Davos attendees are getting scammed by 'fake VIP passes' for the USA House

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The USA House in Davos is pictured.
Scammers are selling fake VIP passes to the USA House.

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The DoorDash Deep Throat scam lays bare our new era of untruthiness

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
Photo collage featuring an AI chat, a Doordash delivery driver, and an anonymous person on a computer

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My friend's boyfriend seemed perfect until he started asking her for money. We think he could be a con artist — how do I help her?

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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.

Tech Insider : Business
a woman looking at her phone while resting credit card on her head
The author was scammed out of thousands.

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Finding Dora

Tech Insider : Business, Climate Crisis, Crypto
Distorted images of a woman's face and a silhouette of a woman texting.

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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
a man with brown hair and a grey blazer stands with his hand in his pocket.
Adam Pretorius.

Courtesy of Adam Pretorius

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

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Woman with two phones around her face -- one with a card going in and the other with cash coming out

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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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Voter registration stickers
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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Photo illustration of a man with money collaged.

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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
A rainbow over the Carnival Celebration ship's homeport of Miami.
Carnival Celebration cruise ship.

Carnival Cruise Line

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