Fraud and Scams
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#1270: From Snitch to System: The Future of Whistleblowing
Explore how whistleblowing shifted from a social stigma to a high-tech tool for institutional risk management and global compliance.
#990: Radical Transparency vs. Trash Security
Is your trash a gold mine for identity thieves? Learn the essentials of physical InfoSec and how to properly destroy sensitive documents.
#985: Banking on Surveillance: The Secret History of KYC
How did opening a bank account become a security clearance? Trace the evolution of KYC from the 1970s to the age of AI surveillance.
#983: How to Hide $30 Trillion Using a 10-Year-Old Shelf
Discover how shell companies and complex legal structures move trillions of dollars across borders while remaining invisible to regulators.
#804: Personal Procurement: Using AI to Kill Impulse Spending
Discover how to build a "bureaucratic speed bump" for your wallet using AI agents and corporate finance strategies.
#776: Is Your Inbox Watching You Back?
A tiny 1x1 image is watching your every move. Explore how tracking pixels turn your inbox into a surveillance tool and how to fight back.
#703: The Economics of Spam: Why It Pays to Be a Digital Mosquito
Why is your inbox overflowing? Explore the technical and economic reasons behind the relentless rise of digital and physical spam.
#702: The Democratization of Deception
Could a 30-second clip of your voice be used to steal your identity? Explore the terrifying reality of digital twins and LoRA.
#471: Who Owns Your Transaction History?
Is your credit card chip actually safe? Explore the hidden risks of shimming and why digital wallets have become the gold standard for security.
#470: The Billion-Dollar Millisecond: High-Frequency Trading
Discover how HFT firms use space lasers and hollow-core fiber to shave microseconds off trades in a high-stakes, winner-take-all race to zero.
#384: The Whistleblower’s Shield: AI and the End of Scams
Can AI protect those who expose the truth? Explore the future of whistleblowing, from multi-million dollar bounties to anonymous digital twins.
#382: The Wolves of Tel Aviv: Unmasking a Global Scam
Discover the dark side of the Startup Nation as Herman and Corn dive into the billion-dollar binary options industry that targeted victims worldwide.
#163: Big Iron: Why Mainframes Still Run the Global Economy
Think mainframes are relics? Herman and Corn explore why "Big Iron" remains the unbreakable backbone of global finance and high-speed transactions.