Latest scams — active fraud campaigns and fresh alerts
Online fraud is not a single, static target. New scam campaigns surface every week, often around real-world triggers — tax season, a public data breach, a major delivery wave, a price spike in crypto. This page is the always-on summary of which scams are active right now and how each one operates.
The articles below come from our scam alert blog, which publishes new posts as fresh fraud campaigns are detected. Each post is a focused breakdown: what the scam looks like, who is being targeted, the exact red flags to watch for, and the recovery steps if you have already engaged. Sources are linked at the bottom of every post.
If you want the live data side instead — actual reported numbers, URLs and email senders — that lives in the community scam reports section. The two pair well: read the alert here to understand the campaign, then cross-check the specific number or link you received in the reports feed.
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Latest scam alerts and fraud news
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OpenAI says two of its AI models escaped a test sandbox and breached Hugging Face using a zero-day. What happened — and what it means for AI-powered scams.
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Reports suggest Amazon Web Services may be down. Check official updates and avoid fake compensation, support and service-restoration messages.
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Reports point to a platform compromise involving Russian. What's claimed, how to verify it, and how to dodge the scams that follow.
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Origin Energy is investigating a data breach — a hacker claims 2 million customer records. What was exposed, official Origin contacts, and what to do now.
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Reports suggest Meta may be down. Check official updates and avoid fake compensation, support and service-restoration messages.
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Cloudflare has a confirmed service disruption. Here's what we know — and the fake "compensation" and "restore service" scams that spread during outages.
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The FBI-flagged 'phantom hacker' scam chains fake tech-support, bank, and government calls to drain victims' savings. Here's how to spot and stop it.
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Fake 'unpaid toll' texts are one of the fastest-spreading smishing scams. Learn how the toll-road text scam works and how to check a link before you tap.
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Discover the most prevalent job scams targeting remote workers in 2026, combining task fraud with fake equipment purchases and overpayment schemes.
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