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Why Scamming Can’t Be Stopped—But It Can Be Managed

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SecurityWeek cited Arkose Labs data suggesting scams could cost the global economy $1.03 trillion in 2024, framing the scale of the threat as the result of crime-as-a-service lowering barriers to entry and prosecution lagging the global, decentralized nature of cybercrime. The piece also highlighted Arkose's work with Microsoft to disrupt Storm-1152 — which had created 750 million fraudulent Microsoft accounts — as an example of public-private disruption efforts that complement but cannot replace sustained defense.

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