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An incinerator scheme to help clean up the ecological catastrophe turned out to be a vast multi-million-dollar scam that included a "ghost" incinerator for the capital Tirana that was never built.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

According to the court filing, part of the scam included hiring an interior designer and purchasing $40,000 worth of kitchen appliances for one property.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The scam unravelled because one of the ringers was also a journalist.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

That, he noted, means the estimated rate for endorsed initial coin offerings is 45% to 48%, or roughly 4.5 to 5 times more likely to be a scam.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Who is this guy and how did he get my number and is this a scam and should I call the police?

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

But if you are hunting round for grants, watch out for scams pretending to be official money-off schemes.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

It can be hard to assess the extent to which our everyday health makes us more or less vulnerable to scams.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

New tools are aiming to better protect job seekers from scams and remove fraudulent profiles faster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

LinkedIn says its automated AI systems catch and weed out most scams before members encounter them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Once in a while I’d leak stuff about phishing scams.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Johna backed out of the chat, realizing that she’d only just escaped being scammed.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Working with such a learned person will prevent being scammed by a glitzy commercial.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

But with high-value products comes risk - and Glen has warned of Pokémon fans being scammed around the release of the anniversary range.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

You want to be calm when approaching someone you think is being scammed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

“And the mud. I don’t mind vacuuming for you. And, yes, I realize you just scammed me into doing your job. But isn’t it worth it to let the kid be a kid?”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The soaking and scamming of undergrads and grad students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Here’s the common sense: This isn’t a problem of scamming students or lazy teachers, though of course both exist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

"This case is the first arrest after the world has seen how this scam has developed into an online content creator's scamming business," said Bart Kakooza, vice-chairperson of the Animal Welfare Alliance Uganda.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Begging, scamming and threatening: they’re all tools of the writer’s trade in Pamela Hansford Johnson’s dark comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

“They were scamming you. Girls scam guys all the time with that. Kerri was listening in on the extension.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor