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A California woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for faking a cancer diagnosis and swindling donors out of $105,513, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Amanda Christine Riley of San Jose faked a Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis and said in 2012 she required donations to cover her medical expenses. The 37-year-old went so far as to blog […]
A 60-year-old man in Germany allegedly received roughly 90 COVID-19 vaccines just to sell vaccination cards. The man, whose name has not been released, reportedly got his COVID-19 vaccination shots in the eastern state of Saxony, CBS News writes. This transpired “for months” until he was confronted by police over his ploy to sell the cards, which included authentic vaccine batch […]
T-Pain took to Instagram this weekend to call out an impersonator using his name to send emails in an effort to scam people out of money. The artist shared a screenshot of one such message, which contains several grammatical errors and claims “NAPPY BOY ENTERTAINMENT” is offering “marketing /Distribution publishing deals” in exchange for “a small fee of […]
While Gunna has recently gotten into the cryptocurrency game by way of NFTs, he’s now being accused of a crypto scam and has since responded. “To my followers and fans! I didn’t know anything about this ‘pushin peth’ Scam,” he tweeted on Monday. “Someone hacked my Twitter and I immediately deleted the tweet! I would never […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets A Maryland man is facing 20 years behind bars for his role in creating a bogus website that purportedly […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Lazar Hayward, a former NBA player who was part of the 2012 Oklahoma City Thunder team that made the NBA Finals, […]
One constant thread throughout Ice Cube’s career is that he’s meticulous about his money and the funds of those around him. This trait led him to leave the biggest group in hip-hop in the world at the time, and it also almost led to him taking a man’s life. During a new appearance on In Depth with Graham […]
By the Federal Trade Commission’s estimates, more than 400,000 scams have been perpetrated amid the pandemic era. The FTC said this week, per a report from a CBS News, that the scams in question included everything from hawking fraudulent hand sanitizer concoctions to offering equally fraudulent vaccination cards. Also mentioned among the scam operations are […]
Bernie Madoff, notorious convicted fraudster who pleaded guilty in 2009 to 11 federal felonies, is dead at 82. According to a source quoted in an Associated Press report, Madoff died from natural causes at the Federal Medical Center in North Carolina on Wednesday. Last year Madoff’s legal team attempted to get Madoff released from prison due […]
DMX’s family has not asked for help covering his funeral costs. Instead, any fundraising efforts seen by the public is the despicable work of scammers attempting to profit from the late rapper’s death. The family would also like to let his fans know that merch authorized by them doesn’t currently exist. Another rumor that has been making […]
