There's a new scam targeting iPhone owners with a barrage of notifications

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Some iPhone owners are receiving a series of alerts to reset their password.

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A con artist told George Santos and Danny Masterson that he could get their criminal charges dropped for a price, prosecutors say

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George Santos, left, and Danny Masterson, right, were targeted in the scheme.

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My dad almost paid a ransom after being told I was kidnapped — but it was all a scam

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A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police

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A person attending a conference call.

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He was America's flashiest watch dealer. Then the feds caught up with him.

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Anthony Farrer, aka the Timepiece Gentleman, became famous for selling luxury watches. Then the Feds caught up with him.

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AI spam is already starting to ruin the internet

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The internet, once a place where humans posted things.

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A couple paid $80,000 after being told their teen son was kidnapped. He was found living in a tent outside Salt Lake City, police said.

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Kai Zhuang, 17, is believed to have been a victim of a "cyber kidnapping" scam.

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Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls

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Indian officials have raided over 76 locations in an international crackdown on tech support scam calls.

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wanted was a swimming pool. What I got was a $31,000 lesson in Zelle fraud.

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A pool could have been evidence that my life hadn't amounted to nothing. But after we Zelle-ed the deposit to our contractor, things started to go very wrong.

All I wanted was a status symbol. What I got was a $31,000 lesson in the downside of payment apps.

I'm a smug 30-year-old who thought only Luddites like my mom fall for 'smishing' scams. Then it happened to me.

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It looked legit, but in hindsight, there were a few clues it was fake.

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