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Meta Makes $16 Billion From Scam Ads While Hosting Half of All Rental Fraud

Dec 23, 2025

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17 min read

Meta Makes $16 Billion From Scam Ads While Hosting Half of All Rental Fraud

Meta earns $16 billion annually from scam advertising while 50% of rental fraud victims found their fake listings on Facebook, plus: Medicare scammers call individual seniors 50-60 times daily during enrollment, and AI hackers now outperform humans at $18 per hour

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Fraudster Family, We Need to Talk...

Dec 6, 2024

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17 min read

Fraudster Family, We Need to Talk...

As a kid, I didn't aspire to be a hero or a saint; I wanted to be a criminal. The allure of the forbidden fascinated me. Yet, in a twist of fate's sardonic humor, I became one of the world's leading investigators of cyber and financial crime. Now, I write not just to inform, but to shield the vulnerable—which, regrettably, includes us all. The predators are no longer at the gates; they're in our devices, our systems, our very lives. It's time we confronted this unsettling reality.

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The Fraudfather's Dead Drop

The Fraudfather's Dead Drop

While you're living your life, professional fraudsters are studying it. They're mapping your habits, exploiting your trust, and perfecting schemes to steal everything you've built. The Dead Drop delivers weekly intelligence from the front lines of financial warfare to over 6,000 readers who refuse to be easy targets. Real fraud breakdowns. The psychology behind why deception works. Emerging criminal tactics before they hit the mainstream. Defensive strategies built from two decades of actually hunting these people. This isn't feel-good security advice. It's field intelligence from someone who has sat across the table from the criminals who think you're a soft target. In the war against fraud, ignorance isn't bliss. It's bankruptcy.


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