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A Con Artist Scammed Me Out Of $92,000. Here Are The 8 Red Flags I Wish I'd Seen. My Best Friend Was A Con Artist Who Scammed ...
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Accused scam artist arrested at The Woodlands Mall had $18K cash and stolen goods, deputies say

Investigators said the suspect, who was wanted on multiple felony warrants throughout the U.S., engaged in a "quick change" scam -- which thieves use to deceive cashiers into accepting less money. THE ...
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Scam artist posing as MSNBC host Ari Melber dupes grandma out of $20K: ‘There could be more’

A 73-year-old Seattle-area grandmother was duped into sending at least $20,000 by a scam artist posing as MSNBC anchor Ari Melber. Patricia Taylor, a former Boeing employee and an avid watcher of the ...
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Here’s why smart people get fooled by manipulators and scam artists

A clever TED Talk explains why some scams are so effective. How do scam artists fool people out of hundreds of millions of dollars? We may believe that victims of deception are dumber than the rest of ...