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This Week in Scams: The AI “Truman Show” Scam Draining Bank Accounts
Mar 06, 2026 | 5 MIN READ
This Week in Scams: Petco Breach Warning, and Watch Out for Fake Federal Calls
Pets, poisoned AI search results, and a phone call that sounds like it’s coming straight from the...
Think That Party Invite Is Real? Fake E-Vite Scams Are the New Phishing Trap
It looks harmless enough. A digital party invitation lands in your inbox or phone. You click to...
How to Stay Safe on Your New AI Browser
AI-powered browsers give you much more than a window to the web. They represent an entirely new...
This Week in Scams: Phony AI Ads, Apple Account Takeover Attempts, and a PlayStation Scam
For this week in scams, we have fake AI-generated shopping images that could spoil your holidays, scammers...
McAfee Named ADVANCED+ in Real-World Protection — What That Means for You
When it comes to online safety, independent testing matters. And in the latest AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test,...
The Most Impersonated Brands in Holiday Shopping, Ranked
Scammers aren’t worried about ending up on the naughty list. If anything, they’re doubling down in 2025. This year, scammers are impersonating major brands...
This Week in Scams: DoorDash Breach and Fake Flight Cancellation Texts
Leading off our news on scams this week, a heads-up for DoorDash users, merchants, and Dashers too....
How to Follow McAfee on Google News in One Simple Step
Want McAfee’s latest scam alerts, cybersecurity tips, and safety updates to show up automatically in your Google...
This Week in Scams: New Alerts for iPhone and Android Users and a Major Google Crackdown
Welcome back to another This Week in Scams. This week, have attacks that take over Androids and iPhones,...
This Week in Scams: Fake Steaks and Debit Card Porch Pirates
We’re back with a new edition of “This Week in Scams,” a roundup of what’s current and...
The Louvre Used Its Own Name as a Password. Here’s What to Learn From It
If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve probably seen the headlines out of Paris: one of the...
AWS Outage Disrupts Major Apps Like Reddit and Snapchat—What Happened and How to Stay Safe
Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world’s largest cloud providers, recently experienced a major outage that...
