Hero Bank Teller Saves Customer From Losing Millions on a Scam-by Asking a Few Simple Questions
Marlena Karbowski took no prisoners when she heard the woman's motivation: that she needed to free her internet boyfriend from prison overseas
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How to Protect Yourself From Latest Credit Card Scam
I received a warning today of a telephone scam involving credit cards, containing excellent advice for avoiding similar stings. It's tricky because they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want...
Google, Facebook, Microsoft Join to Battle Against Email Scams
Google, Facebook, and other big technology companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. Such scams try to trick people into giving away passwords and other personal information by sending emails that look as if they come from a legitimate bank, retailer, or other business.
Woman Meets Her Internet Scammer, Helps Him Give Up Crime, and Pays for His College
Even though a Nigerian scammed her out of thousands of dollars, their resulting friendship only served to improve Maria's life –and his– for the better.
Guy Transforms Man He Thought Was Online Scammer into Village Saint by Sending Him $30 Camera
Ben Taylor was about to delete an email from a Liberian villager asking for financial assistance – but something made him send a message back instead.
Walmart Clerk Saves Grandfather's Christmas From Almost Being Scammed Away
If Audrella Taylor had not been helping this senior with his transaction, he may have lost thousands of dollars – and right before Christmas, too.
Struggling Family Loses Last $600 in Online Auto Scam, So Stranger Gives Them His Car
Denis LeBlanc immediately knew what to do when he heard about a family who lost their last $600 to online scammers—he gave them his car.
Listen to Police Captain's Amusing Conversation With Phone Scammers Threatening to Arrest Her
An amused police captain couldn't help but have a little fun with a phone scammer who was threatening to arrest her for drug trafficking.
Taxi Driver Goes Out of His Way to Save Elderly Woman From Being Scammed Out of $25,000
This California cab driver refused to let a 92-year-old woman withdraw her life savings in order to pay off a phony IRS scam.
Retired Officer Engages With Scammers to Expose Their Schemes - WATCH the Call
A retired police officer engages with scammers to point out the dubious ways they use smart phones to trick innocent people.
Hero Post Office Worker Saves Senior From Sending Thousands of Dollars to a Scammer
A Scottish postal worker saved a vulnerable senior by foiling an attempted scam at the last minute—just before she mailed the swindler $3000.
Bank Decides it Should have Prevented Dementia Depositor from Getting Scammed-So Restores Entire Life Savings
From Australia comes a story of corporate responsibility in the face of personal tragedy as an elderly national bank depositor had nearly AUD$500,000 returned to him out of the bank's own pockets. He had been tricked by scammers into revealing his banking information, which an inquest at ANZ bank found was something they should have […]
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