Can "Scams" Be a Doom?
Scams are old. Mesopotamia old. Snake oil old. They haven’t doomed us yet. But investigative journalist Joseph Cox of 404 Media sees something changing: new technology is making the oldest cons more personal, more convincing, and much harder to check. Ben Bradford follows the scam from fake bosses and Nigerian princes…
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