{"id":83110,"date":"2026-05-29T10:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83110"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:16:53","slug":"scammers-are-using-a-fake-captcha-hack-to-steal-your-personal-information-verify-youre-human-heres-the-big-red-flag-to-watch-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/scammers-are-using-a-fake-captcha-hack-to-steal-your-personal-information-verify-youre-human-heres-the-big-red-flag-to-watch-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers Are Using A Fake Captcha Hack To Steal Your Personal Information: \u2018Verify You\u2019re human.\u2019 Here\u2019s The Big Red Flag To Watch For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>AOL<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/DC25A2EB3D028AB7841F37C4E74D5D721A4CBEEDF97449E8BDD3BC66C5DD3555\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w976_h434;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_moneywise_380%2F6eac7ef1d7586a691b21aa63cb609059\" alt=\"A captcha is shown on a mobile device.\" width=\"288\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clicking a captcha &#8220;I am not a robot&#8221; box and identifying images to prove it is second nature for many internet users. Now, cybercriminals are exploiting people&#8217;s comfort with the routine to scam them.<\/p>\n<p>News outlets across the country are reporting on a new scam in which hackers use fake captchas to steal people&#8217;s identity and financial information, accessing passwords to websites, cryptowallets and more. It starts when you land on a website and get a &#8220;verify you are human&#8221; or other captcha prompt. It&#8217;s what comes next that identifies the scam.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1780049813\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Scammers Are Using A Fake Captcha Hack To Steal Your Personal Information: \u2018Verify You\u2019re human.\u2019 Here\u2019s The Big Red Flag To Watch For\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AOL: Clicking a captcha &#8220;I am not a robot&#8221; box and identifying images to prove it is second nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83111,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83110\/revisions\/83111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}