Category: Scams
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Don’t Respond to This Message—It’s a Scam Disguised as a Job
It starts with a text. A friendly message from a recruiter named “Monica,” saying your online profile caught the attention of a company called “Top.” The gig? Assisting TEMU merchants with product reviews. Flexible hours. Free training. And here’s the kicker: a daily salary ranging from $201 to $3,000.
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Scammers Are Cloning Car Dealerships—and It’s Costing People Everything
The scam didn’t start with a typo-filled email from a prince. It started with a Cadillac Escalade and a beautiful, clean-looking website. A buyer found a luxury SUV online, interacted with what seemed like a friendly dealership, even FaceTimed with someone who showed them the car. The site had a Trustpilot rating. There was a…
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How Romance Scams Start: The Subtle Hooks That Reel You In
One day, you get a text from an unknown number. It doesn’t seem overtly suspicious. Maybe it’s a wrong number. Maybe it’s someone you forgot to save in your contacts. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s the opening move in a long, calculated con. Romance scams don’t start with an elaborate sob story or a desperate…
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AI Scammers Just Pulled Off a $25 Million Heist Using Deepfake Video Calls
It sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller: A finance worker at a multinational company gets a video call from the chief financial officer. The request? A confidential, high-stakes money transfer. Other colleagues are on the call, nodding along, seemingly in the know. Everything checks out. So, the employee wires over $25 million.
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Fraudsters Posing as WWE’s Alexa Bliss Scams Elderly Man Out of $1 Million
For years, Alfred Mancinelli believed he was in a relationship with WWE star Alexa Bliss. The 79-year-old grandfather, a retired electronic technician from New York, spoke about her with admiration, sent her affectionate messages, and—most devastatingly—wired her nearly $1 million.
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The One Rule That Could Save You From Getting Scammed
At this point, you’d think it would be common knowledge: if you didn’t make the call, don’t hand over your personal or financial information. Yet, every single day, people still get scammed out of their savings because someone on the other end of the line sounded official, urgent, or just plain convincing.