CEO of WPP falls victim to deepfake scam
WPP’s CEO became the victim of an elaborate deepfake scam in which his boss’ voice was cloned to solicit money and personal information from employees. Mark Read, CEO of WPP, a London-based communications and advertising company whose clients include Dell, Wendy’s, Victoria’s Secret and Coca-Cola, has a WhatsApp account that appears to be his own. […]
CEO of world’s biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scam | Technology
The head of the world’s largest advertising group has been targeted in an elaborate deepfake scam using artificial intelligence voice clones. WPP CEO Mark Read detailed the attempted fraud in a recent email to management and urged other employees at the company to be wary of calls from management. I warned you. Emails obtained by […]
Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis gets 40 months in prison for health care scam
Glenn “Big Baby” Davis will be away for a while. A former NBA player was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison in New York for his role in a scheme to defraud the league’s health and welfare benefit plan out of $5 million. Davis was accused by prosecutors of charging $27,000 for a dental […]
Full jury seated in Trump’s ‘hush-money’ trial as ex-president flips through news articles while calling proceedings a ‘scam’
Twelve jurors were finalized Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial after a tumultuous day in which two previously selected jurors were dismissed. Trump, 77, did not comment on the selected committee that will decide his fate as he left the courtroom, but leafed through news articles and editorial clippings from various […]
Elderly Ohio man shoots and kills woman sent to pick up ransom from phone scam, but police say she was just an Uber driver
An elderly man in Ohio shot and killed a woman he believed to be part of a phone scam in an attempt to extort money, but police say the woman was an Uber driver sent by the scammers. The tragic shooting was captured on surveillance video from a South Charleston man’s home on March 25th. […]
Shocking video captures scam victim pointing gun at innocent Uber driver before allegedly killing her
Shocking footage shows an elderly West Virginia man allegedly targeted in a phone scam before pointing a gun at an innocent Uber driver and then fatally shooting him. Newly released dashcam footage from the car of 61-year-old driver Loretha Hall shows 81-year-old William Bullock of South Charleston pulling a gun on her around 11:20 a.m. […]
How scammers have sunk to a new low with an AI obituary scam targeting the grieving
As if scammers couldn’t get any lower, a new online scam is taking advantage of people who are grieving. This is a bizarre pirate scam that uses artificial intelligence to collect data and build fake obituary websites, exploiting the information of deceased people to defraud vulnerable victims. A woman grieving at a graveyard. (Kurt “Cyber […]
Nigerian Brothers Plead Guilty to Sextortion Scam After Suicide of Michigan Teen
Two Nigerian brothers have pleaded guilty to conspiring to sexually exploit American minors after a 17-year-old Michigan boy committed suicide as a result of an online sextortion scheme. Samuel Ogosi, 22, and Samson Ogosi, 20, were both extradited from Lagos to the United States in August 2023 for their role in Ogosi’s death. jordan demaywho […]
Police warn of new fixed deposit scam, which has claimed at least a dozen victims with at least S$650,000 lost – Yahoo Singapore News
Screenshot of the SMS received by the victim (left) and the scammer pretending to be a bank employee (Photo: SPF) singapore — new scam There is an emerging trend of fraudsters impersonating banks and offering victims promotions on high-interest fixed deposit schemes. The Singapore Police Force said in a media release on Thursday (11 April) […]
Two Nigerian brothers admit to sextortion scam with more than 100 victims, including Michigan teen who committed suicide
Two Nigerian brothers reached an agreement on Wednesday. To plea bargain For his involvement in an international sextortion scam that led to the suicide of a teenager. Jordan Demay, a 17-year-old from Michigan, was tricked into sending nude photos of herself on Instagram by a scammer posing as a teenage girl. The scammers threatened to […]