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Shedika Williams had that well-known stomach pang that New York City apartment hunters get when they stumble on a good deal: “I thought it was a little bit of a scam at first.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Even if you aren’t old enough to remember the heyday of Columbia House, you’re probably familiar with the scam at its center.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

Sources familiar with the investigation said victims have been reluctant to come forward given the nature of the alleged scam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

J. Taylor, targeted by the same jury-duty trick as Fudge, thought he would be the last to fall for a scam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“All right, man, what kinda scam you got going on here?”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

BBC News has previously reported on "bait-and-switch" locksmith scams, where customers were given an initial cheap quote before hidden charges and unnecessary work were added.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Dubbed "Operation Jackal IV", it was co-ordinated by the global policing agency Interpol, targeting those behind romance and investment scams.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Americans lose more than $100 billion to scams every single year.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

Your morning catch up: Big Sur’s big summer, what to know about World Cup-related scams and more big stories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Once in a while I’d leak stuff about phishing scams.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Later, Bernie Madoff scammed billions from many of Wall Street’s leading institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

As a result, people were more susceptible to being scammed - something that often happened at a vulnerable moment, even if the victim did not consider themselves vulnerable to being tricked.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Kirsty Guest, who was scammed out of £80,000, is just one of the hundreds of victims targeted by romance fraudsters over the last few years.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Maslany: I think I have been light scammed a few times.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

I may not have liked the people in Lily that much, but I felt sorry for anyone being massively scammed.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

Here’s the common sense: This isn’t a problem of scamming students or lazy teachers, though of course both exist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

But then you also see headlines about everyone’s scamming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

In a supreme irony, as senators Ly Young Phat and Kok An took part in voting for a new law, which the Cambodian government says will harshly punish those involved in scamming.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

Begging, scamming and threatening: they’re all tools of the writer’s trade in Pamela Hansford Johnson’s dark comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

“They were scamming you. Girls scam guys all the time with that. Kerri was listening in on the extension.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor