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Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘How is Starbucks going to recover from this?’: Starbucks barista says they were fired for ‘theft and misuse of the discount button,’ giving $90-worth of free items to customers

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

woman upset speaking outside in parking lot (l) car being towed caption "Stolen car update I was told it was a bunch of people who called this towing company to verify my story was real. How could you think... I get it ig." (c) woman upset speaking outside in parking lot (r)

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‘Why is that even a trend’: Woman’s viral TikTok about stolen Hyundai highlights the ‘Kia boyz’ challenge

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

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TikToker allegedly catches DoorDasher fake a drop off picture and steal her food

Woman dancing caption "Gave m y cousin $4,000 cus she said she had a designer plug" (l) Woman standing still sad face caption " Now I got a order of protection against me and Saks said it's all fake" (r)

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‘Never trust family’: A woman gave her cousin $4,000 to buy designer items for her and got scammed

Woman green screen video over computer receipt showing incorrect math (l) Woman annoyed expression (c) Woman over green screen tiktok of another wrong receipt (r)

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TikToker urges customers to ‘check receipts’ after restaurant pay machines show alleged inaccuracies

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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‘Did I care? No, because I was making $11.50’: Former Walmart door greeter says he would ignore customers who stole baby formula, Pampers (updated)

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

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TikToker exposes ‘most common’ Poshmark scam after her Chanel purse is marked ‘delivered’ but never arrives

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

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Walgreens perfume cutouts

‘All of our perfumes kept getting stolen’: Walgreens workers print out pictures of perfume bottles to display in viral TikTok

Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘They can see everything’: Ex-Walmart worker says employees will freeze self-checkout registers to prevent theft in viral TikTok

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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‘We know when you’re stealing’: Walmart employee reveals how workers monitor self-checkout customers in viral TikTok

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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‘Hard work reduced to a machine made copy’: Indie brand claims Shein stole its sweater design

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