Can your gas station be hacked?
Reports say Iranian cyber attackers are hacking into gas tanks at U.S. gas stations. What does it mean for you filling up at the pump? Here's how the attackers can get in and what they can do if they take control.
Can face detection be hacked like in the movies?
In the movies, people evading law enforcement can hack into facial detection systems and put their face onto someone else. That's what actor Tom Cruise and his team did in the movie Dead Reckoning. But can we do this same kind of hack in real life? A researcher tries his hand at it with fascinating results.
This megastar is in love with you: revealing celebrity scam tactics from the inside
Which is the real celebrity? We go undercover to expose cyber criminal tricks, romance scammers and celebrity impostors. This two-month investigation exposes a scammer posing as American Idol judge and Grammy Award-winning singer Lionel Richie.
Shady stores are using AI to trick us out of holiday cash
.You have a new decision to make when it comes to holiday shopping. Not just price or quality, but also, "Is it real or AI?" Shady stores are selling you on fake pictures of low quality products. Here's how to avoid the AI fakery and shop smarter during the holidays and any time of year.
How cyber crooks trick people into making fake investments
People who have never invested in cryptocurrency are launching their first big trades online. But in this case, the trades are fake, the traders are cyber criminals, and the money disappears. Ampyx News goes undercover to show you how these attackers are tricking people out of more than $5 billion a year and ends up face-to-face with a deepfake video caller.
Email faker steals $30,000 from family trying to buy a home
All it took was one missing letter in an email address. A Florida family lost more than $30,000 when an email impostor infiltrated their home purchase and made off with the down payment. Here's how this real estate wire fraud happened.
Inside the scam: Atlanta woman loses $500,000 to love scammers
Romance scammers swindled an Atlanta woman out of more than half a million dollars in an intricate scheme that lasted months. Most romance scammers get away with their victim's money. But in this case, detectives tracked down members of the crime ring and made arrests. Will they go to court? Here is an inside look at the crime and court case.
Fake leather, fake people: AI sellers generate numerous complaints
Watch out for fake artisans who claim to be shutting down their workshops and selling off their handmade goods. Online stores are using AI generated pictures of fake people to advertise a bittersweet story of retirement and big discounts. Unfortunately, buyers are finding out some of these stories are fake. And the customers are the ones left holding the bag.
FACT CHECK: Can you lower your electric bill with Leonardo DiCaprio, Elon Musk & the City of Philadelphia?
As the weather gets colder, we turn up the heat -- and so do cyber crooks peddling fake energy-saving devices. They’re flooding inboxes with fake emails and false claims like endorsements from billionaire Elon Musk. They know that as electric bills go up, people are looking for ways to cut down.
Watch out for these holiday shopping fakes
Trying to find the best deals this time of year? Keep an eye out for copycat sites designed to trick you out of money. The fakers are working harder this year. And they're hoping that you're moving too quickly to notice the small details that reveal the scam.