scam
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“So this is the famous scam device,” Fielder says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“It is not a scam device,” Holmes replies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
She wasn’t sure if it was a scam until they spoke on the phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Steve Keim, a former general manager of the Arizona Cardinals, says he was a victim of an alleged e-commerce scam targeting NFL players.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Maybe it was some kind of scam to spring him a few days early.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
The consumer advice charity says one in 10 of all the scams it recorded over the past year were related to roofing, making it the most common type of scam brought to them.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The risk to individuals is now higher and customers are being warned about potential impersonation scams.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Enter The Profiler, a self-proclaimed crime fighter who has made it his mission to root out online scams and fake job ads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
AI chatbots have made large-scale cheating among students -- what some educators call "homework scams" -- easier than ever, allowing them to generate credible solutions to almost any written assignment within seconds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Once in a while I’d leak stuff about phishing scams.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Jim Winters, head of economic crime at Nationwide, says anyone who believes a family member is being scammed should contact their bank.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In total, $4.6 billion in student debt is falsely showing up on credit reports, according to the Project on Predatory Student Lending, a nonprofit that represents borrowers who were scammed by their schools in court.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Johna backed out of the chat, realizing that she’d only just escaped being scammed.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Getting scammed can feel like the end of the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Montenegro—Fischer’s connection with Vasiljevic, who had scammed so much money from the citizens, left them unenthused.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
He attended church services organized by Nigerians serving time for online scamming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The soaking and scamming of undergrads and grad students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
For the first time, a joint agreement has been signed between nations to combat scamming.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
But then you also see headlines about everyone’s scamming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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
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