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Entertainment

I Faked My Own Birthday To See What Free Stuff I Could Scam

08.19.19

By Hatti Rex
Tech

After Telcos Shut Off Bounty Hunters, Scammers Sell Fake ‘Phone Pings’

05.01.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Scammers Are Filing Fake Trademarks to Steal High-Value Instagram Accounts

02.12.19

By Joseph Cox
How I Got Caught in a Terrible Personal Assistant Scam

02.28.18

By Gideon Greenbaum-Shinder
Money

People Tell Us the Most Embarrassing Scams They’ve Fallen For

02.22.17

By Justin Caffier
People Tell Us About the Best Places They’ve Managed to Sneak Into

01.18.17

By Justin Caffier
Entertainment

Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You Into Everything for Free

12.20.16

By David Allegretti
Tech

It Takes Mere Minutes to Make a Fake, Potentially Malicious Facebook Ad

06.03.16

By Joseph Cox
Travel

I Had a Scammer Tortured by Police in Tanzania

03.17.14

By Henry Wismayer
Library Scammin’

09.30.13

By Will Laren

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Life

Angry Orchard Invites You to Exchange Your Ex’s Stuff for Free Booze This Valentine’s Day

9 minutes ago

By Sammi Caramela
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Life

Some People Are Allergic to the Cold, and It Can Be Deadly

Most people complain about the cold. A smaller group has to plan their lives around it.

39 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
Photo: NASA

News

NASA Time-Lapse Video Shows Drastic Virginia Landscape Change Over Just 9 Weeks

Nine weeks vanish in seconds, and yet so much changes. If that’s not a metaphor for life, I don’t know what is.

1 hour ago

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Javier Zayas Photography / Getty Images

Life

Why Are 20% of Americans Skipping Valentine’s Day This Year?

People are over the “Hallmark” version of Valentine’s Day and want something more real.

2 hours ago

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Peter_Nile / Getty Images

Life

Sharks Aren’t the Villains We Think They Are (and How ‘Jaws’ Ruined Everything)

Context is boring. Rows of jagged teeth are not.

2 hours ago

By Ashley Fike