The fine print of fraud.

This episode summary reviews recent social-engineering and fraud activity: a subscription-bombing spam wave that overwhelmed email filters, phishing and fake-CAPTCHA scams that can deliver malware to Windows users, the UK sanctioning a Chinese-language cryptocurrency marketplace accused of enabling scam centers, and an FBI takedown of a $17M mortgage ‘house stealing’ scheme targeting elderly homeowners—presented as news highlights rather than deep technical analysis.