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FCC’s biggest fine ever goes to robocall spammer

Christina Bonnington— May 11

These Facebook travel scams will steal your personal information

Phillip Tracy— May 4

This woman perfectly deals with scammer posing as an IRS agent

David Britton— April 5

Massive Spotify scam may have earned $1 million

Austin Powell— February 26

Senior YouTuber blames his ‘computer illiteracy’ for channel theft

Josh Katzowitz— January 22

Sorry, this lottery winner is not trying to give you $5,000

David Britton— January 16

Twitter is promoting a ‘get verified’ phishing scam

Christina Bonnington— January 8

Online scammers are going after your grandparents

Allee Manning— September 6

Munchausen by internet: The rise of medical crowdfunding scams

Winona Dimeo-Ediger— July 17

Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival is now a circle of hell

Samantha Grasso— April 28

Woman finds an amazing way to make $5 from every single Tinder match

Jay Hathaway— March 27

Woman on landline phone

If a robocall asks ‘Can you hear me?,’ hang up immediately

Christina Bonnington— February 2

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Don’t get scammed by this wine gift exchange on Facebook

Christina Bonnington— December 8

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I crowdfunded a parking ticket I didn’t want to pay

Miles Klee— October 24

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Woman buys iPhone 7, gets clever ‘Yu-Gi-Oh’ prank instead

Jay Hathaway— September 20

bootleg bart simpson

How spammers nearly destroyed the biggest ‘Simpsons’ meme page

Miles Klee— August 24

washer dryer

Fake report of absurd washing machine scam goes viral on Facebook

Miles Klee— May 16

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Man robbed women on Tinder by claiming he needed money for sister’s cancer bills

Molly Stier— February 18

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