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Mobbed-up Long Island cop staged fake raid at rival ‘Sal the Shoemaker’ gambling parlor: feds

A mobbed-up Nassau cop working behind-the-scenes for the Bonanno crime family staged a fake raid to shut down a gambling parlor run by...

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Ivanka Trump warns against ‘fake’ $IVANKA crypto coin

Ivanka Trump is warning investors of a fake “$IVANKA” cryptocurrency scam, days after her dad and stepmom launched their own tokens. “To be...

World

Woman scammed out of £700k by fake Brad Pitt is now homeless and penniless

A French woman, conned out of a staggering £700,000 by a fraudster impersonating Brad Pitt through sophisticated AI technology, has been left destitute...

U.S

Fake firefighter looter who used uniform to pose as hero arrested by police

The shamefaced looter who impersonated a firefighter to prey on evacuees from the devastating Pacific Palisades blaze was caught red-handed by police. The...

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Scam targets New Yorkers, steals $2.2M in cryptocurrency through fake job offers

A team of tech-savvy scam artists stole millions in a nation-wide cryptocurrency con that duped unsuspecting victims, including some in New York, searching...

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Bronx man targeted migrants in subway, lured them with fake jobs before sex assaults: Prosecutors

A Bronx man targeted Spanish-speaking migrants in the city’s subway system, promising them jobs but instead subjecting them to a string of horrifying...

Finance

Warning as mum who lost £280 on fake Cornwall holiday says 'I suddenly died inside'

A mum has told of how she “died inside” after being scammed before a family holiday in Cornwall. Natasha Shek found an advert...

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Airline passengers crack ‘code’ by claiming to need wheelchairs: report

Southwest Airline passengers have “cracked a code” allowing them to subvert the travel provider’s boarding rules by claiming to need wheelchairs. A report...

World

Assad's relatives arrested at Beirut airport with fake passports

Two of Bashar al-Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted for war crimes,...

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The internet is rife with fake reviews. Will AI make it worse?

By HALELUYA HADERO The emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce novel and detailed online reviews with almost...