Scammers’ new tactic?

August 26, 2024

⚠️ Scammers’ new tactic? Using social media and messaging apps like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram to tell you you’re hot or offer tips to show you how to make money. About 86% of victims are tricked into transferring money themselves — without the crooks ever accessing their accounts. Come on! Please don’t fall for it.

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Text scam: Chinese phishing crew behind fake delivery notifications

Oh, no! An urgent text from the U.S. Postal Service about your package delivery. Yeah, we all know by now these texts are fake.

And we finally know who’s behind the scammy messages. I thought this was super interesting, and I bet you will, too. A Chinese phishing operation has been farming personal info for the last year and a half.

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This new AI software makes you look like someone else in real time

When I saw this video on social media, it stopped me in my tracks. A new, free AI tool can turn a person into someone else with just one click.

Before you panic, let’s take a look at how it works and how you can protect yourself and your identity.

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Why is Duolingo so mean?

Would this type of reinforcement motivate you to keep going?

In 2004, Google went public, selling 22 million shares and making a few people instant millionaires and billionaires. At last check, a share of parent company Alphabet is $167.63. Did Google’s first-day shares close at … A.) $25, B.) $42, C.) $100 or D.) $132?

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$2.4 to $15 million

Cost for your very own apartment on a luxury yacht that travels the world. Luxury liner “The World” will never call itself a cruise ship, trust me. It’s made up of 165 privately owned apartments, ranging in size from 290-square-foot studios to a 3,240-square-foot four-bedroom pad. Would you live on this?

The second Neuralink brain-chip patient is doing well

“Alex” is using design software to create 3D objects and play the first-person shooter game Counter-Strike, all controlled with his mind. The next frontier? Connecting the brain chip to the physical world. Think full-control robotic arms. Incredible stuff.

200 cookies

What the average American eats each year. A 50-state survey showed one in six Americans, or a little over 16%, eats dessert daily. That percentage is highest in Tennessee, at 25%. On average, sweets cravings hit hardest at 2:30 p.m. For the record, Newman-O’s are my favorite cookie.

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Time by when the average person knows whether or not they're in for a bad day

Time by when the average person knows whether or not they’re in for a bad day. The top morning mishaps? Waking up sick, sleeping poorly, having a headache, losing your keys or forgetting your phone at home. Maybe we need mood rings.

36 flights canceled

Because of some missing scissors. An airport in Japan completely shut down for two hours after a pair of scissors went missing. Authorities had to make sure they weren’t headed for a flight. In the end, the scissors were found … in the shop where they were left originally.

3 hours a day

The sweet spot for gamers. Studies show playing video games for under three hours a day correlates with better mental health and less stress. Over three hours? Those benefits went — poof — goodbye.