@FediTips Also block & report such #Scammers as #Spam & Impersonation.
In case anyone found some that don't get taken down by admins within a few days, let me know and I'll add them to a public blocklist that can be queried and imported from here:

@FediTips Also block & report such #Scammers as #Spam & Impersonation.
In case anyone found some that don't get taken down by admins within a few days, let me know and I'll add them to a public blocklist that can be queried and imported from here:
@waldoj Always remember to report said accounts!
I'll gladly add those #scammers to the #bot #blocklist I maintain:
https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/activitypub.bots.block.list.tsv
AI fraud, phishing and smishing on the rise. Report the scammers by forwarding scammer texts to 7726. The Competition Bureau warns against clicking on suspicious links and forwarding texts to 7726 (SPAM), so that the cellular provider can investigate further. It also encourages people to delete smishing messages, block the number and ignore texts even if they ask to reply with “STOP” or “NO.” #fraud #ai #smishing #phishing #scammers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/smishing-scams-rise-1.7582672
I might need to read a romance novel for plot points of this goes any further. #scammers
Does this shit ever work? Lol
PSA
Be careful even on the #Fediverse / #Mastodon ...there are people impersonating famous people to try and scam you. I've reported and blocked a couple this month already but they're still out there.
Dont give even an email address to these people.
A thousand scammer domains registered in readyness for Amazon Prime Day. Maybe the internet wasn't such a great idea
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hundreds-malicious-domains/
Better Business Bureau warns against disaster scams and AI
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The rise of AI has heightened the lengths scammers will go to exploit the…
#Europe #UnitedStates #AI #america #Americans #bbb #BetterBusinessBureau #business #call #ChatGPT #disaster #floods #phones #scammers #Scams #socialmedia #Texas #text #tragedy #unitedstatesofamerica #US #USA #wibw
https://www.europesays.com/2226461/
Better Business Bureau warns against disaster scams and AI
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The rise of AI has heightened the lengths scammers will go to exploit the…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #AI #america #Americans #bbb #BetterBusinessBureau #business #call #ChatGPT #disaster #floods #phones #scammers #Scams #socialmedia #Texas #text #tragedy #unitedstatesofamerica #wibw
https://www.europesays.com/2226461/
https://www.europesays.com/2226461/ Better Business Bureau warns against disaster scams and AI #AI #america #Americans #bbb #BetterBusinessBureau #business #call #ChatGPT #disaster #floods #phones #scammers #Scams #SocialMedia #Texas #text #tragedy #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #wibw
Nigerian Scammer Posing as Trump Ally Steve Witkoff Stole 250K in Crypto From One Political Donor - A Nigeria-based scammer posing as Steve Witkoff, a long-time ally of U.S. President Donal... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/07/07/nigerian-scammer-posing-as-trump-ally-steve-witkoff-stole-250k-in-crypto-from-one-political-donor #scammers #nigeria #policy #trump #news
#China: when will PRC go to the global capital of #scammers - #Cambodia - & eradicate your Chinese-controlled scam centres there?
#UNODC #PoiPet #sihanoukville
#Chinese anti-scam team arrives in Myawaddy
"Chinese CIB officials, part of #Beijing's Ministry of #Public #Security, planned talks w #Myanmar officials on assistance for Chinese victims of #scamcentres in Myawaddy & wld urge Myanmar #authorities to take strong action against those still operat'g in border areas"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3064584/chinese-anti-scam-team-arrives-in-myawaddy
Scammers have a new tactic: impersonating DOGE – Source: www.proofpoint.com https://ciso2ciso.com/scammers-have-a-new-tactic-impersonating-doge-source-www-proofpoint-com/ #ProofpointThreatInsights #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #CyberSecurityNews #Proofpoint #Scammers
Those interested in #scams should take a look at this Atomic Shrimp video. He goes over the red flags that scammers put up, but the cases he chose are not super evident.
That's a first - I just had a *very* short conversation with an AI that 'phoned me with a home insulation scam.
Claimed to be "Jane" from the Green Eco Centre but was clearly an AI due to the staccato nature of "her" voice.
Also, as soon as I asked it for their registered company number it couldn't answer ... and simply went back to the start of its script.
Do you think it will use the words "F*** off you AI scammer" in its next training set?
Number to block is 0203 3428972 and has a long history of running this scam:
#Cybercrime moves up
"A meaningful crackdown on #scammers is impossible w/o addressing te issue of #Cambodian #government complicity.. #HunManet's cousin is a director of #Huione Pay, targeted by #US for its alleged role in #laundering #cyberscam receipts.. Gone are days when cyber-scam compounds ran solely on #forcedlabour of #Chinese victims of #humantrafficking.. compounds now seek young who speak English.. Te fin'al victims of te ️ly sophisticated #scams are #global"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3059648/cybercrime-moves-up-the-agenda
@BrielleLabingi never say *"yes"*...
- Cuz those are #scammers!