"Free" money? Not a chance. Viral videos on social media purportedly showed a "glitch" that let people withdraw "unlimited" amounts of cash from Chase Bank ATMs. It supposedly worked like this: you wrote a check for an ungodly sum, deposited it either through your bank's app or through a Chase ATM, and then immediately withdrew that amount before the check could bounce.

People Who Used "Glitch" to Get Free Money From Chase ATMs Are Now in Huge Trouble

In a not-so-shocking development, a viral TikTok trend once again proved to be little more than a stupid stunt that ruined the lives of the impressionable. The trend involved people taking advantage of a glitch in JPMorgan Chase ATMs that allowed users to deposit a check - without the available funds - and immediately have access to the money listed on it.

Viral ‘Chase Bank Glitch’ promised people free money - but left them in thousands of debt and facing jail

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TikTok is just one of the many social media platforms littered with dubious financial advice, and Chase Bank was forced to remind some customers who attempted to take advantage of a so-called “money hack” that recently made the rounds that they were literally committing fraud. One of the...

Chase Forced To Inform Customers Viral ‘Money Hack’ Is Literally Fraud After It Spreads On TikTok

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NEW YORK — A number of viral TikTok videos had some people believing they could get “free” cash from Chase ATMs. But it was just a glitch – and those customers were actually committing fraud, according to the bank.

Viral videos of people stealing money from Chase ATMs were just plain check fraud

JPMorgan Chase says it’s not responsible after an Ohio woman deposited $6,000 directly into a scammer’s Chase bank account. The scammer initially called the victim and pretended to be with Huntington Bank, convincing her that a fraudulent transaction would execute if she didn’t withdraw the cash from her account, reports the CBS-affiliated Cleveland 19 News, citing a police report.

Woman Deposits $6,000 Into Scammer’s JPMorgan Chase Account, Banking Giant Says Reimbursement Not Happening: Report

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Axios’s Sara Fischer reported on Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign was using Google search to promote favorable headlines — but they also edited real news headlines from legitimate news outlets. While Fischer wrote that there weren’t any laws or rules violated by the practice —...

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JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other unnamed large banks are reportedly facing a federal investigation over scams and fraud on the billion-dollar instant payments platform Zelle. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is probing how the banks handle disputed transactions on the network, reports the Wall Street...

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Upworthy

The race to weave artificial intelligence into every aspect of our lives is on, and there are bound to be some hits and misses with the new technology, especially when some artificial intelligence apps are easily manipulated through a series of simple prompts.A car dealership in Watsonville, California, just south of the Bay Area, added a chatbot to its website and learned the hard way that it should have done a bit more Q-A testing before launch.It all started when Chris White, a musician and software engineer, went online to start looking for a new car. "I was looking at some Bolts on the Watsonville Chevy site, their little chat window came up, and I saw it was 'powered by ChatGPT,'" White told Business Insider. ChatGPT is an AI language model that generates human-like text responses for diverse tasks, conversations and assistance. So, as a software engineer, he checked the chatbot’s limits to see how far he could get.

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Chase Bank is issuing a warning to customers after a spate of viral videos on TikTok showed people taking advantage of what was described as a "glitch" in the bank's ATM system. The videos, which popped up on social media over the weekend, showed Chase ATM customers depositing fraudulent checks...

Chase Bank issues warning over ATM ‘glitch’ going viral on social media

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Lewiston, ME

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Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

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The United States Secret Service and United States Department of State are on the hunt for Belarusian national Volodymyr Iuriyovych Kadariya, who is wanted in connection with cybercrimes pertaining to the Angler Exploit Kit, and the agencies are willing to pay a massive reward for help in tracking him down. How massive? Up to $2.5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

Help The Secret Service Find This Hacker And You Could Score A $2.5M Bounty

Oviedo, FL

The Independent

 A Florida deputy's firearm ended up on the streets after he left it in a gas station restroom, and it was picked up and sold for $40 on CashApp.The officer entered the public restroom at a RaceTrac convenience store in Oviedo, Florida, at around 5.30pm on August 29 and took off his bulletproof vest and gun belt, according to an affidavit seen by the The Tampa Bay Times.“After leaving the RaceTrac and responding to a call for service, [the deputy] discovered his gun was missing form his gun belt, so he returned to the RaceTrac to check the restroom,” officials...

Florida cop left his gun in gas station restroom when nature called. It was then sold on CashApp for $40

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, two individuals from Coffee County were charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a search at a residence on Willacoochee Highway. On August 13, detectives with the Coffee County Drug Unit conducted an operation involving Charles Black, which led to a search of his residence on Willacoochee Highway. According to the report, Black left his residence before the warrant was served and was subsequently detained.

Two Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine After Search in Coffee County

A viral TikTok trend known as the “infinite money” glitch, which purportedly allows users to withdraw large sums from Chase Bank ATMs, has apparently resulted in large debts and frozen accounts for those who tried it. Social media users posted themselves supposedly taking advantage of the “glitch” by...

Chase ‘infinite money’ glitch leaves TikTokers in huge debt

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

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In a shocking case back in 2018, a 46-year-old man named CJ experienced a life-threatening medical crisis after neglecting to brush his teeth for 40 days. What began as a simple toothache quickly spiraled into a condition that put his kidneys and life at risk.

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An illicit method of extracting cash from JPMorgan Chase ATMs is going viral. Posts and videos are spreading across social media of a supposed “glitch” that appears to be centered on depositing fake checks into the bank’s ATMs. Once a fake check is deposited, customers are then...

JPMorgan Chase Customers Extract Cash From ATMs Using Supposed Bank ‘Glitch’ – And Immediately Regret It

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How This Money Laundering Scheme You've Never Heard of Could Land You Behind Bars

A new TikTok trend in which users attempt to exploit a "glitch" in Chase Bank ATMs for "infinite free money" has been met with a huge cost. Videos shared on the popular social media platform urged customers to deposit fake checks for large sums of money, supposedly glitching the system to credit some of the deposits to customers' accounts before the checks cleared. Experts, however, said the "glitch" appears to fall along the lines of check fraud, one of the most well-known scams to banks, and Chase quickly fixed the bug, giving out significant punishments to the hackers.

TikTokers Try To Exploit Viral Bank 'Glitch,' Face Huge Risk

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NEWARK, N.J. - Three individuals from New Jersey have been indicted for their involvement in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, with two also facing charges related to COVID-19 relief fraud, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced September 3, 2024.

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Chase Customers Who Tried TikTok ‘Money Glitch’ Could Face Fraud Charges

An “infinite money glitch” went viral on social media over the weekend, leading scores of Chase Bank customers to cash fake checks to themselves (and, in...

Chase Customers Who Tried TikTok ‘Money Glitch’ Could Face Fraud Charges

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