Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters
Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands
Barnegat Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the township's population was 20,936, reflecting an increase of 5,666 from the 15,270 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,035 from the 12,235 counted in the 1990 Census. The 2010 population was the highest recorded for the township in any decennial census. What is now Barnegat Township was originally incorporated... Show more as Union Township on March 10, 1846, from portions of both Dover Township and Stafford Township, while the area was still part of Monmouth County. It became part of the newly formed Ocean County on February 15, 1850. Portions of the township were taken to form Lacey Township, Ocean Township, Harvey Cedars and Long Beach Township. Union Township changed its name to Barnegat Township as of January 1, 1977.
Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands
A distraught teenager who claims to have been scammed out of $25,000 in a matter of seconds has issued a chilling warning. After scoring her first casual job at 14, Aurora Casilli has been dreaming of the day she would have enough money to buy her very own home.
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