Helping You Stay Smart, Safe, and One Step Ahead Online
Here at Ask Grammy, I help you spot scams, avoid online traps, and make sense of the things that just don’t feel quite right.
I share what I’ve learned over the years—so you can stay safe, feel confident, and maybe even enjoy being online again.
Think of this as our little corner to figure things out together. Simple advice. No jargon. No judgment.
Go ahead and start with the latest posts below. I’m right here with you.
– Grammy 💓
Recent posts
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Before You Donate to That Animal Rescue Page, Read This
If you ever find yourself wanting to both love and hate your fellow humans, take up investigating scams. It’s a quick way to see the best and the worst of our kind all in one place. This investigation is a perfect example of that. On one side, you’ve got people who are willing to do…
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Reshipping Scam: The “Work From Home Job” That Turns You Into a Criminal
She answered the door expecting to find a package. Instead she found a sheriff – with a search warrant in hand. And she had absolutely no idea why. She thought she had a job. A real one. Work from home, receive packages, photograph the contents, log everything into an online portal, and reship using prepaid…
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Sadvertising: How Scammers Use Fake Tears to Take Your Money on Social Media
You have probably seen it. A video pops up in your feed. A person (usually young, awkward, sweet and nervous) is holding up something they made. A crocheted cardigan. A resin lamp. A handmade bag. They worked so hard on it. They took it to a market. Nobody bought anything. Someone was cruel to them.…
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AI Influencers Gone Wild: When “Fun” Turns to Deception (and Broken Laws)
My research for this post started with a straightforward question: what exactly is an AI influencer, and should you be worried about them? It ended with me filing a report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and submitting a site takedown request to a web hosting company. So. That escalated quickly. The…
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AI Cloned Me – And It Was Disturbingly Easy
That Video You Just Watched? Part of It Was AI. If you came here from my latest video, you already know what I did. I used a free AI tool to create a video of myself – a version of me that blinks, smiles, gestures, and delivers a message in what sounds like my voice.…
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Grammy’s Scamcabulary 101 Quiz
OK, so you’ve read through Grammy’s Scamcabulary 101. You’ve met all 20 scam types. You’ve nodded along, maybe even said “oh, I’ve seen that one” a time or two. But do you actually know your stuff? Let’s find out. Below you’ll find 8 real-world scenarios. Your job is to name the scam. Just read the…
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📡 Grammy’s Radar: Talbots Impersonator – Antetoon
A quick alert from AskGrammy.com Fake Talbots Ads – and the Website They Don’t Want You to Find I was scrolling Facebook last night when I saw a video ad for Talbots. Now, Talbots is a name a lot of us know and trust. Classic styles, quality clothing, founded in Massachusetts and it’s been around…
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She Gave $850,000 to “Brad Pitt” – And She’s Not Alone
How Celebrity Impersonation Scams Are Stealing Millions From Real People A woman in France fell in love with Brad Pitt. Over 18 months, he sent her daily love messages and poems. He sent her photos of himself – including one from a hospital bed, where he was recovering from kidney cancer. He told her his…
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Purisaki Berberine Patches Exposed: Same Fake Photos, 3 Different Products, and a Hidden Subscription Trap
⚠️ Before you order Purisaki Berberine Patches, or any weight loss patch you’ve been seeing advertised on social media, read this first. I’ve spent years investigating internet fraud and online scams, and I want to walk you through everything I found when I dug into this product. Because what’s happening here isn’t just a case…
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Swiftie or Grifter? She Was 4 Different People – And None of Them Were Real
About This Investigation I investigate online scams so you know what to look for before it costs you. In this case, I reviewed the Facebook page of “Chloe Blake,” visited the storefront at chloelamps.store, ran a WHOIS lookup on the domain, examined the account’s full profile picture history, and cross-referenced the Instagram account @milacrafted19. Everything…
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Did Randy Fenoli Design a Dress for a 3-Armed Bride? AI Photos Explained
How AI-Generated Celebrity Photos Are Fooling 150,000 Facebook Followers – And How to Spot Them Over 150,000 people follow a Say Yes to the Dress fan page on Facebook called Wedding Dress Hub. And buried inside hundreds of photos of beloved bridal expert Randy Fenoli posing with stunning wedding gowns is something that stopped me…
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📡 Grammy’s Scam Radar: The Hart Sisters Naples Scam
A quick alert from AskGrammy.com What’s on Grammy’s Radar? Friends, this one landed on my radar via a Facebook comment and I can’t scroll past it without saying something. There’s a store called The Hart Sisters Naples popping up all over Facebook right now. It looks like a charming little boutique – beautiful dresses, great…
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Scammers Know More About You Than You Think – Here’s How to Take It Back
Did you know many scammers research their victims before they call? They’re not guessing. They’re not picking names at random. They use something called your digital footprint – the trail of personal information you’ve left across the internet – to figure out who you are, what you’re afraid of, and how to sound convincing when…
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Lumenyse Review: Pretty Pictures, Ugly Truth
If you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve probably seen the ads. Flowing lace. Pastel florals. Victorian details. Bohemian clothing so beautiful it makes you stop scrolling and think – I need that. I thought so too. So I did what I do – I started digging. And what I found about Lumenyse is one…
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Your State Might Owe You Money: Here’s How to Find Out in Minutes
Friends, Grammy is going to need you to stop what you’re doing and pay attention, because this one is actually fun. You might be owed money right now – sitting in a state government account – and you don’t even know it’s there. I’m not talking about a scam. I’m not talking about one of…