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

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An Instacart shopper grabs paper bags full of groceries out of the back of a blue compact car while wearing a sweater, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
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 shadow of a hand holding a key in front of a group of Airbnb logos.
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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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
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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Student on video call from his home during lockdown.
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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Farrer walking away on a watch with his shadow as a burglar
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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cemetary headstone that says RIP THE INTERNET
The internet, once a place where humans posted things.

DOUGLAS SACHA

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, exits a tent he was living in by himself.
Kai Zhuang, 17, is believed to have been a victim of a "cyber kidnapping" scam.

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