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A new era of scams

AI, deepfakes and professional cybercrime networks are making fraud bigger, faster and harder to stop. Our new documentary series shows what it will take to fight back.

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Anatomy of a scam

Behind every scam is a story — and inside every story is a lesson. Mastercard’s “Anatomy of a scam” documentary series explores how scams work and who’s behind them. The fifth episode concludes "Broken promises," investigating romance scams and how they exploit our natural inclination to help, support and love to steal billions.

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