I was scammed out of $6,000 a year ago — even though I knew better. It's not the financial loss that continues to haunt me.

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The author was scammed out of thousands.

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Finding Dora

Tech Insider : Business, Climate Crisis, Crypto
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Months ago, Ahmet Tozal took out three credit card loans and withdrew his life savings to make a fortune off crypto.

I'm a real estate agent who thought I was too smart to fall for a scam. Then I almost sold a $200,000 lot to a fraudster.

Tech Insider : Business
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Adam Pretorius.

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I was scammed out of $300K in a 3-month-long government impersonation scam

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wannapa Suprasert, a 28-year-old from Thailand now based in San Francisco who was scammed out of over $300,000. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Voter registration scams are now everywhere. Here's how to spot them.

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Scams asking people for personal information to fix their voter registration are rising.

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I was scammed out of nearly $300,000 and was forced to abandon my retirement dreams

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leonid Shteyn. It has been edited for length and clarity.

Mother says $15,000 family cruise was canceled after she posted booking details on Facebook

Tech Insider : Travel
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Carnival Celebration cruise ship.

Carnival Cruise Line

Scammers are using delivery apps like Instacart to swindle customers and delivery workers out of money

Tech Insider : Economy
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A scam involves replacing items in an Instacart order with gift cards.

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A real-estate agent's ritzy Hamptons beach home was used in a fake Airbnb scam

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The 51-year-old man was sentenced to prison time for stalking a former guest in his mother's Airbnb.

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Romance scammers are now building trust with AI-generated deepfakes. Here's how to spot them.

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Romance scammers are using deepfakes to defraud people online.
Romance scammers are using deepfakes to defraud people online.

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