Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...

Person holding their phone with an incoming call from an unknown number. There's no way around it, Americans are inundated every day with nuisance and scam calls: about 50 billion of them per year, ...

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Police in Washington state are investigating reports that a scammer posing as popular MSNBC host Ari Melber bilked at least $20,000 out of a 73-year-old woman and even convinced her to meet up. The ...