The scam email used to be easy to spot. Bad grammar. Generic greeting. Suspicious link. You deleted it and moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That version of the threat is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2026, the phishing email in your inbox may reference your name, your employer, your current project, and a colleague you spoke to last week. The voice on the phone may sound exactly like your daughter. The video call with your CFO may be a real-time deepfake generated by a criminal on the other side of the world. And the person you have been talking to on a dating app for three months may be an AI-powered chatbot designed to extract everything you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI-enabled fraud surged 1,210% in 2025<\/a>. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center recorded $16.6 billion in cybercrime losses in 2024 alone, a 33% increase from the year before, and analysts project global losses from AI-enabled fraud will reach $40 billion by 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is what the new attacks look like, and the specific steps that actually protect you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If someone online is not who they claim to be, Social Catfish can help you find out. Search a name, photo, phone number, or email at Social Catfish<\/a> before you trust them with anything that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n