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North Carolina woman falls victim to widespread employment scam, racking up $60,000 in credit card debt

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Employment fraud is on the rise as criminals use artificial intelligence to create fake job offers and steal money. One North Carolina woman learned this the hard way. Rebecca Adami of Fayetteville fell for a scam that cost her a staggering $60,000.

Job scams are set to skyrocket by 118 percent in 2023 compared to the previous 12 months, according to a recent report from the Identify Theft Resource Center. Thieves typically pose as recruiters and ask for sensitive personal and financial information during a job interview or as a requirement for a job.

That’s exactly what happened to Adami, who was lured in by a person she was exchanging romantic messages with. When he came upon she was in search of work, he offered to connect her with a job opportunity, ABC11 reported.

Woman falls victim to growing employment scam and now owes $60,000 on credit card
A job candidate is interviewed by a recruiter. Other candidates sit on a chair, waiting for his or her turn. (Photo: Getty Images)

“He knew I wanted the job, so he put me in touch with this man,” she said. told local reporters.

The so-called recruiter sent her documents for a position overseeing the charity’s funds, and to Adami, all the pieces seemed legit. She accepted the offer and was instructed by her recent boss to set up bank accounts for the job.

“I set up a checking and savings account in my name, but separate ones, to keep their money in check,” she told ABC11. Unfortunately, Adami says she shared all of her checking account and credit card numbers along with her boss, who then went on a shopping spree, assuring Adami the costs can be refunded.

“He had all my information, so he started charging all my cards. Any equipment, anything sent here, was sent here. Then I sent it overseas,” she said.

The charges quickly mounted into the 1000’s, and Adami, feeling uneasy, demanded that her boss pay them off. The fake charity did indeed write off the complete debt, bringing her balance back to zero. But that was just a part of a plan to squeeze more cash out of Adami. A couple of days later, her “boss” ran up her credit card again, and to make matters worse, the previous payments he had made were reversed. Suddenly, she found herself in massive debt.

She also received checks from her boss in her name, one for $32,000 and the opposite for $35,000. She was instructed to deposit them into her account after which send the cash to another person. When her bank informed her that the checks were bad, the sunshine bulb finally went off and she or he realized she had been scammed.

“If I had deposited that amount into my account and sent money from it, I would also be liable for everything,” she said.

Although she reported the fraudulent charges, she claimed her credit card company told her her hands were tied because she personally made all the costs in her name. “I don’t have money to do anything, I don’t have money to go anywhere. I don’t have money. It’s really ruined my life,” she told reporters.

The typical victim of employment fraud is estimated to lose $2,000 Federal Trade Commission.

While Adami’s case is extreme, the chances of being scammed by a job posting are growing. Consumers reported losing $367 million to employment scams in 2022, a 76 percent year-over-year increase, making it certainly one of the highest 10 scams reported to the FTC. In addition to scams like Adami’s, criminals also use reputable job sites like LinkedIn and other platforms to find victims, often offering pay and job flexibility which might be too good to be true.

The FTC at all times recommends this plan of action. independent research on the hiring company. Contact them directly with legitimate contact information and search for his or her name using the words “scam,” “review,” or “complaint.” Importantly, never give money up front to a brand new employer.

“No honest employer will ever send you a check and then tell you to buy supplies, gift cards, or anything else and then send the rest of the money back,” they advise.

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During the NABJ-WHYY panel, Harris showed us once again that she won’t let Trump define the conversation.

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September 22, 2024

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Kamala Harris, NABJ-WHYY conversation, theGrio.com

“Sometimes your adversaries will try to turn your strength into weakness,” she said. “Don’t let them. Don’t let them.”

In that moment, she’s portrayed her joy and laughter as strengths, and Trump as someone who would attempt to idiot her and all of us into pondering they weren’t strengths. She’s portraying Trump as a thief of joy — almost a cartoonish Grinch-like villain — but without actually or overtly saying anything provocative. The Trump campaign is filled with attempts to attract Harris into ridiculous conversations, corresponding to whether immigrants eat pets in Springfield, Ohio. Harris has been steadfast throughout her campaign in refusing to let Trump frame the conversation or select the setting of the moment. She’s not here to reply to his madness. She’s running her own race.

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She then responded to Gaynor’s query by adding more commentary on the subject of joy. “I find joy in the American people,” she said. “I find joy in the optimism… I find joy in the ambition of the people.” She listed several places where she found joy, poetically linking each with the words, “I find joy in…” It was the type of repetition you would possibly expect from a black preacher. She ended the list with, “I find joy in believing that the true measure of a leader’s strength is not who you knock down, but who you lift up.”

All of this jogged my memory that it is a campaign based on optimism, not pessimism, regret, anger and fear-mongering.

At one point she was asked about Springfield, Ohio, home to immigrants Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance falsely accused of eating pets. She didn’t let Trump lead the conversation. When asked about the city, she modified the subject to people. She said it was school picture day they usually needed to evacuate the kids. She began talking about the kids. Harris again insisted on fascinated by people and refused to follow Trump’s conversation. Watch her do that during the race — it’s clearly her selection. Harris is deliberate in avoiding responding to Trump. She doesn’t follow the conversation into the mental gutter he wants to guide her to. Instead, she comes across as a babbling old geezer, and she’s above the argument and above him.

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Stevie Wonder Hits Tour in Battleground States for Election

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September 21, 2024

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Stevie Wonder, new track, unity, DNC

Stevie Wonder is embarking on a 10-city U.S. tour to coincide with the upcoming presidential election.

The “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” tour, titled after Wonder’s latest politically themed single, will happen it stops in key states, reports. The 25-time Grammy Award winner will kick off the tour on October 8 on the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with stops in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Greensboro, Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, before wrapping up on October 30 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The official announcement says the tour calls for “joy over anger, kindness over resentment, peace over war.” It also notes that “as a special thank you,” Wonder will offer quite a lot of free tickets to “those in our communities who are already working tirelessly to mend the broken heart of our nation.”

The tour announcement comes a month after Wonder gave an electrifying performance and speech on the Democratic National Convention on “the importance of action.”

“It’s time to understand where we are and what it’s going to take to win: win the broken hearts, win the disappointed, win the angry souls — now is the time,” the legendary singer told the group.

“This is the moment to remember, when you tell your kids where you’ve been and what you’ve done… We have to choose courage over complacency. It’s time to stand up!” he said, changing his tone to an appeal, “and go vote!” He then launched into his 1973 classic, “Higher Ground.”

Stevie Wonder’s “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” tour dates are listed below:

  • October 8: Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paints Arena
  • October 10: New York, New York, Madison Square Garden
  • October 12: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wells Fargo Center
  • October 15: Baltimore, Maryland, CFG Bank Arena
  • October 17: Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro Coliseum
  • October 19: Atlanta, Georgia, State Farm Arena
  • October 22: Detroit, Michigan, Little Caesars Arena
  • October 24: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Fiserv Forum
  • October 27: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Target Center
  • October 30 Grand Rapids, Michigan, Van Andel Arena


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Michael Eric Dyson slams congresswoman Nancy Mace’s claims he flirted with her in text, accuses her of trying to ‘exploit the situation’

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‘You Are a Sorry, Sick Soul’: Michael Eric Dyson Rips Into Rep. Nancy Mace

Michael Eric Dyson has slammed suggestions that he was flirting with Congresswoman Nancy Mace after she accused him of calling her a racist in an interview with CNN last month.

The interview with the South Carolina lawmaker and Vanderbilt professor made headlines after Mace repeatedly mispronounced Vice President Kamala Harris’ name during the interview and refused to correct herself. Dyson never called her a racist on air, but he explained why her behavior was problematic.

“When you disrespect Kamala Harris by saying you can call her whatever you want, I know that’s not your intention, that’s the history and legacy of white disregard for the humanity of black people,” Dyson told Mace in the interview.

'You're a pathetic, sick soul': Michael Eric Dyson slams congresswoman Nancy Mace's claims he flirted with her in text, accuses her of trying to 'exploit the situation'
Michael Eric Dyson (left) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina)

During a congressional hearing Thursday, Mace showed her fellow lawmakers a screenshot of a message Dyson sent her that included a photograph the pair took after a CNN interview that portrayed them as flirtatious.

“He says in this piece, after he called me a racist on CNN, ‘Don’t tell anyone we look good together,’ and he sent me a kissy face emoji,” the South Carolina lawmaker said at a hearing Thursday. “Then the guy says I’m gorgeous in all these pictures. I don’t think he’s that bothered by how someone pronounces Kamala. And if we’re going to have that standard, it has to be applied to both sides, not just one or the other.”6

Dyson posted a response on Instagram, fuming over Mace’s behavior during the hearing. He read the entire exchange with Mace and explained that he was joking about how united they looked in photos taken after the CNN interview, given their very different political positions.

“I’m not hitting on Nancy Mace. This is a woman trying to take advantage of a situation, trying to pretend I’m trying to hit on her,” Dyson said. “You’re trying to generate meanness and cruelty because you’re so bitter about getting your ass kicked that night because I told you that night what you were doing was wrong,” he said of Mace.

He also condemned Mace’s characterization of the intentions behind the lyrics as “malicious”, “misleading” and ultimately “racist”.

“Your attempt is sad and pathetic, but your bigoted and racist attempt will fail,” Dyson noted. “There was no attempt to do anything other than be nice to you, but you have proven to be what I said you are not — a cruel, white supremacist racist who is incapable of accepting the generosity and kindness of a black man. You are a pathetic, sick soul.”

While some web users found the text flirtatious, others got here to Dyson’s defense.

“This is a very strategic framing of this interaction for her to do exactly this. Why didn’t she share the entire exchange?” one person said.

“She’s clearly trying to extend her 15 minutes of shame on TV. Time to let it go,” one other comment read.


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