Warren Buffett rings the alarm on AI, comparing it to the atomic bomb and warning it will supercharge fraud

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Warren Buffett.

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College students desperate for jobs are getting scammed online by criminals posing as tech recruiters

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College students are being increasingly targeted by scammers offering attractive internship or job listings.

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Match Group CEO says he has empathy for victims of romance scams but 'things happen in life'

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Match Group CEO Bernard Kim said "thing happen in life" of people who fall victim to romance scams.

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Scammers stole more than $400,000 from a woman through an elaborate Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes scam: police

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Scammers took $400,000 from a woman who thought she won a $3 million sweepstakes.

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US soldier at Fort Bragg sentenced for running romance scam

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A former Army service member stationed at Fort Bragg was convicted of running a romance scam.

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Americans lost over $1 million last year falling for online puppy adoption scams, largely on Facebook Marketplace

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Puppies in a cage for sale at the sprawling Chatuchak market.

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A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think

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The FBI reported that $350,328,166 was lost in real-estate scams in 2021.

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Millennials fall for investment scams a lot — even more than boomers

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An FBI report shows that millennials, not the elderly, are most likely to lose money on investment-related frauds or scams.

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A woman was charged $1,000 for a Subway sandwich. She said she couldn't get a refund for 7 weeks and struggled to afford groceries.

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A Subway sandwich.

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A Florida woman discovered her driveway was stolen while preparing for Christmas

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Amanda Brochu said contractors bulldozed and removed her driveway (not pictured).

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