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‘It’s all about the confidence’: Worker says she was hired as a pharmacist after lying on her resume

'Girl, get out them people company.'

On May 4, 2023 by Tiffanie Drayton

restaurant customer speaking (l) hand holding Visa gift card in hand in front of cards (c) restaurant customer speaking (r)

‘I feel like this is a common operation for this restaurant’: Customer says server stole money from their Visa gift card—then told them it declined

'Never again will I pay with a Visa gift card where I have to give it to someone else.'

On May 2, 2023 by Braden Bjella

woman with gift card in corner with caption 'When my 84 year old grandma is gifted $200 visa gift cards' (l) Walgreens Pharmacy building with sign (c) Visa gift cards with caption 'When she realizes Walgreens sold her son frauded gift cards...' (r)

‘Always get digital. these cards always getting numbers stolen’: Customer says Walgreens sold them $200 worth of frauded Visa gift cards

'I've called 4 times to get a new card and they never sent it.'

On Apr 26, 2023 by Braden Bjella

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‘She just probably wanted a free car cleaning’: Customer says Uber driver falsely reported he was drunk, charged him $100 cleaning fee

'I have a strike against me on Uber for nothing.'

On Mar 28, 2023 by Braden Bjella

Instacart shopper says she was scammed by a fake customer, got her account hacked

‘I am no longer able to shop and to work’: Instacart shopper says she was scammed by a fake customer, got her account hacked

'[Instacart does] not care about their workers and do not take this stuff seriously.'

On Mar 19, 2023 by Angela Littlefield

former Alamo Drafthouse employee speaking in car with caption 'everybody on the morning shift used to commit fraud' (l) Alamo Drafthouse Cinema sign above doors (c) former Alamo Drafthouse employee speaking in car with caption 'cashing out coupons for $10 off until the tab was 0' (r)

‘The restaurant game is wild’: Former Alamo Drafthouse employee says servers used to commit fraud to make more money

'Servers were actually stealing a lot of money directly from customers.'

On Mar 9, 2023 by Allyson Waller

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‘Who the f*ck broke into his house and rented it?’: Woman finding her dad’s home on Airbnb—despite him never listing it

'It's kind of opened up a much bigger black hole than I originally anticipated.'

On Feb 27, 2023 by Mikael Thalen

woman speaking with caption 'so they gave me a call from my bank's phone number' (l) woman speaking with caption 'Time of day, weekend so they said that they had some fraudulent charges' (c) woman speaking with caption 'Time of day, weekend Sending a text with a link Asking for account info ? Just sketchy Urgency/Threats A bank would never be offended if you hung up and called back numbers can be spoofed to look like your friends family' (r)

‘They’re getting smarter and smarter’: Woman warns of newest fraud tactic after scammer called from her bank’s phone number

'I’m not gonna lie, they almost had me in the first half.'

On Feb 11, 2023 by Braden Bjella

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‘Costco did the same thing to me’: Customer using mom’s card says Costco declined it for ‘fraudulent activity’

'That’s why I prefer going to Sam’s.'

On Jan 25, 2023 by Phil West

‘Target doesn’t take back food so we got all of this for free’: Shipt shopper says customer used ‘fraudulent’ card to pay for groceries

'Shipt doesn't tell you until after you have purchased every single one of these items.'

On Jan 12, 2023 by Allyson Waller

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‘I checked his credit, he checked my vibe’: Best Buy employee says customer tried to make fraudulent iPhone purchase, sparking debate

'They think these huge companies just going to let you rob them for 5k.'

On Dec 4, 2022 by Dan Latu

‘Do I hear a class action lawsuit’: Man cuts up Chime bank card after he was scammed by fake email, received no credit for fraudulent charges

'I’ve reached out to Chime multiple times and they literally don’t care.'

On Oct 28, 2022 by Natasha Dubash

woman in car caption 'Thinking about the one time I saw a random number on my exes phone and used the number at Ulta to find out her name and take all of her reward points' (l) Crowed lined up outside Ulta building (c) woman in car caption 'Thinking about the one time I saw a random number on my exes phone and used the number at Ulta to find out her name and take all of her reward points' (r)

‘She’s the one who wanted to share’: After finding the number her boyfriend was texting, woman allegedly used it to steal its Ulta rewards points

'Always be savage af.'

On Jun 24, 2022 by Jack Alban

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Deepfakes can fool biometric checks used by banks, research finds

Fraudsters can easily use artificial intelligence to open up fake accounts online.

On May 18, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

First Lady Zelenska with a cyber/technology overlay

Account impersonating the Ukrainian first lady and soliciting crypto remains on Twitter even after she blasts ‘fraudsters’

Olena Zelenska blasted 'fraudsters' capitalizing on Ukraine's 'suffering.'

On Mar 16, 2022 by Claire Goforth