Scams dont look like scams anymore. Heres what to watch for
THE SO WHAT
As scams blend into normal UX and language patterns, “user education” alone stops working—design and infrastructure have to assume highly sophisticated fraud. Any product touching payments or identity should be baking in continuous behavioral monitoring and strong default friction for high-risk actions.
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