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Amazon Prime Day brings out scammers. Here’s how to avoid getting tricked
Retail

Amazon Prime Day brings out scammers. Here’s how to avoid getting tricked

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
July 11, 2023
Tech execs should face ‘20 years in jail’ for letting A.I. bots sneakily pass as humans, says ‘Sapiens’ author
Tech

Tech execs should face ‘20 years in jail’ for letting A.I. bots sneakily pass as humans, says ‘Sapiens’ author

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July 8, 2023
Former Chicago commodities trader arrested for running a Ponzi scheme while posing as a billionaire hedge funder with 122 luxury cars
Finance

Former Chicago commodities trader arrested for running a Ponzi scheme while posing as a billionaire hedge funder with 122 luxury cars

By Bob Van Voris and Bloomberg
May 12, 2023
An unseen person types on a laptop
Leadership

Science academy principal quits after she tried to hand over $100,000 in school funds to a fake Elon Musk

By
April 3, 2023
Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI
Lifestyle

Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI

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March 31, 2023
Privacy worries and online scams are making it harder for Census Bureau surveyors to understand U.S. business
Finance

Privacy worries and online scams are making it harder for Census Bureau surveyors to understand U.S. business

By Mark Schneider and The Associated Press
March 27, 2023
Scammers are using voice-cloning A.I. tools to sound like victims’ relatives in desperate need of financial help. It’s working
Tech

Scammers are using voice-cloning A.I. tools to sound like victims’ relatives in desperate need of financial help. It’s working

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March 5, 2023
Hacker man working on computers alone in dark room, rear view.
NFTs and Culture

Who is Monkey? The notorious crypto scammer, who drained over $24 million and inspired a legion of copycats, has disappeared

By Leo Schwartz and Ben Weiss
March 1, 2023
Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland
Finance

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is out of prison and he’s trying his luck as a marketing consultant: ‘Want to learn my method?’

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January 30, 2023
Woman who bilked Chinese investors in $26 million Coachella hotel fraud sentenced to 20 years in prison
Finance

Woman who bilked Chinese investors in $26 million Coachella hotel fraud sentenced to 20 years in prison

By
November 22, 2022
Scammers are targeting desperate FTX customers by pretending to be the DOJ and promising access to funds
Tech

Scammers are targeting desperate FTX customers by pretending to be the DOJ and promising access to funds

By
November 19, 2022
A pile of Amazon packages is seen on a busy sidewalk in New York.
Tech

Amazon Prime Day sale could be used to ‘mislead’ shoppers into paying higher prices, study warns

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October 11, 2022
Fraud is booming on Zelle. But the banks that own it aren’t reimbursing scammed customers
Personal Finance

Fraud is booming on Zelle. But the banks that own it aren’t reimbursing scammed customers

By Ken Sweet and The Associated Press
October 4, 2022
Cybercriminals have turned to a new crypto scam to funnel stolen funds.
The Coins

With prices cratering, many crypto holders stopped looking at their accounts. Scammers did not 

By
September 30, 2022
How confronting a $20 million mistake made me a better leader
Commentary

How confronting a $20 million mistake made me a better leader

By
September 29, 2022

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