Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.” The (mostly) women who land these gigs are likely being used to dupe victims out of their money. When applying ...

Matt Barnes shut down rumors of a $61K AI scam, calling out false stories that are interfering with his attempts to repair his relationship. Matt Barnes slammed viral claims that he lost $61,000 to an ...

A Michigan woman pleaded guilty to wire fraud after scamming a family out of $4.6 million. Chanise Coyne posed as a child modeling agent and spent the money on herself, including for online gambling.

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.