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crime
These MacBooks and iPads Made from Wood and Duct Tape Are Not Really MacBooks and iPads

People. Especially people of Florida. Listen up. If you get approached to buy a MacBook or iPad in a parking lot, don't buy it. Even if it's dirt cheap and a freaking steal and you need a new computer or whatever. Why? Because it might end up as a pile of wood and duct tape. Seriously. Read More >>

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olympics
PSA: “Unticketed” Doesn’t Mean Free Olympic Events

LOCOG's just turned hundreds of people away from the opening stages of the Olympic archery because it's an "unticketed" event. Loads of bow-fans turned up to Lords to watch world records fall, but it was a non-public event, and wasn't even shown on TV, despite what scam sites claiming to sell tickets proclaimed. Read More >>

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watch this
Yep, Kickstarter Is Pretty Much a Scam for Useless Crap

The Onion, as only The Onion can, exposed the cesspool of faux-inventions of Kickstarter by calling the folks who start Kickstarter projects, Internet criminals who "bilk friends and families out of terrible, ill-conceived and unnecessary personal projects". Yep, pretty much. Read More >>

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lego
Multimillionaire Software Exec Arrested in LEGO-Thieving Bar-Code Scam

Ah, power. You give a person too much and they will abuse it. Such is the case with Thomas Langenbach, a 47-year-old VP at Palo Alto-based software company SAP Labs, who has been arrested for the nerdiest crime in recent memory. His abuse of power: computer-based. Read More >>

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apple
iTunes Scammers Rumbled by Shock Wolverhampton Success Story

Members of a gang consisting of members in Kent, Derby, Birmingham and Wolverhampton have been banged up, after netting around £500k from buying their own "music" through iTunes using stolen credit card details. Read More >>

Halo 4
gaming
Too-Good-to-Be-True Halo 4 Beta Invites Are Fake

Seems like someone’s preying on the eager beavers hankering for a bit of early Halo 4 action. Early access beta invites have been floating around, but it seems that they’re not exactly kosher. Read More >>

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facebook
Jobs’s Death Brings Out Facebook Scammers

Some people have no scrupules. Scammers are already capitalising on the passing of Steve Jobs with a fake Facebook iPad giveaway that's conned some 15,000 gullible people. Read More >>