online scams
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Someone Hid Instructions in an Ordinary Email. Only the AI Could Read Them.
A scam email can now carry two messages: the one you see, and a hidden set of instructions written for the AI that summarises your inbox.
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You Bought a Concert Ticket. It Was Never Real.
Fans with paid-for tickets in their email were turned away at a Berlin concert last Friday. The tickets were fake, and this is happening at more and more big shows.
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You Opened a Page About the New iPhone. That Was Enough.
A fake Apple page for the new iPhone Duo can reach into an out-of-date iPhone the moment it opens — no click needed. Here is what is going on and what you can do about it.
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The ‘Your Computer Is Infected’ Warning That Came From an Ordinary Ad
A fake virus warning can arrive through an ordinary Google ad, take over your screen and tell you to call a number. Here is what it really is, and what to do.
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A Real Job Never Asks You to Open a Bank Account
Fake job ads offer home office work and easy money, then come for your ID or your bank account. A plain-language guide to spotting job scamming.
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Scan a QR Code for a Vote? That Tap Can Cost You 600 Euro
A WhatsApp message asks you to vote for a girl in a dance competition. The link wants your phone number, then a code or a QR scan — and that one scan hands your account to strangers.
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Someone Sends You a Code. Typing It Hands Them Your Email
Microsoft has shut down EvilTokens, a criminal kit that tricked more than 12,000 people into handing over their email by typing in a code.