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 Hello listeners, Scotty here—your friendly cyber sleuth and seasoned scam spotter—bringing you the latest from Scamlandia, where the bytes are sharp and the bad guys are persistent. Buckle up, because this past week the Internet’s been buzzing louder than a hive at noon, and not just because of password updates.

Let’s jump right in—headlines have been dominated by the so-called “phantom hacker” scam that’s fooling people everywhere but especially targeting folks over sixty. The FBI’s had to issue a brand new warning because these con artists have gone high-tech. First, they hit you with a pop-up—looks urgent, claims your computer virus is worse than your Aunt Linda’s potato salad. Next thing you know, “tech support” calls, sounding super legit and incredibly polite, and before you can say “Ctrl+Alt+Delete,” they’ve wormed their way into your device. But wait, it escalates! You get a follow-up from someone claiming to be your bank, then—just to sprinkle that extra fraud flavor—a “government official” rounds out the attack, all pushing you to move your life savings to a “safe” account. According to Schneider Downs, this scam has rung up nearly a billion dollars in losses since 2024, and it’s not slowing down.

But there’s more brewing. Just last week, Paul Regan, CEO of Next Level and Yield Wealth, got himself cuffed for allegedly running a classic Ponzi scheme. He promised investors double-digit returns trading Colombian metals and, in healthcare, lots of “fully insured” profits. Spoiler alert: according to the Wall Street Journal and U.S. authorities, Regan just shuffled money from new folks to pay the old, and when questions got hard, he ghosted everyone. The feds say millions went missing and normal families got scorched.

Speaking of schemes that target your emotions, in Philadelphia, scammers are calling Chinese students pretending to be police, threatening arrests and demanding wire transfers or crypto payments. College campuses, like Drexel and UPenn, are warning students—if someone says you broke a law back in Chengdu and you just need to pay up real quick to make it go away, hang up and call the FBI yourself. These campaigns are engineered to isolate you and keep you from talking to friends or family.

Meanwhile, don’t forget the classics. Phishing emails and smishing texts are still everywhere, but now they’re bolstered with AI that can mimic your actual boss’s writing style. Business folks, especially, should be wary of quishing, too—those sneaky QR codes that can launch lookalike sites built to poach your login.

Here’s how you dodge these data devils: Never pay anyone you don’t know with crypto ATMs, gift cards, or cash handed over while you’re on the phone with “support.” Always hang up and call your real institution’s number, not the one from a pop-up or a text. Set up two-factor authentication, keep your online presence slim—what you wouldn’t tell a stranger in line at CVS, don’t announce to your ex’s cousin on Facebook. And if you get that gut feeling something’s off, get a second opinion—a scam can’t survive the light.

Thanks for tuning in—and don’t forget to subscribe for your weekly upgrade in scam avoidance. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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