🕵️‍♂️ No results? Don’t be mad, in #OSINT, absence of information is still information.

⚠️ When you run a search with an OSINT tool and find #noresults, or only one or two, it doesn’t mean there’s “nothing” to see.

👉 On the contrary: that’s a #signal in itself.

🫆 It often suggests the target has strong #digital hygiene:

🔸 They use a fake account
🔸 They use different email addresses / phone numbers / nicknames for different purposes
🔸 They compartmentalize professional and personal identities
🔸 They limit registrations on public platforms

➡️ However, in a world where everyone is connected, having almost no digital presence can also raise #questions, or even appear #suspicious , particularly in areas such as:

🔹 #Fraud investigation
🔹 Detection of #DPRK IT workers
🔹 Identification of fake accounts, spam, and #scams

Every “no results” tells you something about a person’s behavior, strategy, or level of #digitalawareness.

👮‍♂️ But sometimes it’s simply because you’re not using the most advanced version of the tool.

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FIFA World Cup 2026 Scams

Check Point reveals over 4,300 domains registered ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026, mimicking FIFA, host cities, and event branding - peaking in August and September 2025. These domains, concentrated on registrars like GoDaddy and Namecheap, use synchronized DNS setups and templates for scams involving fake tickets, streams, and merchandise.

https://blog.checkpoint.com/executive-insights/playing-offside-how-threat-actors-are-warming-up-for-fifa-2026/

#checkpoint #dns #scam #scams #fifa #fifa2026 #fifaworldcup

The #ebegging on Mastodon is getting beyond a joke.

I have blocked it so many ways but it still gets through and now there's daily flocks of beggars adding me!

I get it, life's tough. But so is mine, far tougher than I will ever admit on here. I am also disabled and unable to work.

I don't have enough to live off so don't come #begging to me for #money, #gifts, #commissions or anything for that matter.

Most of them are probably #scams as well, absolute scum preying on good will.

Just a reminder that not all #scams are online.

"Clients of Melbourne builder MJ Harris Group lose life savings as company goes bust"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-06/melbourne-builder-mike-harris-under-investigation/105849496?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure – WIRED

Security News This Week: Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure  WIREDLegal experts condemn Apple bowing…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Apple #China #cybersecurity #Google #Privacy #Russia #scams #Security #securityroundup #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/165151/

#Facebook #politics #scams #AI #disinformation #GiftArticle

'The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/technology/facebooks-political-ads-deepfakes-scams.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q08.pGju.I8AbysbuMWhb&smid=url-share

New York Times: Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads. This link goes to a gift article. “The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/04/new-york-times-spam-and-scams-proliferate-in-facebooks-political-ads/

#journalism #PublicTrust #scams #OnlineSafety

'...with the rise of AI-generated video, these schemes are increasingly using the likenesses of journalists — particularly broadcast journalists — to peddle their products.'

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/

NiemanLab: Scammers are using video deepfakes of journalists to peddle products online. “For years, scammers have been doctoring clips of public figures to promote products on social media. But with the rise of AI-generated video, these schemes are increasingly using the likenesses of journalists — particularly broadcast journalists — to peddle their products.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/04/niemanlab-scammers-are-using-video-deepfakes-of-journalists-to-peddle-products-online/

Brit, 19, vanishes in Thailand amid fear he’s being held in Chinese mafia factory

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brit-19-vanishes-thailand-amid-36014576