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How romance scams are thriving during quarantine

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He was a successful businessman who worked in solar energy, drove a Mercedes, and had two houses — one in Cuba and another in the US. By the time she caught on to what was happening, Scott had disappeared, as had all of his online profiles. “I She was retired, middle class, a widow with three kids who all now had families of their own.

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Women Activists Profiled by Mariane Pearl in Glamour

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Pearl has profiled 9 women in 9 countries: Cambodia: Somaly Mam, a former sex worker who founded Acting for Women in Distressing Situations , an organization that rescues sex workers in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, and gives them job training. Cuba: Laura Pollan, whose home is the headquarters for Damas en Blanco ( Ladies in White).

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

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In 2006, journalist Mariane Pearl traveled the globe for Glamour magazine to profile women who are changing the world. If you order In Search of Hope on Glamour.com , Glamour will donate 100 percent of the book's proceeds and royalties to charities (listed below) selected by the women who were profiled. It is real."--Mariane

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Twitter plans to label the personal accounts of heads of state

The Verge

Next week, you’ll start to see new profile labels on government accounts in 16 other countries. In July, the accounts of dozens of companies and high-profile individuals were compromised during a massive breach that was part of a bitcoin-promoting scam, but the (now-banned) account of then-President Trump was unaffected.