The Herald Roselyne Sachiti Features, Health & Society Editor While some criminals are still using yesteryear tricks to scam unsuspecting people, others are using social media, and…
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Robert Mueller, the former director of the FBI and the Trump-era special counsel, famously refused to bank online after a close call with a fake-email…
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A federal judge gave three years of probation Friday to two former White Sox ticket sellers who helped a prolific ticket broker scam the South…
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The real-life Anna Sorokin of “Inventing Anna” says the stress of her scam wasn’t a problem. The Netflix show conflates the different ways she misled…
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Scammers are stepping their game up in 2022, and police are warning the people of Waco, Texas and all of Central Texas about the latest phone…
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The crypto market is witnessing a flurry of new entrants with the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies. Celebrity endorsement and social media influencers have made it…
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February 18, 2022
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Finding Section 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 contains “no free pass for online solicitations,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit…
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Ever wondered if your online dating suitor is trying to scam you? Sometimes the lines can be blurred, and scammers can be so subtle that…
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GREENPORT – Scammers pretending to be part of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office sent a mass text message Friday morning as part of a phishing…
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