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Three individuals have pleaded guilty in connection with what authorities have described as a “Grandparent Scam” that saw hundreds of thousands of dollars being pilfered from senior citizens. Per WJAR, 14 seniors in the Rhode Island area were targeted with the scam, which is said to have ultimately resulted in them being defrauded out of […]
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 […]
A former business partner of Akon argues in recently filed court documents that the “Lonely” artist’s Senegal city plans can be likened to a Ponzi scheme. Per a report from Page Six this week, Devyne Stephens—who was previously reported to have sued Akon for millions—is now asking a judge to freeze the singer and entrepreneur’s New York […]
A former Georgia state employee alleged to have orchestrated a fake pregnancy scam has now been indicted by a grand jury. Robin Folsom, 43, was indicted this month by a Fulton County grand jury on multiple felony counts, per a report from regional outlet WJCL. In court documents, Folsom is listed as being charged with offenses […]
Social media scammers made off with a crazy amount of cash in 2021. According to a Jan. 25 report put out by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), over 95,000 people reported $770 million had been lost to social media fraud in 2021. What’s more shocking is the losses only accounted for 25% of all reported fraud in 2021, […]
A 6ix9ine NFT project that launched earlier this year is now being decried by some participating fans as an alleged “scam” that didn’t deliver on its promises to collectors. Back in October, mere days ahead of the launch, 6ix9ine himself promoted the Trollz NFT collection in an Instagram post that has since been taken down. […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$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 […]
On Monday, a 19-page indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts that charged a father, Ali Jaafar, along with his sons, Mohamed and Yousef Jaafar, with more than a dozen counts of fraud, money laundering and tax evasion over an alleged ticket-cashing scheme that primarily involved scratch-off lotto tickets sold at convenience stores. Prosecutors say the trio took […]
Federal prosecutors have decided that, for now, they will not charge a Canadian truck driver who was found with more than a ton of marijuana during a July arrest at the U.S. border, after his lawyer successfully argued he was the victim of a drug smuggling scam. The dropping of the charges is not necessarily permanent, but […]
A California man has been accused of fraudulently obtaining $5 million in federal coronavirus relief loans and using the money to live a luxury lifestyle, NBC News reports. Mustafa Qadiri, 38, of Irvine, was arrested Friday and charged with four counts of bank fraud, four counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, […]
