The latest online swindle captivating TikTok carries an enticing yet unbelievable promise: earn up to $6,400 in no-hassle government assistance, endorsed by none other than President Joe Biden and rap icon Snoop Dogg themselves. But financial experts warn such outlandish free money claims reveal only an elaborate digital fraud in the making, one deploying deep fake celebs to bait seniors already conditioned to pandemic stimulus windfalls. Several misleading videos currently circulate on TikTok and Facebook touting supposed Social Security bonus subsidies accessible through special links. Some feature spliced footage showing Biden alongside Snoop claiming “The U.S. is sending everyone a
In America’s execution chambers, a very troubling new method is emerging. It is called “nitrogen hypoxia” and involves suffocating the prisoner to death by depriving them of oxygen. Several states like Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi now allow using nitrogen gas as an execution method as an alternative to lethal injection. But this practice is incredibly inhumane and brutal. With nitrogen hypoxia, the inmate wears a mask that feeds them nitrogen gas instead of regular air with oxygen. As they breathe in the nitrogen, their body is slowly starved of the oxygen it needs to survive. It is essentially a controlled
Law enforcement agencies across the country are sounding the alarm about a dangerous form of gift card fraud known as “card draining” this holiday season. Authorities report busting what they describe as a highly sophisticated scheme just this month to steal funds off gift cards before recipients can spend them. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office in California arrested a man caught tampering with thousands of gift cards last week. Detectives had observed Ningning Sun acting suspiciously in the payment aisles of a Target store before confronting him trying to exit with over 5,000 gift cards lifted from Target and Apple.
(CNN) — The family of a Chicago woman missing in the Bahamas says it is “deeply concerned” for the safety of the 41-year-old, who traveled to the islands for a yoga retreat. Taylor Casey was last seen on June 19 around Paradise Island, a small resort enclave just off the shore of the island of New Providence, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. The organizers of the retreat asked Bahamian police to investigate, according to a statement from the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat obtained by CNN on Tuesday. The retreat learned of Casey’s disappearance Thursday when she failed to attend morning classes, according