Was Jeanne Calment the oldest person who ever lived—or a fraud?
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Nintendo was permanently banning users who buy fraudulent Switch game codes, but will now allow a second chance if they show proof of refunding
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Danish police seize Hyde Park mansion owned by Sanjay Shah, British businessman accused of defrauding Danish taxpayers
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The bizarre world of fake martial arts
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Missouri charmer led double life, masterminded one of the biggest frauds in farm history
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Enron: The biggest fraud in all of history
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Russia arrests conman who built fake border – the man erected mock border posts and charged four men more than $10,000 to take them to Finland
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DEF CON 27 conference - Nina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso money mule
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Iraq's defence minister Najah al-Shammari accused of benefit fraud in Sweden
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One in five University of Otago, New Zealand medical students to be denied graduation after falsifying overseas placement records
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A bait-and-switch scam ran unchecked on Airbnb. Here’s how it worked.
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Voter fraud detected in The Guardian's Australian bird of the year poll
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I accidentally uncovered a nationwide scam on Airbnb
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive container keys can no longer be traded or sold on the Steam Marketplace, due to extensive use for money laundering and fraud
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The cybersecurity firm Tiversa dominated an emerging online market—before it was accused of fraud, extortion, and manipulating the federal government
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Four sentenced to federal prison for organic fraud
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Millions of the comments posted during public US debates like the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality repeal process have been faked by political operatives using false identities
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'At what point does malfeasance become fraud?’: NYU Biz-School Professor Scott Galloway on WeWork
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'The men who plundered Europe': bankers on trial for siphoning €60bn
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"Down the rabbit hole I go": How a young woman followed two hackers' lies to her death
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The crowdfunded Dragonfly Futurefön scammed backers for over $725,000, but was only the last step in a decade-long multi-million dollar fraud
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Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate extra income for beer, diapers, and bills through ad fraud
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For $15K, He’ll Fake Your Exchange Volume – You’ll Get on CoinMarketCap
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Former Microsoft software engineer charged with mail fraud for using test Microsoft Store accounts to steal more than $10 million in digital currency
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Prenda Law porn-troll saga ends with prison for founder
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Grubhub is using thousands of fake websites to upcharge commission fees from real businesses
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The internet is increasingly a low-trust society—one where an assumption of pervasive fraud is simply built into the way many things function
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What is a scam that people should know about?
There are, sadly, far too many people and companies out there more than willing to take advantage of people. Fortunately, awareness is usually a good defense. What are some scams that we should...
There are, sadly, far too many people and companies out there more than willing to take advantage of people. Fortunately, awareness is usually a good defense. What are some scams that we should all know about so that we don't fall for them?
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Twitch is suing the trolls who flooded Artifact streams with porn and gore
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How greed and corruption blew up South Korea’s nuclear industry
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Bitfinex covered $850 million loss using Tether funds, NY prosecutors allege
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Secrecy, self-dealing, and greed at the NRA
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Popular apps in Google's Play Store are abusing permissions and committing ad fraud
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Ad fraud scheme drained users' batteries and data by running hidden video ads in Android apps
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Mystery as Quadriga crypto-cash goes missing
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Farmers markets lies exposed
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How an investigation of fake US Federal Communications Commission comments snared a prominent DC media firm
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Facebook knowingly duped game-playing kids and their parents out of money to increase revenue
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State official went roaming around Vermont to test cell coverage claims
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The world’s oldest woman was 122 when she died. A researcher believes that her daughter assumed her identity in the 1930s to avoid inheritance taxes.
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Keyboardio was deceived and defrauded for over a year by the account manager handling their manufacturing in China
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Bernie Madoff's victims are close to getting their $19 billion back
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Card skimming malware removed from Infowars online store
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Czech PM's future hangs in balance after son's kidnap claims
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Apps installed on millions of Android phones tracked user behavior to execute a multimillion dollar ad fraud scheme
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New York Attorney General launches probe into MoviePass parent company for allegedly misleading investors
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The CumEx Files - A cross-border investigation - How Europe's taxpayers have been swindled of €55 billion
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How a fraudster got $12 million out of a Canadian university: They just asked for it
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Where in the world is Denmark’s $2 billion?
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Voice phishing scams are getting more clever
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