A new bank regulation in the United Kingdom promises refunds to customers who are victims of fraud through bank transfers. We'll likely see the same regulations in other countries soon, and it will likely lead to banks getting up in our business about who we transfer money to, so they won't be on the hook for fraud. Is this a good thing? Let's discuss.

Resources

• Groundbreaking new protections for victims of APP scams start today
• The Perfect Scam podcast: You May Not Be a Winner: Sweepstakes Scam Empties Woman’s Savings
• Kitboga video: Scammers Wanted My Life Savings – We Shut Them Down Instead

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Pump and dump, rug pull… what do these terms mean? Host Michele Bousquet explains how scammy cryptocurrency schemes work, how they relate to illegal practices in the stock market, and how you can spot them so you don't fall for them.

Resources

• A Brief History of the Stock Market and Stock Exchanges
• Investopedia: Forces That Move Stock Prices
• SEC: Pump and Dump Schemes
• Investopedia: What are Penny Stocks?
• Skinning The Wolf of Wall Street: Victims Speak Out
• Faze Clan Members Skewered By Fans Following Huge Crypto Losses
• Notorious YouTube Streamer Stole $500,000 From Fans In Crypto Scheme (And Won't Give It Back)
• Influencers Who Promoted Shady Crypto Scams
• How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties
• The Many Scams of Logan Paul and His Questionable Ventures

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Is any telemarketing actual real anymore? Here we delve into the history of telemarketing, and how it was always a little scammy, even before the era of endless scam phone calls.

Resources

• Time Life Published Book Series
• MCI Long-Distance Overcharges
• Consumer Alert: Telemarketing Scams

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It's not about pork, it's about stealing your money. Pig Butchering is a devastating scam, a long con that fools people into forking over their life savings for a bogus investment. Pig Butchering takes thousands of people every year for billions of dollars, most of it from the elderly. Find out what Pig Butchering is, how to spot it when it comes your way, and how to keep your friends and loved ones from falling for it.

Resources

• Office of the Inspector General: Pig Butchering Scams 
• FBI Cryptocurrency Fraud Report

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Why does ChatGPT lie? It's a great tool for research, but sometimes “hallucinates” its answers. By that I mean, it tells outright lies. Find out how to spot when ChatGPT is being a fool, and how to avoid getting duped by its responses.

Resources:

• Here’s What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT
• Disciplinary judge approves lawyer's suspension for using ChatGPT to generate fake cases
• New York lawyers sanctioned for using fake ChatGPT cases in legal brief
• Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
• The Art and Math of Cryptography

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Content generated by AI (artificial intelligence) is all around us: on the internet, in advertising, and worst of all, in your DMs. Come on down for a wild ride through the world of AI-generated images, and how scammers are taking advantage of the technology to run their schemes.

Resources:

• Families Scammed by AI Images That Promised Willy Wonka-Style Event
• Artists Copyright Claims Against AI Image Generators Advance in Court
• Georg Nees: Computer Art and Graphics
• An Interview with Frieder Nake
• Interview with Manfred Mohr

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“You can get rich like me. Just buy my course to learn how!” Don't fall for it. Social media has made it a lot easier for scammers to sell you on a dream. Maybe they were early to the game and lucky to make a few bucks, but the opportunity (if it ever existed) is long gone.

Early and Lucky is the name of the game. Find out what it is, how to play it, and how not to lose your shirt on scammy get-rich schemes.

Resources:

• Logan Paul promises CryptoZoo refunds, as long as you don’t sue him
• Logan Paul is Suing Coffeezilla
• Seint Shifts to Enhanced Affiliate Model
• Rodan and Fields announces new business model, cuts 100 jobs
• Documentary: The Queen of Versailles

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If you've seen The Imitation Game you've heard of the Enigma, the cryptographic machine used by the German military in WWII. Everything about the Enigma–how it was used, how it was solved–is echoed in the cryptographic methods we used in the past, today, and in the future.

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Your smart phone keeps busy, even when you're not on it. Apps are constantly downloading data–thumbnails, ad content, new posts–at a surprising frequency, even when you're not actively using the app. These downloads can lead to your download data making it look like you're using your phone when you're not. 

In this episode, I pull a story from my days in mobile forensics to show just how this constant downloading could get you in trouble one day, and how you can avoid such a fate.

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