Tag: Scams
8 ways to avoid getting scammed when buying a car online
Online car shoppers should always be on the lookout for deals that look too good to be true.
The 8 most sophisticated phone scams right now the average person falls for
Phone scams are as big a problem now as they ever were — and some of the most devious scams are growing in popularity.
A Lithuanian man scammed Facebook and Google out of more than $120 million by sending them fake bills
Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud charge in Manhattan last week and faces up to 30 years in prison.
The 11 most sophisticated online scams right now that the average person falls for
Elaborate online scams are circulating the internet right now, from the front page of YouTube to right in your inbox.
The non-profit at the center of the college admissions scandal said it made real donations to help ‘disadvantaged youth’. These charities ...
Multiple charities have gone on record saying that supposed donations that accused ringleader William "Rick" Singer's non-profit made never happened.
8 of the biggest scams to avoid when buying a car
If a deal on a car seems too good to be true, it probably is.
70% of all e-commerce scams last year happened on Carousell – and it’s now rolling out even more measures to lower the fraud rate
Out of all types of scams, e-commerce came out tops last year, SPF said.
The best-selling author of ‘The Woman In the Window’ says he faked brain cancer to cover up his bipolar diagnosis
Dan Mallory, whose book "The Woman in the Window" is becoming a film, had a history of fabricating parts of his life, according to The New Yorker.
A Chinese bank programmer discovered an ATM loophole that let him withdraw $1 million in cash
Qin Qisheng was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison in December, more than a year after launching his ATM scam in Beijing, China.
10 times famous works of art turned out to be fake
We rounded up some of the most notorious instances of artworks that turned out to not be authentic.