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Topic: scams

Sign at the entrance to a Bank of America branch in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Getty Images)

How foreign scammers use US banks

Cezary Podkul
MLM network marketing chart structure (Getty Images/Love Employee)

The marketing scam we keep falling for

Daria Solovieva
Donald Trump and Cryptocurrency (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's crypto racket hurts all wallets

Amanda Marcotte
Businessmen use Bitcoin to lure others into a trap (Getty Images/wenjin chen)

Scammers might be smarter than you

Jamela Adam
Donald Trump reacts at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, TN. (Johnnie Izquierdo for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump loves crypto. Scammers do, too

Daria Solovieva
A resident inspects the remains of her home that was destroyed by the Eaton Fire on January 09, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Scammers swarming disaster areas

Vanessa McGrady
Laci Mosley in "Scam Goddess" (Disney)

Does "Scam Goddess" work as a TV show?

Melanie McFarland
Onlines shopping on a tablet (Getty Images/Jay Yuno)

Shopping scams are upping their game

Vanessa McGrady
Miami, Florida, Coral Gables Shops at Merrick Park, Bilingual Park and Pay system using scanned QR code. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Back up! Is that QR parking code legit?

Vanessa McGrady
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) talks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on November 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

George Santos is right about one thing

Amanda Marcotte
Roy Johnson (right) with a Bishop Sycamore player in "BS High" (HBO)

"BS High's" football scam lessons

D. Watkins
Pat Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern in "Telemarketers" (HBO)

You should heed these "Telemarketers"

Melanie McFarland
A shopper is reflected in a glass case while looking at baby formula at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2022. The United States is in the grip of a severe shortage of baby formula. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

The baby formula scammers are here

Nicole Karlis
Duo Milli Vanilli – Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan – with Jermaine Jackson in Los Angeles, circa 1989 (Lester Cohen/Getty Images)

21 of the wildest cons in history

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
(Getty/PeopleImages)

COVID scams are flourishing

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
Senior woman on the phone (Getty Images)

Seniors being targeted for COVID scams

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Still life of a face mask on red background (Getty Images)

How scammers are exploiting COVID-19

Stacey Wood, Yaniv Hanoch, Marian Liu, David Hengerer
(Getty/sturti)

Parents give up custody for school aid

Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez - ProPublica
(Getty/Shutterstock/Salon)

Why "Nigerian Prince" scams dupe us

Frank T. McAndrew - The Conversation
Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference February 23, 2018. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Trump's mansion — from a scam artist

Lance Williams, Matt Smith
(Shutterstock)

Facebook allowed political ads that were

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Jeff Larson, Julia Angwin - ProPublica
(Gage Skidmore)

trump's sketchy fundraising

Sophia Tesfaye

Patrick Howell O'Neill - The Daily Dot

The latest Craigslist scam

Kevin Morris - The Daily Dot
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