An Australian author who falsely claimed to have beaten cancer through healthy eating has been fined over 400,000 Australian dollars ($300,000) for “misleading” customers about charitable donations, according to a report.
A new viral trend is leading many female Tinder users to scam desperate men out of $5 to “see what happens.”
A New York man, who conned desperate parents of internationally abducted children into giving him thousands of dollars by falsely telling them he could find and return their youngsters safely, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday.
Facebook is investigating a post that asked users to like, comment, and share a picture of a baby who the poster falsely claimed had cancer.
Police say answering the question “Can you hear me?” over the phone from an unknown caller can have serious consequences thanks to a new scam that is making the rounds in several states.
An Australian senator has used his maiden speech to slam the “fraudulent” climate change industry which he blames for “costing jobs, destroying families, bankrupting businesses” and making his country “less competitive.”
Steam updated its policy on fraudulent trades to note that users who are scammed will not have their items returned. The service will ban scammers and lock accounts that have been hijacked but believes that “all trade scams can be avoided.”
