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74-year-old Ohio woman charged in armed robbery of credit union was scam victim, family says 04/24/2024 03:35pm • FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of an Ohio credit union last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems, according to her relatives. Ann Mayers, who had no previous run-ins with the law, faces counts Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway 04/24/2024 11:54am • BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense, residents and members of the group said Wednesday. Their withdrawal VDOT, FBI warn of new scam targeting toll road drivers 04/23/2024 06:31pm • You're probably aware of scams known as “phishing,” but are you familiar with “smishing?” The FBI and the Virginia Department of Transportation say you should be, especially if you use toll roads. It's a scam, but unlike phishing, which uses emails and websites to try to dupe you, smis Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective 'alter ego' solves gripping crimes 04/23/2024 01:15am • HAVANA (AP) — His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. For the last four decades, Padura, 68, has managed to turn his series of detective t Why Your Contractor Needs to be Licensed 04/22/2024 08:00pm • If you're hiring a home contractor, you've probably heard the advice, many times -- make sure your contractor is licensed, bonded and insured. HThere are a lot of reasons you'll want to pay attention to those three words. A Licensed Contractor Is Probably ExperiencedFirst, it helps to know the terms Insider Q&A: Trust and safety exec talks about AI and content moderation 04/22/2024 04:48pm • Alex Popken was a longtime trust and safety executive at Twitter focusing on content moderation before leaving in 2023. She was the first employee there dedicated to moderating Twitter's advertising business when she started in 2013. Now, she's vice president of trust and safety at WebPurify, a cont What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it 04/19/2024 07:47pm • It was a common scam that ended with an uncommon outcome, tragically in an Ohio driveway. William J. Brock fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scheme to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said this week. Lo-Letha Hall was a victim The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails 04/19/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage for weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress storie France asks retailers to alert customers to cases of 'shrinkflation' 04/19/2024 12:23pm • PARIS (AP) — The French government announced a new rule on Friday that will require stores to tell customers when a product becomes smaller but its price stays the same or increases, a practice known as ‘’ shrinkflation. '' Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced the measure to tackle the co 12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump's hush money trial. Selection of alternates is ongoing 04/18/2024 08:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to opening statements and the start of weeks of dramatic testimony. The court quickly turned to selecting alternate jurors, with the proce UK police say they disrupted cyber fraud network that stole personal data from thousands 04/18/2024 05:19pm • LONDON (AP) — A website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police said Thursday. Metropolitan Police said they seized the LabHost Americans lost $10B to scammers last year. Here's how to avoid popular scams 04/18/2024 04:04pm • More than two-and-a-half million Americans lost $10 billion to scammers last year — surpassing the total amount lost to scammers in 2022 by a billion dollars. And the tactics used to fool people are only getting savvier and more aggressive — which itself should be a big warning sign. What are UK Conservatives suspend lawmaker as sleaze allegations swirl over possible misuse of party funds 04/18/2024 10:37am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s governing Conservative Party said Thursday it has suspended a lawmaker who is alleged to have used campaign funds for personal medical expenses and to pay off someone who was threatening him. The Times of London reported Mark Menzies took thousands of pounds (dollars) giv Uber is helping investigators look into account that sent driver to Ohio home where she was killed 04/17/2024 04:30pm • Uber is helping investigators look into an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death because he erroneously believed she was part of a scam that targeted him, the ride-hailing company said Wednesday. The March 25 shooting death of Lolet Convicted scammer who victims say claimed to be a psychic, Irish heiress faces extradition to UK 04/17/2024 02:37pm • A woman accused by scam victims of crisscrossing the U.S. claiming to be an Irish heiress is expected to learn next month whether she will be extradited to the United Kingdom. Marianne Smyth, a 54-year-old American, will be in federal court in Maine for the hearing that relates to allegations she st