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Wayne Stork and his wife Diana had not heard of the SIM swap scam until they became victims.The Greater Toronto Area couple did nothing wrong but they lost about $140,000 anyway.“It’s a nightmare,” Wayne told Global News in a television interview, his wife Diana at his side.“We’re doing this, in part, to get the word out,” Diana said.The Storks are longtime customers of Freedom Mobile. Last September, when the couple were at home, Wayne’s phone suddenly stopped working.“My phone went into SOS mode, it was deactivated,” he said.From that point, Wayne had no use of the phone, but someone else had access to the personal information attached to it.“He (Wayne) was watching his accounts drain of money, that’s when the panic set in,” Diana said.Over the next 24 hours, scammers had gained access to Wayne’s stock trading account and other accounts, including a cryptocurrency one that contained the proceeds from an inheritance.“The Bitcoin was worth $140,000, and we lost that,” Diana said.When the couple called Freedom Mobile’s customer service line, they say a representative said records showed someone had obtained a new SIM card in a retail location in Toronto, apparently claiming to be Stork.Stork says the phone representative asked “weren’t you in the store yesterday to get a new SIM card?” to which Stork said no, it wasn’t him.A SIM swap scam can take different forms.

Local news footage showed homes with roofs torn off and large trucks overturned, while forecasters warned of additional tornadoes expected over the weekend. In Kansas, eight people were killed in a crash involving over 50 vehicles, which police attributed to low visibility during a «severe dust storm.» Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 12 storm-related deaths and released images of boats stacked on top of one another at a marina that had been destroyed. The patrol also noted downed trees, damaged buildings, and power outages caused by «tornadoes, thunderstorms, and large hail.» «It was the scariest thing I've ever been through; it was so fast, our ears were all about to burst,» said Alicia Wilson, a Missouri resident who had to evacuate her home.

winter storm is affecting tens of millions of people across at least 22 US states, from the Midwest to the Northeast. There is a widespread risk of freezing rain, which has already caused icy roads and accidents.

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Christmas message by saying former hockey player Wayne Gretzky ought to be the prime minister or governor. In his yearly Christmas message, President-elect Donald Trump made fun of Canada by proposing that former hockey star Wayne Gretzky, who supports Trump, run for prime minister or governor.

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Two towers at Detroit’s iconic Renaissance Center would be razed and the complex converted to a mix of housing and offices under an ambitious $1.6 billion plan announced on Monday

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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is stuck in a complete dead heat as of now, and the political uncertainty is at its peak in this current scenario. Meanwhile, some of the latest polls are suggesting that Donald Trump has a strong edge over Kamala Harris in the polls, while others are claiming that things may go well for the reigning VP and her party. Meanwhile, reports claim that the endgame will not be focused on just the seven key swing states, but rather, eight specific counties situated within these states. On Election Day, these will be the 8 counties to keep a close eye on, if you wish to know who is ultimately emerge victorious in the US elections.

Gold pared gains after hitting another record as traders look ahead to a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later this week.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are showing their support for organized labor by appearing at a Detroit-area union hall

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meteor was seen soaring over the Statue of Liberty before disintegrating about 30 miles above Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning. NASA has reported that the rock passed through the atmosphere over the Big Apple around 11:15 a.m. New Yorkers reported watching a flash of fire streak across the sky at the same time. They also said that they felt the ground lightly shaking beneath their feet, reports 'New York Post'. Confirming the incident, the Meteoroid Environments Office of NASA said in a Facebook post that the American Meteor Society has provided eyewitnesses of a sighting of a «fireball and booms and shakings» between 10 a.m. and noon Eastern time.

WWE and Indiana Sports Corp. are teaming up to bring the sports entertainment company’s three largest stadium events, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam and WrestleMania, to Indianapolis

The owner of seven unlicensed cannabis shops in New York whose promotions included an Easter egg hunt has been fined more than $15 million

seven unlicensed cannabis shops in New York whose promotions included an Easter egg hunt has been fined more than $15 million after state officials complained he repeatedly ignored notices to stop operating without approval, authorities said. A state Supreme Court justice in Lyons, New York, imposed the fine against David Tulley on Wednesday. Acting Justice Richard Healy penalized Tulley 90% of his gross sales from February 2022 to May 2023 as well as $10,000 for each day he operated without licenses.

Officials say Google plans to invest $2 billion to build a data center in northeastern Indiana to help power its artificial intelligence technology and cloud business

Alphabet is tremendously well managed, its free cash flow is absolutely astonishing, and it has a massive R&D budget, so while no one knows what company will have the best AI products, this is a tough one to bet against," said Wayne Kaufman, chief market analyst at Phoenix Financial Services. While the stock breached the $2 trillion level on an intraday basis in 2021, and again earlier this month, this is the first time Alphabet has closed above it. Doing so puts it into rarefied territory — only Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp, Saudi Aramco, and Nvidia Corp.

General Motors will move its Detroit headquarters to a new downtown office building next year and redevelop its iconic home along the Detroit River

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