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title: "AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol"
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# AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol

Source: africanews.com
Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175826
Original source: https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/04/ai-fuels-more-than-half-of-cybercrime-in-africa-as-digital-scams-surge-interpol/

https://www.interpol.int/Media/Documents/Publications/Cyberc...