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Pet insurance is booming. It's also mostly worthless.
Pet insurance is now a $4 billion market. But as the industry grows, it's becoming as confusing and…
Emily Stewart
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Americans lost over $1 million last year falling for online puppy adoption scams, largely on Facebook Marketplace
Thousands of Americans fell for online puppy adoption scams on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Google is suing a person it says ran a puppy-breeder website scam that ripped off hopeful pet owners
Google's lawyers wrote that the alleged online puppy scam is particularly "nefarious" because it "e…
Áine Cain
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Online pet scams have tripled since last year as people look for furry friends in quarantine
"Pet scams are not only the riskiest scams, they are also one of the most heart-breaking," warned t…
Isabella Jibilian
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‘We’ll plant 1 tree for every pet picture’ - What started as a sweet Instagram trend may end up being a scam
Instagram photo threads have been going viral even before the feature was officially announced by t…
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Fake pet sellers are duping puppy lovers with a scam that promises them adorable pets that don't exist
Customers who are looking to buy a pet online are susceptible to these scam ads, the BBB warns. Sca…
Shoshy Ciment
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More people are questioning George Santos' claim that he rescued 2,400 animals and are accusing him of pocketing thousands of dollars meant for pets: NYT
The New York Times spoke to several people who worked with Santos to raise money for pets, some of …
Cheryl Teh
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A Hong Kong fashion executive thought she was adopting a kitten from Thailand. She ended up losing $764,000 in a Bitcoin scam.
The 58-year-old woman was conned into paying more than $764,000 to a scammer via 40 separate crypto…
Matthew Loh
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American Airlines says people signed their pets up for frequent-flyer programs to try and scam big mileage bonuses from credit card offers
American Airlines said users fraudulently opened frequent-flyer accounts using fake names in order …
David Slotnick
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Insider trading, IP theft, fake art and fake profiles — Scammers are taking advantage of NFT platforms’ lack of regulation
As far back as March, there were reports of people impersonating others in order to sell NFTs …
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A woman deliberately cut off her hand with a circular saw in a $1.2m insurance scam
Julija Adlesic and her boyfriend were found guilty of attempted insurance fraud by a Slovenian cour…
Rachel Hosie
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5 uncharacteristically strong digs that Former PM Manmohan Singh took at Narendra Modi and the BJP Govt
Manmohan Singh said, “The UPA has always fought against corruption. We will continue to do so,” and…
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A brief history of Logan Paul's controversies and legal disputes
From a failed gaming project to a bitter backlash over his videos, YouTuber Logan Paul is frequentl…
Paige Bruton
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Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' and a 'Ponzi scheme' and says the crypto is hopeless as a currency
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just launched another scathing attack on the biggest crypto and said bitco…
Theron Mohamed
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A Texas man bought a home, only to discover that a squatter and a 'pretty big goat' were living there. When he tried to get in months later, the goat attacked his dad.
There are no official nationwide statistics on the number of squatting incidents, but some lawmaker…
Alexandra Bacon
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The hack of 15,000 Roku accounts is a great reminder: Stop using the same password!
Using a unique password for all your online accounts, and having a password manager to keep track o…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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North Korean hackers have stolen $3 billion of crypto in 5 years by masquerading as recruiters, IT workers, and government officials to dupe victims
The stolen cryptocurrency the dictatorship has amassed is helping to fund its nuclear weapons progr…
Max Adams
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George Santos was accused of issuing $15,125 in bad checks for 'puppies,' but the theft charge was dropped after he said his checkbook was stolen, report says
Days after the bad checks were written to Amish dog breeders, Rep. George Santos's charity held an …
Kelsey Vlamis
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I wondered why Americans pay so much for dumb stuff. So I asked a $200-an-hour psychic.
To set their prices as high as possible, psychics rely on good old supply and demand — plus a…
Emily Stewart
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How travelers use social media to swap homes with strangers around the world: 'You're taking a leap of faith'
Nicola Murray told Insider she's swapped her 2-bedroom apartment in Florida for homes in Australia,…