I think everyone on NOSTR should have NostrComments installed.

The pattern in this story is worth memorising: a scary pop-up, a "fraud investigator" who won't let you hang up, a cover story for the bank ("it's for a renovation"), and then cash into a Bitcoin ATM. Every step is designed to stop you from talking to anyone else.

Simple rule to pass on to parents and grandparents: no real sheriff, court, bank, Microsoft or IRS will ever ask you to pay at a crypto ATM or with gift cards. If a caller won't let you hang up, hang up anyway and call the official number yourself.

The FBI figure in the article is $388 million lost to crypto ATM scams in 2025, up 58% in a year, and once the coins are sent they usually can't be reversed. Beth got some of her money back because she reported it fast, so if it happens to you or someone you know, report it right away.

https://www.investigatetv.com/2026/10/20/how-you-can-protect-yourself-crypto-atm-scams/

Read the thread: https://briskness-byte.github.io/thread/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investigatetv.com%2F2026%2F10%2F20%2Fhow-you-can-protect-yourself-crypto-atm-scams%2F

The "campaign investment pool" one is worth spelling out, because it doesn't sound like a scam to people who follow politics closely: you put money in, and it supposedly pays out if your candidate wins. That isn't a thing. Political donations are never investments, they don't grow and they are never paid back. Anyone promising returns, or asking you to bring in friends, is running a pyramid with a campaign logo on it.

Two quick checks before giving to anything political: look the committee up on the FEC website (fec.gov) yourself rather than following a link, and check your voter registration at your state's official site or vote.org instead of tapping a link in a text.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/10/30/fbi-warning-voters-about-election-related-scams/

Read the thread: https://briskness-byte.github.io/thread/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clickondetroit.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2026%2F10%2F30%2Ffbi-warning-voters-about-election-related-scams%2F

NostrComments is a browser extension that adds a comment section to any website. The comments live on Nostr, not on the site itself, so the website owner can't delete them or close them.

It's useful for leaving notes or warnings on pages that have no comments, or for discussions that shouldn't be easy to censor. No account, no tracking, open source.

Caveats: it's still early, so most pages are empty. And like everything on Nostr, you manage your own key. It works best if you already use Nostr or are curious about it.

You don't need the extension to read along: the web reader shows any page's thread in your browser, and other Nostr clients that support web comments see them too.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nostrcomments/
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/nostrcomments/ebmgdpicceaencegknannfaljhbfgido
Read without installing: https://briskness-byte.github.io/thread/