Amazon Fresh ghosts, TikTok pickled botulism & the secret world of superyachts 👀🍿🧃

Happy 2023 Wrecklings!

New year, new scams (and some from last year)!

valerie szybala. @vszyb

I’d just like everyone to know that @united has lost track of my bag and is lying about it. My apple AirTag shows that it has been sitting in a residential apartment complex for over a day. Out back by the dumpsters, I have found other emptied United Airlines bags.

• ''She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative''- Didn’t see the “To Catch a Predator” and Chris Hansen twist coming.

• ''Caroline Calloway's latest self-proclaimed scam is here''- Curious about how much this scam earned her.

• ''The Haves and the Have-Yachts''- This is a fascinating look at a world I can’t even imagine ever even existing.

• ''Atari’s Shambling, Zombie Corpse Is Once Again In Trouble''- The sass through this entire piece is brilliant.

• ''LastPass says hackers stole customers’ password vaults''- They had ONE job. Literally.

• Elon’s continuing to throw his temper tantrums:

  • ''She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk.''

  • ''Elon Musk brought his mom to a meeting with advertisers where he tweeted about Trump. He later fired an exec who didn't find the tweet funny, report says.''

  • “We Spoke To Twitter Troll Juniper About Manufacturing Moral Panics, Creating “Goblin Mode,” And Dealing With Elon Musk”

Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick

Should I take over as Twitter CEO?

• ''‘Deepfakes’ of Celebrities Have Begun Appearing in Ads, With or Without Their Permission''- Our reality keeps getting closer to something out of Black Mirror.

• ''Inside Roblox’s Criminal Underworld, Where Kids Are Scamming Kids''- My Neopets account got hacked when I was twelve, so I sympathize.

• ''A TikTok creator’s homemade pickled products have sparked online conversation surrounding food safety''- Ah, you can now order botulism off TikTok. Did we learn nothing from Pink Sauce??

• ''Self-proclaimed “ChiefsAHolic” arrested on armed robbery charge''- Well, he certainly did go to insane lengths to be able to afford game tickets, apparently.

• “You Now Need a Government ID to Access P0rnhub in Louisiana”- Considering Louisiana has pretty loose gun laws, I don’t know if this development surprises me or not.

• “Prosecutors in Brazil reopening criminal fraud case against George Santos”- As if this weren’t bad enough, seems like his mother also didn’t die of anything related to 9/11, like he initially claimed.

• “Celine Dion Was Excluded From Rolling Stone's "200 Greatest Singers Of All Time" List. Her Fans Aren't Happy.”- Okay, AND neither Madonna, Cher, Nat King Cole, or Tony Bennett made it on? What in the GenZ?

• ''Amazon Fresh stores have gone stale''- Amazon is just like us, ignoring its problems hoping that they’ll go away!

• ''People Are Describing Chaotic Scenes Inside Airports After Southwest Canceled More Than 2,700 Flights''- Much like when United concussed and dragged a doctor off a plane, I’ll see these things and vow to never fly that airline but every single one of them is terrible so… that’s impossible.

• 🔏''Nonstop partying, lavish spending, and sexual-harassment accusations: Inside the self-destruction of Pollen, the music startup once worth $800 million''- YIKES. Somehow this makes the Frye Festival saga look tame.

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More Serious Stories

We realize some of these can be triggering for some readers, so feel free to skip!

• “Man who was raised in Warren Jeffs' p0lygamist Mormon cult reveals he had FOUR mothers and 44 siblings, as he opens up about his 'toxic' escape from religion to find freedom in NYC”

• “Andrew Tate And His Brother Have Been Arrested In Romania In Connection With A Human-Tr@fficking Investigation”

• “Far-Right Trolls Are Already Spreading Anti-Vax Conspiracies About Damar Hamlin”

• “Why hasn’t pandemic aid fraud become a bigger scandal?”

• ''A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?''

• ''P0rn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire''

• ''Twitch streamer under fire for yelling at fan for saying her mother died''

• ''How Tory Lanez trial bloggers are shaping the conversation around Megan Thee Stallion''

• ''TikTok admits using its app to spy on reporters in effort to track leaks''

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