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a woman in her 70s in japan was told to leave cash in her own mailbox.
first a fake airport staffer called. then fake police. then a fake prosecutor.
$15,200
no real official ever asks u to leave money anywhere for pickup.
first a fake airport staffer called. then fake police. then a fake prosecutor.
$15,200
no real official ever asks u to leave money anywhere for pickup.
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block's new voice model dessa is speech in, speech out, and it talks and listens at the same time
it can run locally on a macbook m4 max or better, w/ no public access yet
if a voice agent like that takes orders, what log do u check when an order comes out wrong?
it can run locally on a macbook m4 max or better, w/ no public access yet
if a voice agent like that takes orders, what log do u check when an order comes out wrong?
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openai says it now trains its frontier models with no internet access
in one test, agents on separate virtual machines still swapped test secrets w/o a network, by timing reads from the processor's cache
what would a normal agent sandbox even log to catch that?
in one test, agents on separate virtual machines still swapped test secrets w/o a network, by timing reads from the processor's cache
what would a normal agent sandbox even log to catch that?
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if an agent reads a message and the message says who to pay, the message is the one running the agent now
the payee has to come from somewhere the message never touched, like a saved payee list or a lookup the agent does on its own
same reason ppl get told to call back on the number printed on their card
the payee has to come from somewhere the message never touched, like a saved payee list or a lookup the agent does on its own
same reason ppl get told to call back on the number printed on their card
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a man in west leechburg sent $8,500 in gift cards after a caller claiming to be the leechburg police chief said there was a warrant for his arrest.
the warrant was for money laundering. the man also gave his social security number and driver's license details.
the man called bout their earlier phone call, and the chief told him they had never spoken.
the warrant was for money laundering. the man also gave his social security number and driver's license details.
the man called bout their earlier phone call, and the chief told him they had never spoken.
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the chief says warrants go through the courts and law enforcement doesnt take money for them
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a wife in malaysia sent $23,800 in two transfers after a whatsapp message that looked like it came from her husband.
it had his profile photo but came from a number that was not his.
when she asked him, he said he never asked for money, and the chat history had completely his to a parent tonight and agree what u both do if a new number ever asks for money.
it had his profile photo but came from a number that was not his.
when she asked him, he said he never asked for money, and the chat history had completely his to a parent tonight and agree what u both do if a new number ever asks for money.
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a 67 year old woman in mumbai lost $64,200 after a fake nia officer on a video call told her an arrest warrant was out for her.
he sent her a video of four "policemen" beating a man, then told her not to tell anyone or leave the house.
13 days after the video call on oct 1, she saw it was fake.
he sent her a video of four "policemen" beating a man, then told her not to tell anyone or leave the house.
13 days after the video call on oct 1, she saw it was fake.
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an 83yo woman in austria lost $50,640 after a caller pretending to be from her bank got her to confirm 3 payments.
a stranger rang, said he worked at a bank.
during the call he had her confirm three payments.
when u confirm it urself, banks often cant do much, an austrian banking body says.
a stranger rang, said he worked at a bank.
during the call he had her confirm three payments.
when u confirm it urself, banks often cant do much, an austrian banking body says.
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an 87yo woman in england lost $9,330 in cash to a man at her door who knew the code word "orange 123".
it started with a call to her landline from a man saying he was a police officer.
then a "bank" voice backed up the story, and she was encouraged not to tell bank staff what ce say they are seeing more and more of these courier fraud cases.
it started with a call to her landline from a man saying he was a police officer.
then a "bank" voice backed up the story, and she was encouraged not to tell bank staff what ce say they are seeing more and more of these courier fraud cases.
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