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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cemetary headstone that says RIP THE INTERNET
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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I fell for a Facebook Marketplace Zelle scam involving a piano that's increasingly common

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The "free" Baby Grand Piano as it appeared — looking flawless — on Facebook Markeplace.

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The FCC just fined an international network of robocallers nearly $300 million for making 5 billion calls in a three month span

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A Wells Fargo customer lost $68,000 after being tricked into making a wire transfer by a scammer, report says

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Wells Fargo said it had handled the matter appropriately.

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Russians trying to help the Kremlin are being scammed into throwing Molotov cocktails at its offices and cars instead: reports

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Some of the Russians were told to shout pro-Ukrainian slogans, even though they were convinced they were helping the Russian government.

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