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Photo of scalper by Getty Images, used purely for illustrative purposes A Scalper Explains Why They Love Ripping You Off
“I drive a Mercedes-Benz, I buy my girlfriend expensive shit, and I only work three times a week.”
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Credit: ArtMarie via Getty Images Google’s Android 16 Takes Aim at Phone and Text Scams
Like junk mail that’s reverse pickpocketed into your pocket, phone scams are invasive and increasingly clever. If Google has a fix, I’m all ears.
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Photo: elenabs / Getty Images U.S. Seniors Lost More Money to Scammers in 2024 Than You Think
Scammers swindled Americans over 60 out of billions, through a combination of investment, tech support, and confidence/romance schemes.
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Photo via Jessica Meidinger / GoFundMe Hurricane Helene Victim Scammed Out of Nearly $40K Amid Search for Missing Wife
After Rod Ashby’s wife, Kim Ashby, was swept away by Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters, he was scammed out of nearly $40K.
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Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Image Woman Couldn’t Chew for 2 Years After ‘Horror’ Dental Surgery, She Says
Becky Carroll claimed in a lawsuit that she awoke during a ‘horror movie’ dental surgery and was left unable to chew for years after.
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Texas Teacher Certification Scam Got Jobs for 200+ Unqualified Teachers, Including Sexual Predators
Over 400 people paid $2,500 each for someone else to take the Texas teacher certification exam on their behalf. Half of them got jobs.
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Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images People’s Tickets Are Vanishing From Their Ticketmaster Accounts
Ticketmaster users have been stunned to see tickets they beat the odds to obtain vanish from their account with no explanation.