Danielle Antosz

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Danielle Antosz

As if the job market wasn’t tough enough, now job seekers must compete with con artists using stolen identities, AI and deepfake techniques to get hired. Even technology companies can fall for the scams. Pindrop Security, a company that helps detect fraud in voice interactions, has encountered such situations firsthand. The company shortlisted a candidate named ‘Ivan’ for a senior engineering position and set up a video interview.

5 days ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Danielle Antosz

A 31-year-old homeowner has found herself in a common modern-day dilemma: Should she stay put in a home she owns (with a great mortgage rate) or take the next step with her partner and buy a second home together? Understandable if she didn’t want to sell — she’s owned her home for less than two years, the mortgage is locked in at 4.75% and her monthly payment, including taxes and escrow, is only $1,000. It’s a hard deal to walk away from.

1 week ago | moneywise.com | Danielle Antosz

The tricks of the deepfake trade Fraudulent candidates now use a range of generative AI tools to scam their way through nearly every part of the hiring process. AI can fabricate photo IDs, generate polished LinkedIn profiles and even simulate real-time answers in video interviews. Some scammers use remote desktops to route their traffic through the U.S., making it appear as if they’re logging in from within the country. These scammers aren’t just stealing jobs.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Danielle Antosz

In December 2024, a man named Jason Morris persuaded his online girlfriend — a senior woman living in Oklahoma — to send him $120,000 to bring an oil vessel he supposedly owned back to shore. Once the tanker returned, Morris promised, the couple would move in together. When the woman’s bank held the funds, likely over fraud concerns, Morris allegedly instructed her to lie — to tell the bank she was buying property, not funding a massive maritime rescue.

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Danielle Antosz

A scammer pretending to be a construction vendor tricked the Citrus County School Board in Inverness, Florida, into sending more than $800,000 to the wrong bank account. The fraud wasn’t discovered until the real vendor called to say they hadn’t received their payment. According to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, $846,864.86 was intended for a trusted vendor who was working on a construction project for the school district.