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‘You can’t make this up’: 4 California people made $141,839 pretending to be a bear. Then a biologist ended their scam

By Mar 31st
Woman gets new KitchenAid mixer for Christmas. Too bad a Target shopper decided to bamboozle her: ‘Do they not check it when it’s returned?’

By Jan 9th
‘$240 is a lot of money’: Woman gets ‘free full body scan’ at Crunch Fitness. Then the personal trainer steps in—and starts texting her

By Nov 27th
‘My Pandora rings have held up better’: California woman spends thousands on rings from Tiffany & Co. Then her fingers turn ‘Elphaba green’

By Nov 26th
‘I use TaskRabbit and never had a problem’: Atlanta woman hires movers who do 10 minutes of work. Then she gets charged $222

By Nov 23rd
‘David Yurman would NEVA!!!’: Houston Cartier store worker damages $5K bracelet while taking it off for customer. Then they tell her it’ll cost $1,800 to fix

By Nov 21st
‘This guy is not moving’: New York woman calls Uber. Then she gets to him before he has a chance to ‘scam’ her

By Oct 31st
‘I think I got scammed’: Woman books ‘5 bedroom’ Airbnb in Arizona. Then she arrives at a camping site

By Oct 12th
‘GOODWILL SHOULD NOT be able to have an ONLINE AUCTION SITE’: California woman finds high-end bag at Goodwill. Then a worker intervenes

By Oct 8th
‘People gotta stop normalizing being scammed’: Carnival Cruise soda machine charges 27 cents per ounce. Then passenger fills a small cup with Sprite

By Sep 30th
‘I can’t even believe the woman handed this cake over’: New York woman orders $65 cake for bridesmaid brunch. Then she opens the box—and crashes out

By Sep 27th
‘Was it also $80?’: Philadelphia woman orders an espresso martini at the airport. Then she realizes it’s just Folgers and vodka in a plastic cup

By Sep 27th
’I would have followed them to the next stop’: Missouri store owner waits on package from FedEx. Then he catches them red-handed

By Sep 26th
‘I have heard so many terrible stories’: Arkansas woman buys sectional and bedroom set from Ashley Furniture. Then she notices major design flaw $6,500 later

By Sep 9th
‘I feel like I got scammed’: Woman buys a $2 Kit-Kat from a Dollar Store. Then she takes a closer look at the packaging after it tasted weird

By Aug 22nd
‘Yall just got the Uno reverse card’: Missouri woman tries to use Venmo to scam man out of $300 of Labubus. She didn’t realize he was wearing Ray Ban Metas

By Jul 19th
‘Even the reviews make it seem like a legitimate aquarium’: Woman finds an ‘aquarium’ to take her kids to. Then she gets there

By Jun 23rd
‘This happened to me with Target’: Woman’s Sephora order gets delayed. Then she discovers a little-known law that lets her get the $200 order—free

By Jun 2nd
Woman lost both millionaire husband and $850K after being scammed by fake Brad Pitt

By Jan 16th
“An Amount Has Been Paid to Assassinate You,” Says Scam Email That Reads Like an Enemies to Lovers Fanfic

By Oct 29th