This Is Not Keanu: Inside Celebrity Impersonation Bitcoin Scam
The Hollywood Reporter | Victims think they’re talking to Keanu Reeves. Or Kevin Costner. Then come pleas for cash. The AI-fueled con that fleeces fans and has Hollywood fighting back.
Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds
Verso Books | Based on years of field research, Scam provides a probing investigation of Southeast Asia’s online scam industry, told through the voices of survivors.
What Are Common Crypto Scams?
National Cybersecurity Alliance | From fake bitcoin giveaways to romance scams and shady investment “opportunities,” crypto scams are exploding in popularity.
Digital Forensics and Pig Butchering Schemes
BlockChain Trends | Learn about digital forensics and scam schemes from Operation Shamrock’s Aleks Ring on an episode of the BlockChain Trends podcast.
WIS10 Interview: Operation Shamrock
WIS 10 TV | WIS interviews Operation Shamrock’s Hailey Windham to learn about scams, who the scammers target, and tips to keep yourself safe from online threats.
Teen Jumped Out a Window to Escape Cambodia’s Brutal Scam Farms
Reuters | Lured to Cambodia and forced to defraud strangers online, a Thai teenager said he barely survived after jumping from an eighth-floor window to escape a prison-like compound.
Cambodia: Government allows human rights abuses to flourish in scam compounds
Amnesty International | The Cambodian government is ignoring abuses carried out by criminal gangs in more than 50 scam compounds across the country.
Slavery, Human Trafficking and Torture in Cambodia Scam Compounds
Amnesty International | A detailed report documenting the alarming human rights crisis in Cambodia, identifying at least 53 scam compounds where rights abuses have taken place.
How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans
ProPublica | Asian crime syndicates’ online scams cheat victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.
Body Camera Video Captures Scammer’s Change of Heart
9NEWS Denver | An officer's body camera captured the confession of a woman who impersonated a federal agent and convinced a couple to buy $20,000 worth of gift cards.
Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets, Then Watched Them Rebuild
Wired | Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto-scam-related services. Now, as those markets rebrand and bounce back, it’s done nothing to stop them.
Inside Vietnamese Phone Farms Where Fakery Is Made
FrankonFraud | Racks hold thousands of smartphones automated to imitate humans: liking posts, following accounts, watching video — seeding misinformation and scaling scams.
Tricked, tortured, finally freed: Inside a Burmese scam farm
The Times | Trafficked by a Chinese crime gang, Mustapha Momoh was held in southeast Asia — one of 375,000 similar people forced to con westerners out of their life savings.
Escaping The Pig Butcher
Forbes | What to watch out for to avoid being lured into scams. The key: Don’t respond or send money to random people who contact you online, no matter how good their story.
The Data Behind Online Scams
Data Basement Podcast | Explore pig-butchering scams with Operation Shamrock founder and cybercrime expert Erin West. Learn how scammers use AI for automation and digital currency to move their money.
CU Fight Fraud
CU Fight Fraud helps credit unions and community banks build fraud-savvy cultures that protect what matters most.
BBB Scam Tracker
Better Business Bureau | Scam Tracker is a free tool anyone can use to report suspected scams. Your reports warn others so they can avoid similar cons.
Protect Your Investments
Investor.gov | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission provides resources to identify potential scams, research investments, verify credentials of investment professionals, and more.
List of U.S. Secret Service Field Offices
Report scams to your local field office. Cyber Fraud Task Forces work to prevent, detect, and mitigate cyber-enabled financial crimes, leading to arrests and convictions.
How banks can combat increasingly sophisticated scam tactics
American Banker | Unlike fraud schemes where criminals gain unauthorized access to funds, scams often involve victims being manipulated into willingly initiating transactions themselves.