For as long as people have uprooted their lives in search of safety, opportunity, or simply a better tomorrow, there have been others waiting to take advantage of them. Immigrants have always been particularly vulnerable to misinformation and scams, and this is not a new problem born of the internet. Max Siegelbaum, cofounder of the immigrant-focused news outlet Documented, remembers a time when scammers used duplicitous advertisements in newspapers and flyers to prey on people desperate for help with the immigration legal system. These analog-era hustlers understood something timeless: when you are far from home, unfamiliar with the laws of…

On October 29, 2026, the cryptocurrency world woke up to news that felt almost impossible: roughly $6.3 billion had been stolen from Binance, making it the largest crypto heist on record. Withdrawals were paused. Millions of users went from an ordinary day to an anxious refresh of their balances, hoping that their life savings, business funds, or long-term holdings were still there. That kind of collective alarm is not just a security problem; it is an emotional event. And where there is emotion, there are scammers. They wait for exactly this state of panic, when fear makes people click first…