Nina Kollars is a professor at the Naval War College inside the Strategic and Operational Research Department. Here she is at DEF CON 27 explaining how she learned about triangulation fraud when she started buying Nespresso pods on eBay at a discount. Not only did she get the pods, she also received a new Nespresso machine worth $280. It sounds like a good deal, right? As you'll learn as Kollars tells her fascinating story, it wasn't a great deal — it was a scam.
This researcher learned how "triangulation fraud" works when she bought a used Nespresso machine
Woman with real estate degree masqueraded as a physician for three years, saw patients, prescribed medicine
In 2018, a 31-year-old woman from Meaux, France, identified as Sonia, decided to go into business as a general physician. Thing is, her college degree was in real estate management. Regardless, Sonia apparently forged diplomas and a certificate to practice medicine and hung her shingle as a general physician. She apparently performed vaccinations and prescribed… READ THE REST
This Florida company delivering negative COVID test results before folks actually take the test seems sketchy
On Twitter, Ron Filipkowski shares this amazing thread about a company called "Center for COVID Control' that is apparently administering fake COVID tests and giving negative test results 100% of the time. Folks were getting notified of negative test results before taking the test! We are waiting to hear what Florida will do. READ THE REST
Expose on real estate agents who won't take clients to homes unless they're getting a big commission
Real estate agents are supposed to show clients whichever houses the clients want to see or which fit their declared needs. But with the housing market hot as all hell during the Covid pandemic, realtors are illegally steering clients toward high-commission agented homes and away from low-commission owner-sold ones. Canada's CBC News caught some breaking… READ THE REST
Make room for important and large files with Prism Drive cloud storage
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This 13-in-1 media hub brings your favorite content to the big screen
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Uncover your cat's genetic mysteries with this affordable, at-home test
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Cats are such mysterious and complex creatures, aren't they? Dogs feel easy to crack as pets. But with cats, it can be unclear what is going on underneath those big, glassy eyes. We… READ THE REST
