scam
Example Sentences
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Just as AI can personalize the ads you see online, bad actors are using it to glean personal information that enables them to create custom-tailored scams quickly and on a large scale.
But experts say fear persists, which has been worsened by widespread media reports and a blockbuster movie about internet scam networks run by criminal groups across the region.
From Barron's
For three nights after the first attacks, the bosses forced them to work their regular 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. shift, sending scam messages to men in Russia and the Middle East, the men said.
Authorities in the US and South Korea have warned about Pyongyang's operatives carrying out online scams.
From BBC
China's reaction to the military takeover was initially muted, but the explosion of internet scam centres along the China-Myanmar border threw a lever.
From Barron's
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