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Scams are everywhere. McAfee’s new scam detector spots and stops scams across text, email, and video to keep you from being fooled.
McAfee today announced at CES 2025 the launch of McAfee Scam Detector – the most comprehensive protection against text, email, and video scams. Today’s scams are smarter, sneakier, and more convincing than ever – and they’re everywhere. One in three Americans admit falling for a text, email, or video scam in the last 12 months.
From fake emails and suspicious texts to deepfake videos that look incredibly real, scammers are using clever tricks to steal people’s money and personal information. McAfee is helping consumers take back control with its AI-powered McAfee Scam Detector to stop scammers in their tracks.
McAfee is using AI to try to stop scams before they strike via automatic detection of scams or potential scams. Scammers have a couple of things working in their favor, said Steve Grobman, CTO of McAfee, in an interview with GamesBeat.
One is there’s a large number of private communication channels where there’s not necessarily a moderator, like on encrypted messaging or direct messaging. They could be communicating with the victim, you know, under the guise of security. The other piece is real time, and it’s one of the reasons that McAfee has made its deepfake detector product work on any video stream in the web, Grobman said.
Beginning this spring, McAfee’s Scam Detector will be included at no extra cost for McAfee customers. This must-have product uses the latest in advanced AI technology to proactively analyze and flag risky messages in real time. That ‘Hi, how are you?’ text from a stranger? It’s one of the top text scams of 2024.
I got a scam email about using an automated document signing service, with an attachment saying “termination NDA” on it. I almost fell for that one, given the urgency I associated with that one. (I wasn’t fired).
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