Idiots Who Tried TikTok’s Viral ‘Free Money Glitch’ at ATMs Are Getting Reported for Fraud

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A worker cleans a Chase automated teller machine (ATM) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, July 12, 2021.

A boomer who bought land 25 years ago thought he was set for retirement. Then someone sold it without him knowing.

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More than $145 million was lost in real-estate scams in 2023.

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Who was Mike Lynch? The controversial tech tycoon has been found dead after a superyacht sank.

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British tech tycoon Mike Lynch smiles for the camera.
Mike Lynch in London in 2019.

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Do You Use Cash App? You Could Be Entitled to a $2,500 Payout

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A former real-estate agent and her husband had to dip into retirement savings to buy a house after being scammed out of $63,000

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Rich and Laurie Ramelow wired $63,000 to a fraudster instead of their escrow officer.

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A Southwest Airlines employee was charged with theft after police say he printed $79,000 in flight vouchers at a Missouri airport

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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-76N sits on the runway readying for takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport.
A Southwest Airlines plane.

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Trump will no longer send out his statements of worth

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Donald Trump addresses reporters on the opening day of his New York fraud trial.

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NY fights to save Trump hush-money sentencing, saying it's a harmless error if evidence he's immune from entered the case

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Former president Donald Trump attends fraud trial in New York

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Chris Kirchner, founder of Goldman Sachs-backed Slync, was sentenced to 20 years for fraud and laundering startup funds

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Slync founder Chris Kirchner, second from left, played in the LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, in 2022 as his company failed to pay its employees.

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Interpol Arrests Thousands in Crackdown on International Online Scams

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Police around the world have arrested 3,950 people and seized assets totaling $257 million in a coordinated effort to crack down on online scams, according to a news release Thursday from Interpol.

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