scams

Identity

Virtual Kidnappers Are Pretending to Steal Children to Demand Ransom From Moms

04.25.16

By Diana Tourjée
Food

Fake Crab Festivals Are America’s Best New Food Scam

03.31.16

By Wyatt Marshall
Stealing Exotic Pets, Rigging the Drive-Thru, and Other Stories of Workplace Scams

03.29.16

By VICE Staff
Tech

Josh Garza’s Bitcoin Companies Face $10 Million Default Judgement from SEC

02.16.16

By Kari Paul
Sex

Why It Is So Hard to Catch the People Blackmailing Men with Webcam Sex Videos

02.16.16

By Allison Tierney
Sex

What It’s Like Being Blackmailed Over a Webcam Sex Video

02.04.16

By Allison Tierney
Tech

Twitter Is Dying, Meeting Martin Shkreli, and Other Stories You May Have Missed

01.31.16

By Kate Conger
Sports

Throwback Thursday: The Ballad of Ron Weaver, College Football’s Greatest Impostor

12.31.15

By Michael Weinreb
Food

The Weirdest Food Crimes of 2015

12.30.15

By Munchies Staff
Music

Columbia House Is Back and Getting into Vinyl, Here’s How to Scam Them for Free Records

12.24.15

By Dan Ozzi
Food

This California Wine Business Was Accused of Being a Pyramid Scheme

12.20.15

By Nick Rose
Tech

The Rise and Fall of a $2 Million Spam Shop

12.16.15

By Joseph Cox

The Latest

Gaming

Xbox Game Pass Surprises Users With a New 2025 Game Today

Xbox Game Pass adds a 2025 title today and gives players a chance to catch up on the latest installment in the franchise.

04.03.26

By Denny Connolly
Screenshot: The Pokémon Company

Gaming

Pokémon Champions Mega Abilities Leak Reveals Overpowered New Forms

A new leak might have just revealed most of the new Mega Abilities in Pokémon Champions. If true, it makes some Pokémon overpowered.

04.02.26

By Brent Koepp
PlayStation 5s – Credit: Sony

Tech via

Amazon Is Still Selling the PlayStation 5 at Its Old, Lower Price

I don’t often urge people to run, run, run and buy a deal, but if you want a PS5 before the price hike kicks in, I wouldn’t wait long past lunch.

04.02.26

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
Tunvarat Pruksachat/Getty Images

Life

This ‘Healthy’ Ingredient You’re Probably Eating Might Give You a Stroke

If you’ve had a protein bar that wasn’t inedible, it’s probably because of erythritol. It’s just too bad that it might give you a stroke.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada
Sugar, The Surfing Dog

Life

Remembering Sugar the Surfing Dog, World Champion Dog Surfer

RIP Sugar.

04.02.26

By Luis Prada