A scammer thought he could talk reckless and keep running the same old scripts—until the “victim” had a button that could shut his computer down remotely. The crew links the glowing kill-switch to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do ...

A “Geek Squad” scammer sends a fake email bait, tries to get remote access, and starts steering the victim into a refund scam pipeline. But the bait flips: the investigators gain access back and begin ...