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Woman Snatches Shopper’s Pizza Receipt at Costco Kiosk, Then Rushes to Claim His Order: ‘We Had All Been Scammed’

By Kopal Aug 18th
‘FDA Violation’: Man Opens a 1-Pound Package of Great Value Bacon From Walmart. Then He Finds Out How Much Bacon May Be Missing

By Terrina Jairaj Aug 14th
Woman’s Good Deed at Target Backfires After Homeless Duo Demands the Receipt for ‘Donated’ Baby Formula: ‘Almost Got Scammed’

By Kopal Aug 13th
Woman Loses $60,000 to an Ex Who Appeared To Have Proof of Everything. Then She Realizes It Was All an Elaborate Lie: ‘So Many Levels to This’

By Terrina Jairaj Aug 13th
Man Buys New International Delight Creamer. Then He Sees The New Packaging—And Crashes Out: ‘You Speak For Us All Man’

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Aug 11th
Washington Woman Spends $600 on New Nuna Stroller From Nordstrom. Then She Opens the Box: ‘My Blood Is Boiling’

By Melody Heald Aug 8th
TikToker Orders KFC’s 50-Piece Chicken Poppers, Then Claims They Only Gave Him 35 Pieces: ‘This is What People Do, They Scam’

By Robyn Miraflor Aug 6th
Investigators in Houston Uncover Years-Long Trail of Forged Documents and Missing Remains at Funeral Home, Leading to a $2 Million Heist

By Terrina Jairaj Jul 24th
Woman Pays $4,600 for a Car on Facebook Marketplace After Test-Driving It. Two Days Later, the Transmission Dies and the Scammers Vanish

By Terrina Jairaj Jul 23rd
LA Bride Says She Found Out From a Random Facebook Chat That Her Venue Replaced Her Elegant Backdrop. What It Looks Like Now Has Her in Disbelief

By Terrina Jairaj Jul 22nd
Dallas Woman Sold Designer Shoes on Poshmark. Her Buyer Wore the Shoes Then Demanded a Refund: ‘You’re Already Starting off on the Wrong Foot’

By Vanessa Esguerra Jun 1st
California Couple Found Dead After Sending $30K to a Facebook Scammer The Wife Swore Was Tom Selleck

By Terrina Jairaj May 28th
‘You can’t make this up’: 4 California people made $141,839 pretending to be a bear. Then a biologist ended their scam

By Terrina Jairaj 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 Charlotte Colombo 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 Rachel Thomas 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 Rebekah Harding 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 Rachel Thomas 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 Braden Bjella 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 Claire Goforth Oct 31st
‘I think I got scammed’: Woman books ‘5 bedroom’ Airbnb in Arizona. Then she arrives at a camping site

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Oct 12th