Thursday, 1 October 2026

'I was targeted by this highly personalised scam'

Our fraud expert, Faye Lipson was targeted by a highly sophisticated and manipulative spear-phishing scam, which is when fraudsters create personalised scams to target an individual.

Faye was invited to deliver a guest lecture at a university in her area of expertise: investigating scams and protecting consumer data. Unfortunately, this gratifying offer was a total lie devised by fraudsters and crafted, almost certainly, using artificial intelligence. Faye spotted this scam before it could harm her and you can learn how to do the same. 

Source: Which? (01 Oct 2026) 

https://bexleywatch.blogspot.com/2026/03/working-together-for-safer-bexley.html

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