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A quick social media video can result in "10 patients for consultations tomorrow," Kachkinbayev said, warning that the offers "can sometimes be a real scam."

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

When he came forward to report the extortion scam to the Fed, he found internal investigators were more interested in his travel and contacts in China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Below them is John, in prison regarding the aforementioned gas scam; a career con man, he skimmed that missing $10 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

I fell victim to an online dating scam.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

"I've been hearing this scam all week," I said.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

It continues: “Don’t search for or use Robinhood phone numbers through an internet browser because they potentially are scams. Many phone support scams direct you to call a fake Robinhood customer service number.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Here are his top tips on how to manage your money from saving to avoiding scams.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Trip-related problems are so common, in fact, that consumer advocate Christopher Elliott has stitched an entire career out of resolving them — from timeshare scams to horrible airline customer service and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

In a letter to Meta, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said the feature could lead to an increase in online fraud, phishing, digital arrest scams and impersonation attacks, the Indian Express newspaper reported.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

"Only after news of Min Min Soe Shwe's arrest emerged did she finally understand we've been scammed."

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Who do you think is most likely to be scammed?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

The stress of being scammed and separated from her husband, who remains in the U.S., had taken a toll.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

I interviewed a newsletter reader who was scammed out of more than $12,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

“And the mud. I don’t mind vacuuming for you. And, yes, I realize you just scammed me into doing your job. But isn’t it worth it to let the kid be a kid?”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

He had more than 50 previous convictions and had served a string of stints in jail for scamming women out of thousands of pounds through false promises of love to fund a luxury lifestyle.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 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