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The Seedy, Profitable World of Scam Charities
In 1984, the American Cancer Society forced James Reynolds out of a job. He had led the respected organization’s Knox County, Tennessee, office, but ACS accused him of sloppy record-keeping and of stealing a vintage car donated for an auction. Reynolds was apparently undeterred. He promptly opened up a new charity, giving it a name that was shamelessly similar: the Cancer Fund of America. He’d go on to found several other similar charities.
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Austin Craigslist Scammer Given Two Choices
Will he choose the right one?
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Pierre Omidyar’s corporate spying scandal buried for good as eBay sells Craigslist stake
It didn’t get much attention, but eBay just quietly unloaded its 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist, putting to rest one of the most sordid episodes in Silicon Valley...
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The $80 Million Fake Bomb-Detector Scam—and the People Behind It
When Baghdad bought tens of millions of dollars’ worth of British-made A.D.E. 651s, advertised as a foolproof bomb detector, the Iraqi government thought it would be saving countless lives. But the devices were laughable—based on a toy—and in the end have led to many deaths. Iraq is not the only country that has been fooled.
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78 worry-free payments!
Sick deal!
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7 Online Scams and How to Avoid Them
Today's technology has made scamming others much easier, but it can also make protecting yourself & reporting the perpetrators easier! Here's how.
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NSFW Credits for Sex: Scam pattern in southeast Asia
Credits for Sex. There are 500 new reports about scam involving women who befriend men via social media, then offer sex for online shopping credits.
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Ex-lottery worker convicted of rigging Hot Lotto system to win $14M
A former lottery security official was found guilty Monday of rigging a computerized Hot Lotto game so he could win a $14 million jackpot then trying to get acquaintances to cash the prize for him without revealing his identity. Prosecutors said Eddie Tipton inserted a stealth program into the computer that randomly picked the numbers then deleted it so it could not be detected. Although Tipton, 52, never got his hands on the winning total, he was charged with two counts of fraud.
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The surprising importance of how we label the fish we eat
A 2012-2013 investigation by the Food and Drug Administration tested fish at the point of wholesale and found that 15 percent of those tested were mislabeled. Federal officials are hoping to crack down on this fishy labeling. In fact, last year the White House established a presidential task force charged with establishing a framework to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, as well as seafood fraud.
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Comic Conman: A true crime tale of comic books, corruption, and a $9 million vanishing act
You don't see an All Star Comics #3 every day. Published in 1940, it’s a milestone in what’s known as the Golden Age of comic books: the debut of the first bonafide superhero team, the Justice Society of America. There’s hardly a plot, only a meeting of some of DC’s biggest stars — Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman — taking turns sharing tales as if they were telling ghost stories at a campfire.
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New ATM “Shimmer” Fits Invisibly Inside The Card Slot
The wily ATM hackers are at it again with a new form of card data gathering system, a “shimmer.” These super-thin card readers slide right into the card slot and are technically invisible unless you go poking around inside the ATM.
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Police warn of 'evil spirit cleansing' scam
Ottawa police are warning of a scam that may be spreading to Ottawa in which a person, primarily from within the Chinese community, arrives at a resident’s doorstep and offers to drive away evil spirits for a fee.
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Mars One Is Still Completely Full of Shit
After watching a two hour debate on the feasibility of the Mars One mission last night, I think I finally understand its problem. It’s not that the company is broke. It’s that we don’t yet have the technology to sustain human life on Mars, and Mars One still won’t admit it.
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Ashley Madison's $19 'full delete' option made the company millions
Ashley Madison's hackers have already claimed that the site's "delete everything" service, which charged its affair-seeking users $19 to remove any trace of their presence on the site, wasn't entirely effective.
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Jared Fogle's foundation reportedly a sham
Bad news keeps on coming regarding former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle. It turns out, the Jared Fogle Healthy Lifestyle Nationwide School Grant Program was a sham. Many believed the foundation was built to combat childhood obesity — something Jared says was a personal struggle growing up. But according to tax records, the charity never actually issued a grant, despite his promise to give schools and community organizations $2 million.
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I Was Shaken Down by Wikipedia’s Blackmail Bandits
Dayramir Gonzalez faced threats if he didn’t pay up for edits to his Wikipedia page. Now, his scammer and 380 other blackhat editors have been banned for blackmail. In mid-June, Dayramir Gonzalez and his wife Tatiana were making preparations to incorporate some of his accomplishments into his Wikipedia entry, but they didn’t know exactly how. Dayramir, an award-winning Cuban pianist and composer, had been featured...
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Woman who claimed she won $20,000 from Virginia Lottery scratcher could now face charges
Ardella Newman claimed she hit it big but was denied her prize. However the Virginia Lottery now says she may face charges. On Aug. 22, Newman claimed she purchased a $2 scratch-off ticket that matched the number 16, making it worth $20,000. “When I saw that $20,000, you don’t know how excited I was,” she told WJLA. However, Virginia Lottery officials told her there had been a mistake and the ticket was issued in error.
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The False Science of Cryonics
What the nervous system of the roundworm tells us about freezing brains and reanimating human minds.
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Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Munir Uwaydah alleged ringleader in $150 million insurance scam
An orthopedic surgeon is charged as the ringleader in one of California's biggest health fraud schemes, which included unnecessary operations by an untrained assistant that scarred patients forever, according to indictments unsealed Tuesday. Dr. Munir Uwaydah and 14 associates, including another doctor and a lawyer, bilked insurance companies out of $150 million in the scheme, Los Angeles District...
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81-year-old man driven to death by phone scammers
The phone calls wouldn't stop. The man on the other end of the line made promises of a big payoff: millions of dollars in prize money.
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