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Influencer Haliey Welch, better known as the "Hawk Tuah" girl, launched an eponymous memecoin. It spiked and crashed almost immediately.

We Are Shocked to Hear That the Hawk Tuah Girl’s Foray Into Crypto Was Allegedly a Pump and Dump Scheme

By Victor Tangermann

A "Willy Wonka Experience" in Glasgow descended into chaos after furious parents called the cops, telling organizers they had been duped.

Artificial Intelligence

Police Called After AI-Generated “Willy Wonka Experience” Is a Sad Mess in Real Life

By Victor Tangermann

An online pastor based in Denver, Colorado has been accused of raising nearly $3.2 million as part of a cryptocurrency scam.

Pastor Accused of Crypto Scam Says God Told Him to Do It

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier this year, a fake astronaut conned an old woman into sending him a ton of money in order to get back home from the ISS — and catfished her to boot.

Scammer Fools Woman Into Thinking They’re an Astronaut Who Needs a Ticket Home

By Noor Al-Sibai

Dating app Filter Off has come up with a genius solution to ward off scammers and scambots: by locking them in a room with a bunch of its own scambots.

Artificial Intelligence

Genius Dating App Hooks Up Scammers Only With Bots and Other Scammers

By Victor Tangermann

Mark D'Amico, one of several New Jersey grifters who conned thousands of good samaritans out of over $400k, has been sentenced to five years in jail.

Dirtbag Behind Homeless Man GoFundMe Scam Sentenced to Prison

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A cryptocurrency called SQUID, inspired by Netflix's most popular TV show of all time, "Squid Game," rocketed into existence last week and then disappeared.

Chaos Ensues as “Squid Game” Crypto Crashes 99.9999 Percent

By Victor Tangermann

Musk took to Twitter on Wednesday to make fun of common cryptocurrency scams.

Elon Musk Mocks Dogecoin Crypto Scams

By Victor Tangermann

A YouTube channel called Tech Support Scams dedicated to rooting out scammers and unmasking them, fell victim to a tech support scammer.

YouTube Channel That Hunts Scammers Falls for Scam, Deletes Itself

By Victor Tangermann