WIRED | It began with a message journalist Andy Greenberg’s inbox. A computer engineer from India was trapped far from home and forced to work 15-hour shifts running romance scams.

KHOU-11 | It looked like a typical text alert from her bank warning her of suspicious charges on her account. She replied “no,” and the scammers got to work.

Europol | The Spanish National Police, working with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, disrupted operations of the “Black Axe” international criminal organization.

CTV News | An investigation looks into why the people making scam calls targeting Canadians seem to be so willing to scam people out of their life savings.

W5 | Canadians are being aggressively targeted by scammers using AI-generated videos and images to get them to invest in cryptocurrency scams.

NBC Bay Area | The Department of Justice has indicted the leader of a sophisticated crime network for operating scam compounds in Myanmar.

ABC7 - KGO | The voice on the phone sounded like his son. He’d been arrested. An attorney directed him to pay a $15,000 bail at a nearby Bitcoin ATM. But it was a scam.

CBC News | An investigation of the crypto ATM industry in Canada showed that the machines have become the main way scammers get money from fraud victims in Canada.

KHOU | The FBI is warning about fake websites designed to mimic the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The sites are designed to trick people into entering personal and banking details.

Netflix | Unveiling the dark world of romance fraud. A new series follows The Tinder Swindler’s Cecilie Fjellhøy as she helps victims reclaim their lives.

Idaho News 6 | Police are warning parents about a new phone scam. Scammers are calling parents, pretending to be medics, and claiming their child has been injured.

KHOU-11 | Thirteen people have been charged in an elder fraud scheme targeting more than 400 seniors through fake “grandparent” calls from the Dominican Republic.

NBC6 South Florida | The scam begins when someone fraudulently takes over your cell phone account. And it takes scammers only minutes to drain your bank accounts.

ABC News | Cambodia has intensified its crackdown on online scam centers, arresting nearly 5,000 suspects so far this year.

WCSC Live 5 News | Crypto ATM kiosks allow people to put cash into the machine and receive some kind of cryptocurrency. But they’re used for fraud 99.5% of the time.

A member of the Crypto Coalition, Brooklyn Park Sgt. Tuzinski found scripts that scammers use to trick victims. He shared them with NBC KARE 11 News to highlight red flags.

NBC Bay Area | Fenced towers are home to both scams and modern day slavery, advocates say.

WIS 10 TV | WIS interviews Operation Shamrock’s Hailey Windham to learn about scams, who the scammers target, and tips to keep yourself safe from online threats.