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Avoid falling for new DMV ticket scam | BBB Scam Tracker

Record-Courier 22 Mar 2026
A new text message phishing scam is circulating, hot on the heels of the recent toll collection scams that targeted drivers ... One Ohio consumer reported to the BBB Scam Tracker they received the following text message ... How to avoid this scam.
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Two held in Rs 10.7L fake loan scam in Pkl

The Times of India 22 Mar 2026
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Two more Malaysians arrested in Singapore over government official impersonation scams

The Star 22 Mar 2026
SINGAPORE. Two Malaysian men were arrested on March 21 for their suspected roles in scams involving the impersonation of government officials, bringing the total number of Malaysians arrested over such cases in March to eight. Read full story ... .
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Contractor loses over RM300,000 to investment scam

The Star 22 Mar 2026
TEMERLOH. A contractor has lost RM356,342 after falling victim to a non-existent investment scheme. Read full story ... .
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Friendship fraud: warnings of rise in ‘insidious’ scam targeting older people

The Guardian 22 Mar 2026
Fraudsters exploit isolation and search for human contact to often devastating effect. These are steps you can take to avoid them ... ....
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'I see the latest scams every day – Gen Z are now the ones losing ...

The Mirror 22 Mar 2026
They grew up online, but that’s exactly why fraudsters are targeting them – and it’s working ... .
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Beware of this scam

Winston-Salem Journal 22 Mar 2026
Yesterday, I had an unsettling experience that highlights just how careful we need to be in an increasingly digital world. While browsing online, I came across an ad from a "private landlord" off ering a house for rent in Winston-Salem ... .
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Outsmarting AI and online scams

Muscatine Journal 22 Mar 2026
Online scams are evolving faster than ever and for ...
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Tax scams are on the rise. Here's what to know

Telegraph Herald 22 Mar 2026
Robocalls, texts, and phishing emails from ...
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Thousands in cryptocurrency stolen in fake job interview scam

CyprusMail 22 Mar 2026
Cryptocurrency worth €107,000 was stolen by online fraudsters from an individual who was tricked into downloading an application under the pretext of a job interview, police said on Sunday ... ....
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Bitcoin ATM scam drains $4M from Murfreesboro residents

Cryptopolitan 22 Mar 2026
Residents in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, have lost around $4 million to Bitcoin scams, according to the Murfreesboro Police Department ... According to an official police statement, the scam begins with a phone call claiming to be from law enforcement.
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Standard Bank under fire: Customers claim data exposure led to them being scammed

Independent online (SA) 22 Mar 2026
An arrest of Tembisa Qinga, a former Absa employee, in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, on July 25, 2026, indicated that some of the scams were operated from inside the bank ... elderly relatives have been scammed.
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