microsoft's reputation may make scam harder to spot. ...
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2026 • Jan 21
Thousands of workers flee Cambodia scam centres, officials say
Amnesty International deeply concerned for scores of people ‘walking around in search of assistance’Thousands of people, including suspected victims of human trafficking, are estimated to ha...
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2026 • Jan 14
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier. ...
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2025 • Nov 20
Alice Guo, Chinese national who ran huge scam centre while Philippines mayor, sentenced to life in prison
Guo, who pretended to be Filipina to become mayor, found guilty of human trafficking after raid on compound where more than 700 people were forced to run scamsAlice Guo, a Chinese national w...
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2025 • Nov 12
ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of
Relatively new technique can bypass many endpoint protections. ...
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2025 • Nov 02
Thousands detained as Myanmar military raids notorious KK park scam compound
Myanmar's military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media reportedMyanmar’s military has raided a major online scam operation near the border ...
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2025 • Sep 15
Scam weight-loss drops marketed to Australians contain ‘basically salty water’, analysis finds
Exclusive: Scientists from UNSW school of chemistry analyse sample of treatment, bought online and purported to mimic effects of Ozempic, and find nothing more than saline solution...
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2025 • Aug 08
Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files
Running JavaScript from inside an image? What could possibly go wrong? ...
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2025 • Aug 02
Online shoppers warned of ‘dangerous’ weight-loss scam as ‘ghost stores’ impersonate real people to sell Ozempic-like treatments
Dietitian Lyndi Cohen says her likeness is being ‘abused and misrepresented’ as websites posing as Australian businesses claim to offer GLP-1 substancesGet our
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