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About this episode
The episode discusses various social engineering scams and cyber threats, including evolving sugar baby scams and a Michigan business owner's experience with a hacked Facebook account.
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Joe once again shares tales from his "stupid" chickens. Dave has the story on how sugar baby scams are evolving into broader cyber threats involving fake identities, financial fraud, and account compromise. Maria's got the story on a Michigan business owner whose hacked Facebook account was drained, banned, and effectively locked away by automated moderation systems. Joe has the story on a Virginia family who narrowly avoided a Facebook Marketplace rental scam after a fake landlord asked them to wire money for a home they didn’t own. Our catch of the day comes from Reddit, where a scammer was this close too fooling, not really. Resources and links to stories: Sugar Baby Scams: How to Spot and Avoid Them Hacked, robbed, then…
People in this episode
Hosts: Maria Varmazis, Dave Bittner
Guest: Joe Carrigan
Topics covered
- social engineering scams
- phishing schemes
- cyber threats
- financial fraud
- account compromise
- real estate scams
Keywords
- social engineering
- phishing
- sugar baby scams
- Facebook Marketplace
- financial fraud
- account compromise
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: N2K CyberWire
Places: Michigan, Virginia
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