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Scammers swindle elderly California man out of $25K by using AI voice technology to claim his son was in 'horrible accident,' needed money for bail: 'Absolutely his voice'
October 18, 2024 | 1:58am“🐼It was his voice. It was absolutely his voice. There was no doubt about it.”
Doorbell video show🏅s murder suspects pose as energy workers before allegedly killing jewelry store owner
October 12, 2024 | 11:55pmPolice say the suspects were unable to gain entry Thursday and returned💛 on Friday at around noon and got into the home, located in the 3700 block of Newcastle.
These 3 words in a text message mean you're being scammed — here's why you should delete it immediately
October 12, 2024 | 5:10pm“If you see this word or phrase, it’s a red flag, similar to poor spel𒅌ling or grammar,” the expert said.
I used to be a disgraced influencer -- here's how I began thriving again
October 12, 2024 | 8:00am“I’ve been making content in my down ti🍸me because we’ve been trapped🎉 in doors, but it's not why I stayed," Calloway told The Post.
Parents warned of disturbing kidnapping scheme using kids' voice replicas
October 11, 2024 | 6:22amPhone scams have been around for a while, 𝔍but recent advancements in artificial intelligence technology is making it easier for bad actors to co🍬nvince people they have kidnapped their loved...
Fla. pol targeted in elaborate AI 'car crash' scam -- which almost fooled his dad into forking over $35K
October 8, 2024 | 2:03pmAn attorney has issued a warning over an elaborate AI voice-cloning scam w๊hich fooled his own dad into nearly handing over $35,000.
Two men scammed Apple ou✱t of $2.5M in counterfeit iPhone scheme: feds
October 7, 2024 | 9:44am🧔 The two men and their co-conspirators w🃏ere convicted of shipping 6,000 counterfeit iPhones that they received from Hong Kong to Apple.
NYC's Airbnb crackdown sparked an underground market for home shares -- with these startups looking to cash in
October 7, 2024 | 7:49amA year-old clampdown on Airbnb💧 in New York City has created an exploding underground markeꦏt for apartment rentals -- and a handful of scrappy startups are attracting big-name investors as...
Con men target Helene victims in North Carolina with $280 tree removal scams, TikToker war💮ns
October 4, 2024 | 5:04pmScammers have descended on the hardest hit areas post-Hurricane Helene -- incl♉uding so-called "FEMA-authorized" tree experts in Asheville, North Carolina.
Alleged fake doctor busted for performing illegal 💝penis enlargement surgeries for 20 yea🍷rs
October 2, 2024 | 4:20pmAn alleged fake doctor who performed hundreds of penis enlargement surgeries over the past two deca🅠des — despite only having a ninth 🥃grade education— was arrested this week in Thailand, according...
New York art adviser accused of 'running a Ponzi scheme' will have her collection auctioned off
October 1, 2024 | 7:00am𓂃 Lisa Schiff rose to be an art world It Girl, steering wealthy collectors toward coveted works. But things unr💎aveled after some of her clients allegedly founds themselves unable to collect...
Real estate agent who 'sabotaged' company before starting his own agency learns fate
September 30, 2024 | 9:58pmA high-profile real estate agent who “saboꦉtaged” his employer’s contact book before leaving the company has had h𓆉is license canceled for at least a year.
Nearly ♔half of employed people have fallen victim to cyberattack or scam
September 26, 2024 | 1:02pmA new global survey found that nearlyܫ half of respondents have fallen victim to a cyberattack or scam.
TikTok issues💙 scam wꦰarning — beware if you receive this text
September 25, 2024 | 3:50pm💮 Officials at the social media app are warning people about a phishing text message scam in which con artists claim to be recruit𒁏ers for TikTok.
Google's $62M outrage: Class-action settlement or lefty scam?
September 19, 2024 | 6:52pmMany class꧋-action lawsuits resemble anti-consumer scams — like the Google case, where lawyers paid themselves $18 million, then gave $43 million to their favorite leftist nonprofits.
Beware these 5 travel scams, from friendly 'flirts' to digital gold diggers
September 19, 2024 | 4:08pmTravel could be one of life’s great, enriching joys – often pr𒀰ecede🔴d by eager anticipation and met with euphoric excitement once a person plants his or her feet in a...
Friar 'Tummy Tuck' who spent $650K in phony charity donations on lavish lifestyle stripped of 'priestly faculties'
September 14, 2024 | 8:17amThe Archdiocese of New York has stripped suspected crooked cleric Father Pawel Bielecki of his "priestly faculties," officials said. ꦿ
Stranger steals deed to multimillion-dollar man⛦sion in a shocking real estate scam
September 13, 2024 | 3:45pmܫ In Raleigh, a local dentist had the deed to his home fraudulently taken wi𝓰thout his knowledge.
Bitcoin ATM fraudsters scam seniors out🥀 of $110M: report
August 31, 2024 | 7:15pm🌱 Bitcoin ATM scammers are targeting senior citizens, duping them out of thousands of dollars in a fraud scheme that often starts with what seems like a customer service phone call. 💖
'Screwber' scheme reaped whopping $40M in bogus surge fares for hundreds of shady Uber drivers: feds
August 28, 2024 | 6:57pmEliahou Paldiel, 52, of Queens, and Carlos Arturo Suarez Palacios, 54, face federal wire fraud and money laundering charges i𝔉n Brooklyn federal court for an alleged Uber "surge pricing" scam.