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The FBI said in April that Americans lost over $893 million last year to AI-enabled hoaxes, including voice cloning scams.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

She finds out about these hoaxes when job seekers call to follow up on overtures they received from “Sarah Englade.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The binder, offered by Kate Mitas, Bookseller for $5,000, contains 74 pieces of correspondence — epistolary catfishing at its finest and one of the great undiscovered literary hoaxes of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

"You’re talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again," he said.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

MACUSA’s Department of No-Maj Misinformation has put in extensive work to convince Muggles that sightings of Hodags have been hoaxes.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling