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 It’s Scotty here, your virtual scam-busting sidekick reporting straight from the wild world of internet fraud—where every click can be a risk, every email a trap. Buckle up, listeners; it’s time for the latest circus of cyber trickery.

Let’s start with something fresh out of the news: a PayPal phishing scam that’s got more polish than a Silicon Valley startup, but about as much ethical fiber as a wet noodle. According to Cybernews and the researchers at Malwarebytes, scammers are spoofing PayPal’s own email addresses, pretending you need to set up your account profile after a suspicious $900-plus charge reportedly placed at Kraken.com, a legit crypto trading platform. Of course, the link’s set to vanish in 24 hours, and the urgency is all part of their attention-grabbing playbook. The phone number listed in these emails? Known to scam trackers and the Better Business Bureau as bogus. Bottom line: if PayPal wants to talk to you, they’ll address you by your real name, not “Dear Customer” or “Receipt43535e” as these crooks do.

Meanwhile, over in Mobile, Alabama, we’ve got a real-life drama courtesy of the USPS Inspector General. Kalaijha Tomeco Ranier Lewis, a former postal employee, just got slammed with federal prison time for a multimillion-dollar counterfeit check fraud scheme. Lewis and her accomplice Brian Williams III stole over $17 million by lifting business checks from PO boxes, altering them, and flipping them on Telegram. Williams was nabbed at a gas station with $10,000 in cash, drugs, and a bundle of hot checks—true crime meets digital hustle.

Baltimore’s still feeling the sting from a business email compromise scam that drained over $1.5 million from city coffers. According to breach reports, an attacker posed as a contractor, snaked into Workday via email, and got the bank account details switched. Baltimore’s team missed key verification steps, proving once again that a little due diligence goes a long way.

Romance scams haven’t gone anywhere either—Scamicide just highlighted some poor soul who got swindled by a scammer pretending to be a General Hospital star, a fierce reminder to double-check those sob stories and never wire cash for love.

The new frontier in scams? AI-generated messages and deepfakes. Tools like FraudGPT let crooks churn out realistic text and audio at scale. According to Norton, if a request comes in hot and fast, or a video caller seems eerily robotic or off-kilter, triple-check before you respond. Sometimes the scam is hiding in tone, cadence, or even weird background details.

How do you avoid getting caught? According to Tesaaworld’s top tips for 2025, use two-factor authentication, only enter sensitive info on HTTPS sites, and steer clear of suspicious links—especially in those “urgent” messages. Monitor your bank accounts, rock complex passwords, and yes, update your software.

Thanks for tuning in, listeners. Stay sharp, stay skeptical, and subscribe for updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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