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Your wallet never leaves your pocket, but your money can still disappear with “ghost tapping” “scams.” Thieves are using “nfc technology” to “tap to pay” and steal your funds and information. Learn how these “credit card fraud” schemes work and how to protect your “financial security” with “consumer safety” tips. Well, your wallet never leaves …
Trump Jr. and Eric Trump-linked investors reportedly bought into a shell entity tied to a Kazakh tungsten mining project That project is backed by up to $1.6B in U.S. government financing through export and development agencies The initial investment reportedly happened before full public disclosure of the merger structure Additional share purchases reportedly followed after …
In Nepal, helicopter rescue on high altitude is, by any measure, a genuine lifesaving operation. At high altitude, where oxygen thins and weather changes without warning, the ability to airlift a stricken trekker to Kathmandu within hours has saved countless lives. But threaded through that legitimate system, exploiting its urgency, its opacity, and its distance …
The only thing that doesn’t require more taxes is getting the money and holding it. Oh wait, inflation is a (hidden) tax… h/t Public-Marionberry33
Attackers combine spam floods with fake IT support Victims tricked into Quick Assist sessions deploying A0Backdoor Malware enables full account takeover and remote code execution Cybercriminals are using a new combination of spam and IT support impersonation to deploy malware and take over corporate devices, experts have warned.Security researchers at BlueVoyant found cybercriminals would start …
🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸 SBA investigators report uncovering $8.6 billion in fraudulent loans in California. The agency says over 111,000 borrowers were involved. In Minnesota, nearly 7,000 borrowers allegedly defrauded $400 million.pic.twitter.com/2mJcqIqWQ4 https://t.co/SZjlFQrwTp — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 20, 2026 Factcheck: SBA Inspector General investigations found: $8.6 billion in fraudulent EIDL and PPP loans tied to …
This is a four minute video but worth watching. It describes how there are now more “private equity” funds in the US than McDonalds. Essentially, these private equity funds are buying up businesses and trading them back and forth with each other at ever increasing prices. While they do this they collect funds from investors …
LA woman scammed out of $81K and condo by fake celebrity impersonator, daughter says Vivian Ruvalcaba described how her mother was targeted by scammers using artificial intelligence, in an interview on Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson’s “Beyond Connected” podcast. A woman named Abigail believed she was in a romantic relationship with a famous actor. The messages felt …
SCAM Act Introduced To Revoke Citizenship Of Migrants Who Commit Fraud, Serious Felonies https://t.co/yOals17pTq — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 1, 2026 Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) has introduced the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act that would strip citizenship from individuals who commit serious crimes within 10 years of their naturalization. According to Schmitt, the legislation …
Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to regulators on Saturday, requesting an investigation into Meta for allegedly profiting from fraudulent advertisements. The letter, sent to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins, calls on their agencies to “investigate and, if appropriate, …
via Ken Silva A Rhode Island store owner helped stop foreign scammers from swindling $240,000 worth of gold bars from an elderly victim, according to federal court records. The attempted gold scam was revealed by the Justice Department on Monday in a criminal complaint against Chinese national Ka Hin Lam, who’s charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. …
As contactless payments become an integral part of everyday life, a troubling scam dubbed “ghost tapping” is becoming known for exploiting the very convenience it promises. Ghost tapping is a fraud method that targets the “tap-to-pay” feature found on cards and mobile wallets. It involves using near-field communication (NFC) technology, which enables a card or …
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Scam texts are flooding our phones and costing some dearly. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the texts scammed Americans out of nearly half a billion dollars last year alone. So where are all those texts coming from? It turns out, millions may be coming from Southern California. Been Coon with …
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MARK CUBAN EXPOSES PBM SCAM COSTING PATIENTS BILLIONS BEFORE SENATE Mark Cuban just testified before the Senate explaining how Pharmacy Benefit Managers are a bigger monopoly than Amazon, controlling drug access for 270 million Americans while driving prices up, not down: “PBMs auction off access to their formularies to the highest bidders. Drug companies pay …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecMOtP5T1KU CRYPTO CRASH: I’m done, crypto is all a SCAM.
Joe Sanberg, a top California Democrat activist who decried the corruption of big Wall Street banks and started a company marketed as the “cleaner” alternative, actually propped that company up through blatant fraud, he admitted Thursday. Sanberg and other high-profile Democrats started the carbon-credit platform and online banking app Aspiration Partners Inc., promising to plant …
Bookmark Worthy🔖This is by far the best breakdown I've ever seen concerning the*Treasury*Big Banks*and the Federal Reserve. Episode 4 – The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind pic.twitter.com/YG0HNIPDsG — Abbey | BLUE EYES (@Blue_Eyes) July 29, 2025 7. The Mainstream Media Propaganda Machine 🔹 The mainstream media doesn’t report news — it manufactures consent. …
Most outsiders, non-financial people don’t understand — The jobs report is based on a freaking survey, a survey! BLS economic numbers are a joke, they do not represent what is actually happening. Kane has been screaming for 25 years about completely unreliable economic numbers, finally a few economists are waking up. Jeremy Siegel, professor emeritus …
I mean, there’s literally a woman serving life in prison for it.. After NYT released a picture of the book signed by Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein with the message “to Jeff, you are the greatest!”, Trump calls Epstein files a “Democrat scam” & “con job”? When did Maga become pro-pedophilia? h/t UniversalSurvivalist
The FBI just closed the door on one of the largest crypto Ponzi schemes in recent history. On July 8, federal agents arrested Michael Shannon Sims and Juan Carlos Reynoso for orchestrating a $650 million fraud through a fake investment platform called OmegaPro. The indictment was unsealed in the District of Puerto Rico. Sims was …
0:00 Gen Z and Millenials Going Back to Renting 9:08 Shocking new Redfin Data 16:19 First time homebuyers feeling more optimistic 19:50 People are borrowing more than ever against their homes Sometimes the only way people learn things is the hard way. In this case when it comes to homeownership, many new buyers who purchased …
A high-ranking USAID official created a fake company, lied to the government, and walked away with pandemic relief money while taxpayers were left holding the bill.
Section 8 has turned into a fucking scam to ensure people are reliant and vote for Dems pic.twitter.com/QMsdYe85P2 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 10, 2025
Spencer Calvert built Pineapple Corporation into Florida's premier custom home builder. He became the go-to for wealthy clients, including TV star Captain Sandy Yawn. From 2019-2023, he left most of his 63 luxury homes as empty concrete slabs. Now he faces 30 years in prison. pic.twitter.com/Fl8UgQMvGi — Jason Forrest (@thejasonforrest) May 8, 2025 13+ homeowners …
The budget proposal takes aim at several offices within the Energy Department and calls for $15 billion of cuts from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Specifically, the budget blueprint cancels the Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, a $2.1 billion program designed “to establish and carry out a carbon dioxide transportation …
Deputy Chief of Staff @StephenM GOES OFF on the scam known as "birthright citizenship" 🔥 pic.twitter.com/AjAf1BgcpI — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 21, 2025
Home prices are a scam and despite what some are saying, prices are finally starting to come down in many areas across the county, but not by enough. But to prove that home prices are a scam we need to look at how lenders decide who gets a Mortgage and who doesn’t. And once you …
by Michael The goal of the healthcare industry in the United States is to take as much money away from you as possible. I truly wish that I was exaggerating, but I am not. Can you guess which nation spends the highest percentage of GDP on healthcare? Without looking it up, you probably already know …
