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What Kids Taught Me about Scams

Children are adjusting to a world that adults are ruining.

Innocence Lost: Children and Scams

Children can better at identifying scams than their parents.

The Unsung Heroes of 2023

As we approach the end of the year, let us be grateful for the people who deserve more thanks than they receive.

$116mn Fine for Toll-Free Fraudster Who Embarrassed US Telecoms Industry with His Anti-Scam Antics

An amateurish fraudster has been punished by high-status professionals who also have a shaky relationship with the truth.

Is India Really Cracking Down on Phone Scams?

Internet vigilante and YouTuber Jim Browning used his hacking skills to obtain compelling evidence about the bosses of an Indian scam call center who were then arrested but never prosecuted.

Learning from YouTubers Who Hack Scam Call Centers

Developers of a robocall blocking app brought together YouTube's leading scambaiters for a week. Imagine if teams like these investigated scam calls all year.

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The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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