#social-media-fraud
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fromConsequence
4 weeks agoHackers Stole $5.3 Billion in 2025 by Impersonating Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter: Report
AI-powered scams are hijacking the identities of major artists to steal money from fans, according to a new report (via ). The social media security company Spikerz says platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and X-vital for announcements and fan engagement-are increasingly "high-risk entry points for fraud and brand damage," with AI making impersonations harder to spot and scams more effective.
Information security
US news
fromThe Mercury News
3 months agoPleasanton woman expected success from Instagram stock market wizard. Instead, couriers stole $1 million from her
A Pleasanton woman lost $1 million to an Instagram-based investment scam that used social media contact and couriers to collect foreign currency over months.
fromCurbed
3 months agoIt's Stunningly Easy to Impersonate a Broker Online
At first, Sicari, the top rental broker at Douglas Elliman, who leads a team of six other agents, assumed the callers were clients. 'Oh, which apartment?' she'd ask. But the addresses they gave her didn't exist, nor did the prices: $950 for a Soho studio, $2,500 for a loftlike two-bed, two-bath in Greenwich Village, a Gramercy one-bedroom in a luxury doorman building for $1,800 a month.
Real estate
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