9 Best Articles in 2022
TIME
Goodreads' Problem With Extortion Scams and Review Bombing
TIME
8 min read · · Many authors and publishers now see the social networking site as a "necessary evil" · Shared by 175, including Pronounced Sher - Elle, Patricia Smith, Garance Franke-Ruta, Anil, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA
TechCrunch
100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less
TechCrunch
3 min read · · This list describes cryptocurrencies. Each gets four words. There are many. Some are landmarks. Some are scams. Hopefully this provides orientation. · Shared by 584, including Fabricio Teixeira, Thomas Power, Merkstatt, Sir Lord Travis Wright, Web3 Speaker, Stefan Steiner, Mario Camou, Dez S. Papp, Carl Morris, Weiting Chen, Ha Duong, Nicolas Berg, Francesco Forconi, Oleg Baskov, Gio Tiongson, Amaury Martiny, von Moerenburgh, Azeem Azhar, Michael R. Nall, Bram Kanstein, Balaji Srinivasan
Ars Technica
Inside the $100K+ forgery scandal that’s roiling PC game collecting
Ars Technica
~19 min read · · From Akalabeth to Xenobia, many rare PC titles are now considered elaborate scams. · Shared by 169, including Jennifer Ouellette, Thomas “🐈🔭🕹” Fuchs, mrbrown
maxread.substack.com
What's the deal with all those weird wrong-number texts?
maxread.substack.com
~13 min read · · Digging into the world of "pig-butchering" scams · Shared by 294, including Ernie Smith, Chaotic Goode, Nils Hitze, K. Williams, Barry Ritholtz, Casey Newton, Jeff Atwood, Kevin Kelly, Simon Carless, Tactical Tech, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Nieman Lab
An incomplete history of Forbes.com as a platform for scams, grift, and bad journalism
Nieman Lab
~14 min read · · That "rapper" accused of billions in crypto fraud was also a Forbes contributor. Is it finally time to move past the contributor network? · Shared by 278, including Casey Newton, Walter Hickey, Joshua Benton, Loughlin O'Nolan, Robin Wigglesworth, Thomas Knüwer, Esther Schindler, Taylor Lorenz, Stephanie A Kowalski, John Nosta, Kaspar Manz, Grzegorz Wapiński, Stef Walter, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Loubna Rais, Ben Sandofsky, Brittany Berger, Mathew Ingram, luis antónio santos, Michelle Garrett (she/her)
WIRED
The Blockchain: A Love Story—And a Horror Story
WIRED
· Cryptomania isn’t just a mad rush of scams and speculation. It’s a utopian dream. And a living nightmare. · Shared by 244, including Yvette Dubel, Stephanie A Kowalski, Alain, Michael Seemann, Nick Lüthi, Merkstatt, Mattias Tyrberg, Amaury Martiny, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Hannes Grassegger, Christopher Allen, 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗, Klaus Eck, Walid Ark, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Sébastien Bonset, Hannes Gassert, Chris Messina, Thomas Power, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷
SearchEngineJournal®
10 Top SEO Scams & Cons (Plus How to Avoid Them)
SearchEngineJournal®
~11 min read · · SEO scams are as old as search engine optimization itself. Learn the top scams, how to spot them, and what you need to know to steer clear. · Shared by 30, including Christopher S. Penn, Danny Goodwin
Harper's Magazine
The Victim Cloud, by Hannah Zeavin
Harper's Magazine
~16 min read · · Gullibility in the golden age of scams · Shared by 135, including Barry Ritholtz
BuzzFeed News
How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · · Asher Burke built his company on the back of one of the internet’s most persistent, lucrative, and sophisticated scams — and then it all fell apart. · Shared by 117, including Kaspar Manz, Matt Navarra, Grammar Girl, 👨🏻💻☕️, luis antónio santos, Merkstatt, John Koetsier, Mathew Ingram, Jane, Paul Watson, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Cory Doctorow, Matthew Holt, Bjorn Larsen, Mark Little, Jörgen Camrath, Mark Kaigwa, Virginia Hughes
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The New York Times
Biden’s student debt plan attracts lawsuits, scams and confusion
The New York Times
5 min read · · Department of Education officials are racing to create the application and get a public information campaign up and running without substantial additional resources, according to several people… · Shared by 62, including The Indian Express
bionic.co.uk
The UK’s biggest phone scams in 2022 (and how to prevent them)
bionic.co.uk
9 min read · · Shared by 50
TechCrunch
Apple settles lawsuit with developer over App Store rejections and scams
TechCrunch
4 min read · · An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show a request to dismiss the suit earlier this summer. The plaintiff, app… · Shared by 10, including Marcin Kryzanovsky
omny.fm
Are 'we buy houses cash' offers scams? How a journalist uncovered the truth in one case
omny.fm
1 min read · · If you are thinking of selling a home through a company that offers cash for houses, be cautious. One reporter explains what she learned on the latest Behind the Headlines · Shared by 27
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The Atlantic
Email Is Dangerous
The Atlantic
20+ min read · · Electronic mail as we know it is drowning in spam, forged phishing mails, and other scams and hacks. It’s going to get worse before it gets better. · Shared by 116, including Bernhard Huessy, Chris Schultz ✌️, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Dana DiTomaso, Nils Hitze, haldimann, Thomas Power
briankrebs
How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap
briankrebs
4 min read · · One of the oldest scams around -- the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data -- is on the rise, the FBI warns. Here's the story of a recent LinkedIn… · Shared by 108, including Tim, Anil
Ars Technica
Securing your digital life, part three: How smartphones make us vulnerable
Ars Technica
10 min read · · Phone scams, targeted phishing, and... pig butchering? The future is kind of scary. · Shared by 106, including Jennifer Ouellette, Tactical Tech, Thomas Pleil
Grid
Scammers have been around forever. Then came crypto.
Grid
10 min read · · As cryptocurrency scams proliferate, regulators, courts and lawmakers are establishing a framework for holding alleged crypto scammers responsible. But the nature of the crypto industry makes that a… · Shared by 98
Guardian Tech
Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters
Guardian Tech
7 min read · · Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands. Amelia Tait reports · Shared by 122, including Birgit Schefer, Esther Schindler, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Polina, Mark Little, Howard Getson
The New Yorker
Coffeezilla, the YouTuber Exposing Crypto Scams
The New Yorker
5 min read · · In the golden age of con artistry, self-proclaimed finance gurus are everywhere, with few checks on their claims. · Shared by 114, including Roberto Blake 🇺🇸🇵🇦 Creative Entrepreneur, Dorothea Baur (Dr.)
Vox
Anyone can fall for online scams — even you. Here’s how to avoid them.
Vox
~11 min read · · From spam texts to payment app fraud to crypto tricks. · Shared by 114
Radio-Canada
From temptation to sextortion
Radio-Canada
~16 min read · · We discovered a massive network of fake Facebook profiles used to trap victims in sextortion scams. Here's how. · Shared by 29, including Rodrigo Franco (Caffo), 150O
Grid
The rise of dognapping: How sky-high prices for purebreds have led to pet scams, predatory leases and…
Grid
~11 min read · · As with so many other goods, the price of all purebred and designer dogs skyrocketed when the pandemic started. This led to an increase in dognappings and other dog-related crimes. · Shared by 108
