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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
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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
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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
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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
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COVID scams are flourishing

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

Seniors being targeted for COVID scams

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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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
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Parents give up custody for school aid

Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez - ProPublica
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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
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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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