Scams

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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

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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

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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 

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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

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September 29, 2022
Headshot of Nev Schulman. Phone display of Facebook logo
Tech

Catfish-buster warns of trending scam infiltrating Facebook Marketplace

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August 27, 2022
Hacker in front of a laptop with a backdrop of Bitcoins
The Coins

Crypto’s downturn has taken a toll on another sector: scammers

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August 16, 2022
Vault DAO employees pose for a group photo
The Coins

NFTs keep getting hacked. Has this startup found a way to keep them safe?

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August 3, 2022
A Minecraft digital artist points at a virtual version of his character
Tech

‘Minecraft’ draws a line in the sand against NFTs signaling not everyone in gaming is buying into the hype

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July 21, 2022
Scammers are targeting a new generation of homebuyers
Commentary

Scammers are targeting a new generation of homebuyers

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June 24, 2022
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland
Politics

COVID-19 scams have totaled $292 million since start of the pandemic, Justice Department says

By Chris Strohm and Bloomberg
April 20, 2022
Andrew Bailey
Finance

‘Opportunity for the downright criminal’: Bank of England’s governor says crypto is the new front line for scams

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April 4, 2022

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