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Banks blow off scams too easily
The Citizen
|September 05, 2025
As technology advances at the speed of light and artificial intelligence (AI) becomes ubiquitous, so banking scams have proliferated.
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Many of them are variations on the "phishing schemes", where a plausible, even AI-generated, voice on the end of the phone line persuades you to part with your personal passwords and PIN numbers.
This story is from the September 05, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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