Fraudster

A fraudster is an individual who commits fraud, a deliberate act of deception for financial or personal gain. They use various methods, including technology and impersonation, to trick victims out of money or assets.

Why it’s in the news: Fraudsters are in the news due to the increasing scale and sophistication of their schemes, involving AI, large-scale botnets, and high-value impersonation scams.

Latest on Fraudster

• Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
• Lego fraudster among last year's most high-profile insurance scammers
• Cloudflare’s Adaptive Intelligence Makes Cyber Attacks Too Expensive for Fraudsters
• WhatsApp ‘Scam Alert’ feature begins beta testing on Android: How it helps block fraudsters
• MTR Corp senior manager conned out of HK$74m by fraudster posing as HSBC UK staff
• Multi-property owner loses HK$10 million after fraudster poses as possible tenant

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