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.

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.