This Fitbit Scam Left One Woman Broke and Terrified
When you download a fitness app, you expect step counts and encouragement, maybe a digital high-five from a stranger chasing their own goals. You don’t expect to lose your entire ...
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Hackers Can Now Penetrate Your Apple Calendar. Here’s How to Spot the Scam.
Chalk this up under the enormous, ever-growing bucket titled “New Shit to Be Afraid Of.” Hackers have figured out a way to sneak phishing scams into the notes section of ...
Woman Scammed Out of $6,800 by ‘Astronaut’ Who Said He Was Running Out of Oxygen
An 80-year-old woman in Japan sent the equivalent of $6,800 to a man she believed was an astronaut in orbit. He said he was low on oxygen. She thought they ...
‘Father of the Year’ Fakes DNA Test to Dodge $125,000 Child Support Payment
Sheldon Brown didn’t want to be a dad. Or at least, not one who paid child support. So instead of owning up, he faked a DNA test. For a while, ...
Elderly Woman Loses $1.5 Million in Catfishing Scam
An Oklahoma woman sunk to an incredible low in order to nab $1.5 million. A press release from the office of Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond claims that Christine Joan ...
