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Florida employee accepts a new job to learn they must pay a $1000 onboarding fee and stay a full year to get it back: ‘Is it even legal to charge a fee?’

Cata Holmes

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Woman almost falls for a common lost-pet scam demanding a gift card for her missing cat's "safe return", until the internet steps in with a warning every cat owner needs to hear.

Ayala Sorotsky

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Craigslist buyer discovers his $400 washing machine is worthless, then gives the seller a taste of his own medicine: 'It felt good to waste a scammer's time'

Cata Holmes

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Airbnb charges extra $150 'cleaning fee' after guests leave one Hershey kiss wrapper and beds unmade: 'This is all normal cleaning'

JR Atkinson

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Diners refuse to pay after waiter tries to switch their cash payment to credit card: 'There's some kind of promotion or something'

Ally Perry

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28-year-old woman discovers her "broke" best friend secretly has massive inheritance, she confronts her over years of unpaid loans: 'I was paying her rent'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Scammer charges roommate $1000 per month after telling him the rent is $1600, roommate discovers the rent is actually $1000: 'The landlord says we're short on rent because he only gives the landlord $800 a month.'

Emmy Pratt

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Coworker continually scams small restaurant, colleague snitches on them after a petty work argument

JR Atkinson

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Girlfriend secretly charges boyfriend's credit card for months, secretly takes out $500 in cash advances: 'I feel like I’m being gaslit about this'

JR Atkinson

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'As a professional working in IT, I’m strongly not encouraging this': Mom hits breaking point after everyone forgets her 30th birthday, scaring away a phone scammer who called at the wrong time

Isabella Penn

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Scammers Are Using AI Images to Fake Refunds, and This Is Exactly the Future We Were Warned About

John Summers

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Company shames employee of 3 weeks for only giving $50 to boss' gift, claims they should have given at least $100: 'The project manager started shaming me for being greedy'

JR Atkinson

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Locksmith charges woman $5390 to get back into her apartment: 'You didn't get scammed you got robbed'

JR Atkinson

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'The happiest day of our lives has turned into an absolute nightmare': Videographer ghosts clients after taking $30k from 14 couples, then resurfaces on social media as a rapper

Isabella Penn

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Woman realizes her family mechanic has been scamming her for years, so she decides to go to trade school and fix it herself: 'We're so close he comes to Thanksgiving'

Isabella Penn

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58-year-old woman sends $1.5M to scammers, gets angry when 20-year-old son prevents her from taking money out of her 401K to send the scammers $30K more

Emmy Pratt

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