Chinese woman cons friend out of $287,000 as revenge for her friend’s mom’s insulting comment

A woman in Shanghai admitted to posing as a renown TV news anchor and scamming her close female friend out of about 2 million yuan (approxi...

Oklahoma man busted for selling fake Pokémon cards nationwide

Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrested local resident Michael McCoy on Tuesday for allegedly selling fake Pokémon cards across the country. V...

Japanese woman conned out of $30,000 by ‘astronaut’ who promised marriage but was ‘stuck’ in space

A 65-year-old woman in Japan’s Shiga prefecture was conned out of millions of yen by a fraudster who claimed to be a Russian astronaut work...

‘The Thai Frank Abagnale’: Chicken vendor fakes being a lawyer for years and wins several cases

Pornthep Kachenpak, a chicken vendor, successfully faked his license to practice law and won several cases in court. Kachenpak was arreste...

Married Chinese man cons 39 women out of $78,000 in romance scam using photos of attractive S. Korean men

A married Chinese man was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison and fined 30,000 yuan (approximately $4,166) for scamming 39 women...

Why the 1,022 fake SpaceX employees from China could be part of an elaborate scam

A rumor that Elon Musk’s SpaceX employs over 1,000 Tsinghua University graduates became a trending topic on Chinese social media in July. ...

Japanese man behind $2.9 million global ‘romance scam’ arrested in Ghana

Hikaru Morikawa, a 58-year-old man accused of being the ringleader of a “romance scam” that swindled 65 victims out of nearly 400 million y...

Popular YouTuber flees Thailand after allegedly scamming over 6,000 victims out of $55 million

A popular Thai YouTuber has fled abroad after scamming thousands of investors out of two billion baht (approximately $55 million). The wom...

54-year-old Vietnamese American man scammed out of $139,000 by online lover

A 35-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is being investigated for allegedly scamming a Vietnamese American man out of $139,000. Do...

Catfisher in China dated mother and son for 5 years — allegedly scammed them out of $20,000

A man in China is being sued for catfishing a mother and son out of 140,000 yuan (approximately $20,669) by pretending to date the two for ...

Married woman in China who dated 18 men at once arrested for scamming them out of $300,000

A married woman in China allegedly scammed around 20 men into funding her luxurious lifestyle, totaling more than 2 million yuan (approxima...

YouTuber gets scam ring in India arrested after hacking into their office’s CCTV cameras

A YouTuber known as Scambaiter allegedly hacked into the CCTV cameras of a scam ring office and posted a detailed video of the entire proce...

Woman loses $300,000 worth of bitcoin to person who posed as a Chinese architect on dating app Hinge

Tho Vu, 33, lost about $300,000 worth of bitcoin after being scammed by her Hinge match. The scammer, who went by the name Ze Zhao, earned...

Chinese student loses NFT worth $548,000 after clicking on a scam link

A fourth-year student at Shanghai’s Tongji University posted on Discord that he had lost a valuable NFT from the Doodles collective that wa...

Scammers steal $3.3 million by pulling rug from under ‘Squid Game’ cryptocurrency investors

Within days of launching, SQUID coin was shuttered and its creators made away with millions, suggesting it was a cryptocurrency scam known a...

Nas Academy denies profiting off beloved Filipino tattoo artist Whang-Od Oggay

Online learning platform Nas Academy has denied allegations that the course featuring a beloved Filipino tattoo artist is a scam. The accusa...

Indonesian Man Gets Scammed With Hand-Drawn Money While Selling Phone

A man in Indonesia realized it was too late when the person who bought his used phone handed him fake paper bills as payment. The transactio...

Woman Arrested After Making $100,000 Using Loophole in Amazon’s Return Policy

A 32-year-old woman from Tampa, Florida, was arrested for taking advantage of a loophole in Amazon’s return policy and earned more than $100...

Chinese Parents Pay $150,000 After Daughter is Used in ‘Virtual Kidnapping’ Scam in Australia

An 18-year-old Chinese student in Sydney fell victim to a virtual kidnapping scam that duped her family into paying thousands of dollars for...

‘Pastor’ in Little Saigon Pleads Guilty in $33 Million Investment Scam

The co-founder of the Church of the Healthy Self located in a strip mall in the Little Saigon area of Westminster, California has pleaded gu...

Southern California Women Arrested for $900,000 IRS Phone Scam

Two women in Southern California were arrested on Thursday for allegedly posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees. Authorities bel...

Teen Dies of Heart Attack After Suicide Attempt from Failing College Entrance Exam, Getting Scammed

A teenager from Bohol province, Philippines died from a heart attack after failing her college entrance exam and getting duped out of thousa...

Filipino Tourists Tricked Into Buying $19,000 of Fake Jewelry in China

A group of Filipinos visiting China were reportedly scammed into purchasing expensive jewelry which turned out to be fake. The group of tour...

Malaysian Man Who ‘Lost’ His iPhone Every Year for 5 Years A‌rre‌ste‌d By P‌oli‌c‌e

A Malaysian man who suspiciously ‘loses’ his iPhone every year was recently ar‌res‌t‌ed after local aut‌hor‌itie‌s uncovered his...

Canadian Man Caught Scamming Thai Students With $4,600 Fake Internships

Two university students in Thailand have recently fallen vi‌ct‌i‌m to an internship scam allegedly ran by a Canadian man. Following an inve...

HK Woman Reportedly Tricked Into Marrying a Stranger After Applying For Wedding Planner Job in China

A woman from Hong Kong was reportedly tricked into marrying a total stranger in mainland China while she was training to work as a wedding p...

Korean American Mom Expertly Trolls Annoying IRS Scammer

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) phone scams have long been pestering many Americans, victimizing unsuspecting citizens, including recent immi...

Thai Actor A‌rre‌st‌ed After Fooling Finnish Man Out of $24 Million in Bitcoin

A popular actor in Thailand was recently a‌rre‌st‌e‌d in connection with an alleged Bitcoin scam, worth almost a billion Thai baht worth of ...

Fake ‘Manny Pacquiao’ Facebook Page Promising 60 Free Houses Goes Viral in the Philippines

A Facebook community page called “Sen. Manny Pacquiao” blew up hours after the Filipino boxer’s win against Lucas Matthysse by promising fre...

Costa Ricans are Making Thousands of Dollars Marrying Chinese Migrants

Costa Ricans have been taking part in sham marriages with Chinese nationals that permit the latter to obtain residency in the Central Americ...

New Phone Scam Targeting Chinese People Cons Them Out of Millions

If you somehow encounter an automated message from a Mandarin-speaking woman claiming to be from the Chinese Consulate, chances are that you...

Shanghai Gang Jailed for Scamming Foreigners into Paying $11,000 for Massages

A gang composed of at least 13 men has been locked away for bullying foreign tourists in a massage scam. According to Shanghaiist, the gang ...

Thai Woman Conned Out of $30,000 By Nigerian Scammers

Authorities in Thailand recently arrested a gang of foreigners allegedly preying on single women with a con known as a “romance scam&#...

Kind Teens Try to Help Fallen Elderly Woman, Almost Get Extorted For $15,000

Kindness to total strangers is an admirable virtue to have, but sometimes the risk of being taken advantage of would make one think twice be...

Nigerian Scammers Make $4 Million Targeting 48 Women and Elderly Man in Hong Kong

A syndicate that duped 48 women and a 77-year-old man out of 29.5 million Hong Kong dollars ($3.78 million) in Hong Kong in online romance s...

Thai Woman Accused of Marrying 12 Men For Their Dowries Claims Her Love is Legit

A Thai woman allegedly married up to 12 men with the intent of collecting their dowries, but she claims that the love she shared with them w...