The next time you shake your head at another online scam and vow that you’d never fall for it, remember that even the most tech-savvy people can sometimes slip up. A case in point: Julie-Anne Kearns. This self-made scam-hunter told her story to the Guardian last week, revealing how she had been duped by people pretending to be from His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which is the UK’s version of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Kearns had first pursued scam-hunting when spotting an attempt to scam her in 2022. After reporting on it on her TikTok account, she started hearing from plenty of people sharing their own experiences of online scams. Although she worked full time for the UK’s National Health Service, she began helping victims track down online criminals. As her…