Scammers love summer because routines change, families travel, and people become easier to deceive. From fake vacation rentals to grandparent scams, here’s the six-week fraud calendar criminals use to target retirees.
You Canāt Watch a Facebook Reel Without Paying the Ad Tax The Tai Chi Ad Scam Era Rule #0: The internet will charge you an āad tax.ā And you start asking the obvious question: whoās responsible for this spammy ad invasion? Russians? Chinese? Some overseas click-farm? Maybe. But most of the time the mess is … Read more
Scams work because they hijack something human: your desire to fix problems fast. And once youāve been hitāor watched friends get hitāitās tempting to swing too far the other way and assume everyone is crooked, every call is a trap, and every offer is a con. Thatās not āstreet smarts.ā Thatās just exhaustion. So hereās … Read more
When politics turns into āfind the loophole,ā taxpayers become the punchline. Every time you hear ānew program,ā translate it: new opportunity for fraud. The political class calls it generosity; the grifter calls it a business plan. Meanwhile, the national debt balloons and working people get stuck paying for the mess ā again. If this is … Read more
Part of the AI Mutiny hub ā Chatrodamus field notes on artificial intelligence, Big Tech, digital scams, bots, propaganda, and everyday AI use. SERIESChatrodamus AI MythBustersField tests ā¢ Receipts ā¢ Plain-English verdicts Coursiv Case Study ā āMake money using your phoneā Reading a very confident Fox News article today got me thinking. The piece, attributed … Read more
Ā Are your feelings hurt and your burner accounts tired? Click Deploy Hate. Editorās note: This is a parody aimed at lampooning the āeffortless everythingā social-media troll fantasy. We donāt endorse harassmentāthis post shows the red flags behind ācanāt be tracedā snake oil. Exhibit A ā The Pitch Hater.ai ā Direct hate at anyone online without … Read more
A fictional recovery program for people who just can’t stop scamming. Satire, humor, and a few uncomfortable truths about fraud.
Tired of ā28-day AI challengeā scams? The Push Any Buttonā¢ course says: stop fearing mistakes and start pressing buttons. Learn by messing aroundāplus a tongue-in-cheek certificate and ālife extensionā bonus.
Series: AI Aināt Magic ā What It Can and Canāt Do Every time I log on, I see the same pitch: āLearn AI before the rest of the world gets rich and leaves you behind!ā And people keep falling for this kind of crap: Give our AI investment app 20 bucks today and check back … Read more
Every time I open Facebook, itās the same ambush. I enjoy the reels but dang, each one is interrupted by another miracle cure for your wallet: āMaster AI in 30 Days!ā āJoin the 28-Day Challenge!ā āQuit your job, let AI make you rich!ā invest $20. and see it multiply to thousands of $. Thai Chi … Read more