In a shocking incident that has raised food safety concerns, three employees at a Wendy’s in South Carolina were taken into custody. The staff members are accused of retrieving discarded food from the trash and contaminating it with spit before serving it to a dissatisfied customer who had voiced complaints about her original order.

The individuals in question, Aaliyah Shuntai Sanders, 23, Trinity Lashell Rice, 19, and Shadela Crystal Holley, now face serious legal repercussions. They have been charged with tampering with a human drug product or food item for their actions at the Union location of Wendy’s.

Fox Carolinas relayed that the arrests were carried out separately over the span of several days between June 16 and June 22, bringing each suspect into custody.

The troubling episode unfolded on May 31 when a patron, after using the drive-thru, discovered a problem with her meal. She subsequently asked for a refund. Although the staff initially collected the complained-about food, they later offered to prepare a fresh order. The customer chose to accept this gesture and left the premises, unaware of what had transpired.

While driving, the customer received a phone call from someone at the restaurant who informed her that an employee had pulled her food from a trash can and spat on it.

Upon checking the meal, the woman realized the “new” order was actually the same food from her initial order.

She immediately contacted the police to report the incident. The victim also called the store to speak with the restaurant manager, who confirmed he had spoken with the staff and verified the allegations. The manager noted that all three employees involved had been written up.

News Media has reached out to the fast-food chain for comment.

All eyes are turning toward pop sensation Taylor Swift as the countdown to her much-discussed wedding with Travis Kelce intensifies.

Speculation swirls around a potential ceremony at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden on July 3. Meanwhile, discussions about whether former close friend Blake Lively will be in attendance are keeping fans and critics buzzing.

The spotlight recently shifted to whispers of a bachelorette party that reportedly occurred at her beachfront mansion in Rhode Island over the weekend.

This celebration coincided—perhaps by chance—with another glamorous bachelorette gathering.

This time, it was for Gabbriette Bechtel, the Instagram model engaged to Swift’s notorious ex-boyfriend, musician Matty Healy.

Unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long for social media to speculate that the dueling bachelorettes were yet another dig at Swift from the 28-year-old Bechtel, who started dating The 1975 front man just months after his controversial fling with Swift came to an end.

After all, Swift’s devoted legion of fans have often cited Bechtel’s cryptic social media postings as evidence of an alleged one-sided feud with the singer.

But according to a source who spoke to the Daily Mail, Swifties shouldn’t sharpen their pitchforks just yet.

‘It’s a total coincidence the parties were the same weekend,’ an insider told the Daily Mail. ‘Matty and Taylor were more of a hookup, so I don’t think anyone is thinking much of the other.’

Bechtel, herself the former lead singer of punk rock band Nasty Cherry, celebrated her engagement to Healy, 37, with a private flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on Friday.

The model, wearing a vintage white Chanel skirt suit, kicked off festivities by being playfully handcuffed and carried onto the private jet by a tattooed policeman impersonator.

She and pals were then treated to a performance by an Elvis Presley impersonator, before attending Dita Von Teese’s residency at the Voltaire at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas.

As for Swift, 36, her rumored bachelorette party reportedly took place at her $18 million mansion in Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

According to TMZ, guests were seen gathering at Swift’s 11,000-square-foot home early last week, with a massive security detail reportedly on hand. 

By Saturday, talk was that an entourage of several SUVs had been spotted leaving Swift’s mansion. That evening, a massive fireworks display fired off from nearby Ocean House, a famous Rhode Island wedding venue.

Still, our source maintains that the timing of the two bachelorette parties was purely a coincidence and has nothing to do with rumors of a feud.

‘The two ladies celebrating their bachelorette parties would have nothing to do with one another and a complete coincidence,’ the insider said.

‘Taylor and Matty were never even that serious,’ they added.

Indeed, Swift’s whirlwind ‘casual’ romance with the British rocker fizzled out just as quickly as it began.

In May 2023, Swift sparked dating rumors with Healy just one month after it was revealed that her long-term relationship with British actor, Joe Alwyn, had ended.

While her split from Alwyn after more than six years caught many fans by surprise, her rumored fling with Healy was much less of a bombshell.

Perhaps that is because Swift and Healy have continually sparked romance rumors over the last decade, ever since she attended a 1975 concert in November 2014.

The pair publicly brushed off the dating speculation over the years, though they did collaborate on Swift’s 2022 album Midnights and performed onstage together in January 2023. 

Fans also believe that Swift has long hinted at her years-long crush on Healy in her music, despite dating other men at the time.

But it seemed the pair had taken their platonic relationship to the next level, as they were photographed holding hands and spending date nights out in New York City throughout much of May that year. Healy also attended a string of Swift’s concerts early on in her record-breaking Eras Tour.

However, the couple soon found themselves swept up in controversy after a number of resurfaced comments made by Healy ignited fury among Swift’s protective fanbase.

In February 2023, Healy made a racially insensitive comment about the rapper Ice Spice, who just so happened to be featured on the remix of Swift’s 2022 single Karma around the same time. On stage, he also performed what looked like a Nazi salute while giving a shoutout to none other than Swift’s sworn enemy, Kanye West.

Following the backlash, it was reported in June 2023 that their ‘casual’ romance had simply ‘ran its course’ and there was ‘no drama’ between Swift and Healy.

But Swift wasn’t single for long, as she reportedly began dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, 36, by September that year – and the rest is history.

While the singer has happily moved on with her NFL star fiancé, who popped the question in August 2025 after two years of dating, it would appear that much of her ill-fated romance with Healy still weighs heavily on her mind.

It is believed that Swift’s 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department is heavily inspired by her relationship with Healy, including the tracks ‘But Daddy I Love Him,’ ‘Down Bad,’ ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,’ and ‘Fresh Out The Slammer.’

Throughout the album, Swift describes an intense, ‘cosmic’ relationship and having strong romantic feelings with someone from her past while dating someone else. She appears to address criticisms from fans on songs like ‘I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)’ and ‘But Daddy I Love Him,’ in which she convinces herself that she can change the ways of a ‘wild boy.’

She also rips into a romantic partner for leading her on in ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,’ and seemingly made a reference to Bechtel later on in the album when she sings about a man ‘having kids with some internet starlet’ in the future.

When asked about his reaction to The Tortured Poets Department at the time, Healy told paparazzi he hadn’t ‘really listened to that much of it’ but he was ‘sure it’s good.’

However, it would appear that Swift isn’t the only one to throw subtle shade, whether that be in her lyrics or online.

Back in October 2024, fans were convinced Bechtel took a swipe at Swift when a video showed the model talking through her makeup looks and preferences, including her particular distaste for a red lip.

In the video, Bechtel spoke disparagingly about the makeup trends she used to wear, which included ‘winged eyeliner’ and a ‘red lip’ – two bold looks the Eras Tour hitmaker is known for. 

In August that year, fans also believed that Bechtel appeared to mock the singer’s songwriting skills.

Ahead of the release of Swift’s 2025 album, The Life of a Showgirl, she commented on a video from Saturday Night Life comedian Veronika Slowikowska, in which she imagined what some of the song titles on Swift’s upcoming album might sound like, including the song ‘Actually Romantic’.

In the comments section, Bechtel appeared to praise the comedian’s skit and wrote below the video, ‘Babe record actually romantic please.’

Bechtel’s comment seemed innocent enough, but rumors of their alleged feud were ignited even further as fans theorized that ‘Actually Romantic’ was about Bechtel’s friend, Charli XCX – who reportedly introduced Bechtel to Healy, seeing as she’s married to The 1975 drummer George Daniel.

For those who don’t know, the song ‘Everything Is Romantic’ off of Charli’s 2024 album, Brat, is widely believed to be about how insecure Charli felt around Swift when she was dating Healy.

In ‘Actually Romantic,’ Swift appeared to respond to the British pop star, 33, by calling all the attention ‘actually sweet’ and referenced Charli’s reaction to their breakup.

Even Healy’s famous mother Denise Welch chimed in during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, in which she shockingly told the audience that ‘being [Swift’s] mother-in-law is a role that I am glad that I lost.’

Welch, 68, also defended her son’s ‘gorgeous’ and ‘amazing’ fiancée Bechtel, as she declared her son has ‘moved on’ from his brief tryst with Swift.

However, Healy’s mother simply brushed off speculation about a dueling bachelorette weekend to our insider.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Swift and Healy for comment.

In June 2024, Bechtel confirmed her engagement to the 1975 singer after nine months of dating. 

On Instagram, she shared a photo of her gothic engagement ring, which featured a black gem surrounded by pave diamonds around the stone and band. She captioned the post, ‘MARRYING THE 1975 IS VERY BRAT.’

Meanwhile, Kelce proposed to Swift in August 2025 at his home in Kansas City, Missouri, after two years of dating. 

The singer announced their engagement on Instagram, sharing a picture of their rose garden proposal and captioning the post, ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.’

Earlier this month, reports surfaced that Swift and Kelce were planning on having their wedding at the massive Madison Square Garden arena, located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.

At the time, a separate source told Daily Mail the couple are expected to tie the knot on Friday, July 3, as they’ve decided to ’embrace the spectacle’ of a giant wedding.

The iconic -venue is best known for concerts and professional sports, and can hold up to 22,000 people. However, it is unclear just how many people will be invited to witness Swift and Kelce tie the knot.

Insiders previously suggested that guests won’t know the location of the wedding until the morning of July 3. 

The star-studded guests believed to be on the guest list include Swift’s pal Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid and her boyfriend Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Lena Dunham and Zoe Kravitz.

Kelce’s football coach, Andy Reid, 68, has already confirmed he will be attending. Also expected to be there are Kelce’s brother Jason Kelce, his teammate Patrick Mahomes and Mahomes’ wife Brittany.

When asked about socialism’s advantage during recent New York primaries, Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester chose not to directly address its perceived benefits.

During a Wednesday morning segment on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Blunt Rochester was queried about the primary election outcomes, in which three socialist contenders not only clinched victories but also unseated two current lawmakers.

Blunt Rochester opted not to discuss its potential implications on the Democratic Party’s direction; instead, she highlighted the overall success of the elections.

“First and foremost, seeing such unprecedented engagement from the populace is a positive development, especially as we mark this nation’s 250th anniversary,” Blunt Rochester remarked. “We aim to encourage participation. Regarding Democrats, and my efforts towards securing a majority, it’s clear that political strategies are inherently local.”

She elaborated on the diverse strategies employed by Democratic candidates based on their locales, noting that Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola is running on a platform centered around “fish, family, and freedom.”

“Fish might not work in New York, or it might not work in North Carolina, but that works there. And so for us, the most important thing is that we hear the people. We want to be known that we’re listening to them and that we’re fighting for them. And again, it might look different in different places across the country, but we do believe that people are concerned about this economy and the cost of things. And so we’re going to continue to fight for them. So to me, it’s a win-win,” Blunt Rochester said.

“Where has socialism ever worked, senator?” CNBC host Joe Kernen asked.

“Is that another question or is that for the next interview?” Blunt Rochester responded.

Kernen repeated his question, to which Blunt Rochester replied, “Well, when you have me come back on we can talk about all the races across the country.”

Kernen then acknowledged that the remark was a “rhetorical question that I was answering myself” and thanked her for her time.

Fox News Digital reached out to Blunt Rochester’s office for comment.

New York candidates Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier each campaigned on a socialist economic agenda, anti-Israel posture and opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Before the election, they were endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

In a startling whistleblower lawsuit, three former leaders in surgical services at an Illinois hospital have come forward with serious allegations. They claim that a neurosurgeon from OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center fell asleep during a procedure. Additionally, there are warnings of patients being left under anesthesia on operating tables without a surgeon present, with hospital administrators purportedly retaliating against those reporting such incidents.

This 18-page legal complaint, lodged in the Winnebago County Circuit Court, sharply criticizes OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. It accuses the institution of neglecting repeated warnings about patient safety within their neurosurgery division and allegedly making targets of those employees who brought these concerns to light.

The individuals behind the lawsuit—Sofia Gudino, Tina Peppers, and Cindamon Proffitt—are described in the complaint as having held significant roles overseeing operating-room safety, regulatory adherence, and the broader surgical operations.

Crucially, the suit details that it was in late 2023 when these plaintiffs first identified a series of alarming and repeated safety infractions during neurosurgical procedures. Highlighting one of the most severe accusations, the complaint notes an incident on February 3, 2025, where two neurosurgeons allegedly left a patient anesthetized and unattended on an operating table for around an hour.

It further alleges that on April 17, 2025, a neurosurgeon left another patient under anesthesia for approximately 37 minutes to attend a meeting while another neurosurgeon also participated, leaving “the patient under anesthesia with no surgeon present for a significant amount of time.”

Gudino, Peppers and Proffitt allege those incidents resulted in prolonged anesthesia exposure and improper billing practices.

According to the complaint, “The patients were fraudulently and unethically overcharged for OR time, as patients are charged by the minute during OR procedures.”

The lawsuit also alleges that on Oct. 12, 2023, a neurosurgeon “was observed falling asleep against the surgical microscope by OR staff” during a procedure. According to the complaint, Peppers warned the hospital’s chief medical officer before the operation that proceeding would be dangerous because the surgeon had worked late the previous night and had already completed a full day of surgeries. Nevertheless, the complaint alleges, the surgery was allowed to proceed.

“Despite repeated reports, no investigations were initiated, no corrective actions taken, and the unsafe behavior continued,” the lawsuit states.

The complaint also alleges failures to complete surgical counts, breaches of sterile technique, hostile and erratic behavior by neurosurgeons, use of unapproved medical equipment and intimidation of nurses who questioned unsafe practices.

Gudino, Peppers and Proffitt claim they repeatedly reported concerns through Midas incident reports, OSF’s Integrity Line, human resources personnel, quality and safety officials and senior executives.

The complaint alleges the reports included concerns that surgeons refused proper timeouts and debriefings, directed staff to skip or falsify checklists and engaged in inappropriate conduct toward operating-room staff.

Rather than addressing the concerns, the plaintiffs allege they were warned to stop filing reports, excluded from meetings, stripped of authority and assigned additional neurosurgery-related duties.

The lawsuit claims they were subjected to verbal hostility, intimidation and humiliation and that supportive employees “were warned to stay silent.”

The complaint further alleges hospital leaders were more concerned about retaining surgeons than addressing complaints. According to the filing, Regional CEO August J. Querciagrossa told one plaintiff, “We cannot afford to lose any surgeon.”

All three plaintiffs ultimately resigned in 2025. The lawsuit alleges their departures amounted to constructive discharge because the work environment had become intolerably hostile after they reported patient-safety concerns.

The case does not involve claims brought by patients. Instead, it alleges violations of the Illinois Whistleblower Act and seeks damages for retaliation against employees who reported what they believed were threats to patient safety.

OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center declined to comment on the matter when reached by News Media.

The allegations in the lawsuit have not been proven in court, and OSF will have an opportunity to respond to the claims.

The terrifying force of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Caracas, Venezuela on Wednesday became evident during a live broadcast of a professional baseball game.

Footage from the national baseball league’s YouTube channel, LMBP TV, captured players from the Carabobo Mariners and Caracas Senators dashing out of their dugouts, seeking refuge in shallow centerfield to escape the threat of falling debris.

Just moments prior, Mariners’ Bryant Flete had been settling in at the plate when the stadium cameras began to shake violently.

The cables supporting the netting behind home plate could be seen swaying, while the umpire removed his mask and turned his gaze upward toward the press box.

Fortunately, no injuries were reported at the stadium, yet the evident panic was underscored by the announcers’ voices and their hasty exit from the booth.

As was later discovered, that quake was just the first of two to hit Caracas on Wednesday, the second of which was measured at 7.5. There are a high number of casualties expected: Currently the US Geological Survey (USGS) is estimating anywhere between 10,000 and 100,000 deaths. 

Not only did buildings collapse in Venezuela, but some buildings in the Brazilian Amazon some 1,000 miles away were reportedly evacuated as a result of the earthquakes.

Late Wednesday, acting president Delcy Rodríguez said she was preparing to address the nation.

Rodríguez’s failure to address the nation within three hours of the earthquake, while her government did not give a report of injuries or fatalities in that time, was criticized by politicians and Venezuelans.

‘The uncertainty becomes yet another layer of anguish,’ Edmundo González, the opposition’s 2024 presidential candidate, said on X.

The USGS initially said the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1, later revising that to 7.2, and its epicenter was west of the community of Morón, located along the country’s Caribbean coast, about 168 kilometers (104 miles) west of Caracas. The quake had a depth of 22 kilometers.

The USGS reported an even larger 7.5-magnitude earthquake just a minute later. The second quake had a depth of 10 kilometers and its epicenter was 16 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of Morón.

The quakes, among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century, struck shortly after 6pm. People evacuated swaying buildings in the capital Caracas, many visibly shocked as they saw entire walls that had collapsed, making furniture visible from the street. Dust columns could also be seen in two neighborhoods of the capital, where restaurants and other businesses are typically busy.

People remained on the streets for hours, even after sunset. Some sat on the ground hugging their pets as dust gathered around them. Collapsed buildings, toppled electric poles and debris blocked streets. Parts of the capital lost power and cellphone signal.

‘It started off gently and then gradually grew, and in the end, we all had to leave our houses, go outside and gather together,’ Caracas resident Hector Ricci said.

The lack of cellphone signal in parts of Venezuela deepened the distress of many families, particularly those among the more than 7.7 million people who have left the country during its protracted crisis.

‘May strength, serenity, and solidarity prevail among us in the face of this difficult time,’ opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said from exile on X.

Buildings in Manaus, Belem and Macapá in Brazil’s Amazon were evacuated, according to reports on TV Globo.

The quakes also were felt in Colombia’s Caribbean and northeast regions, but there were no reports of damages or injuries. The Colombian Maritime Authority in a statement said the country’s Caribbean coast is at no risk of tsunami.

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami alert for Virgin Islands. Authorities in the Dominican Republic also issued one for the island. Another alert for Puerto Rico was quickly lifted.

Strong earthquakes are unusual in Venezuela.

While the country sits near multiple fault lines, its position straddling the South American and Caribbean plates make earthquakes much less common than in other parts of Latin America. Along the Pacific coast — in Mexico and Chile, for example — earthquakes are frequent. 

The two countries sit along the seismically active tectonic belt known as the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire,’ which is responsible for 90 percent of earthquakes, according to the USGS.

The quakes also were felt in Colombia’s Caribbean and northeast regions, but there were no reports of damages or injuries. The Colombian Maritime Authority said in a statement that the country’s Caribbean coast is at no risk of tsunami.

In Brazil’s Amazon, buildings in the cities of Manaus, Belem and Macapá also were evacuated.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scams have become a pervasive issue, affecting most Americans daily. The latest survey by AP-NORC reveals that nearly 30% of individuals in the U.S. have fallen victim, losing either money or personal information.

An exclusive study from Gallup in collaboration with the Stop Scams Alliance, shared with the AP, highlights that last year, around 10% of American adults experienced or witnessed someone in their household being scammed, leading to financial losses or unauthorized access to accounts. Alarmingly, almost half of these individuals reported losing over $500 due to such deceit.

As a result, many feel perpetually vulnerable to scams, often feeling helpless and without effective recourse. Interestingly, both surveys indicate a low level of reports to federal authorities or local police. Gallup’s findings suggest that many victims chose not to report the incident, perceiving it as futile in recovering their losses.

“Scammers are getting more cunning,” noted Adam Pratter, 42, recounting his experiences on dating platforms. He found himself duped into sending money to someone who falsely claimed to be abroad on military duty and in need of funds for food. The continuous nature of the requests eventually tipped him off to the scam.

Pratter advocates for greater responsibility from banks and social media platforms in assisting scam victims, while also calling for increased measures from the government to tackle this issue effectively.

“If federal regulation wanted to step in and make deals with these companies to get these people their money back, they could,” he said.

For many Americans, scam attempts are constant

Americans are flooded with scam attempts, according to both surveys. More than half, 58%, of U.S. adults in the AP-NORC poll said they receive daily text messages, phone calls, emails, online messages or online advertisements that they suspect are scams, while the Gallup survey found last year that about 4 in 10 experienced attempted scams on a daily basis.

Porschel Smith, 22, gets multiple scam calls every day, and receives even more scam emails. Some of the scams are easy for her to identify. “They mention different types of programs that I know are nonexistent,” she said.

But sometimes she ends up engaging with the scammer before realizing that something is wrong. “Some of them hack your account and pretend as if they’re someone that you know,” she said. “But then I get to asking questions and realize they’re scams.”

Older people are more likely to say they receive scam attempts daily, according to the AP-NORC poll. About 7 in 10 U.S. adults ages 60 and older say they are contacted by a suspected scammer at least once a day, compared to about 4 in 10 Americans under 30.

Among those who have received suspected scam attempts, the AP-NORC poll found that outreach involving package shipments or banking were among the most common methods. About 4 in 10 people who were contacted by scammers say at least one of the attempts they received over the past few years were through Facebook or Facebook Messenger, while about 2 in 10 said they were on WhatsApp, and a similar share said they were on Instagram.

Around 30% of US adults say they’ve been scammed personally

The impact of scams is far-reaching. About half, 51%, of U.S. adults know someone personally — such as a friend or family member — who has ever lost money as the result of a scam, the AP-NORC poll found, while about 3 in 10 U.S. adults say they have personally been scammed into giving away money or personal information.

The Gallup survey found that about 1 in 10 U.S. adults said they or a member of their household was scammed out of money in 2025, with 6% saying they had been personally scammed.

About half of people whose household experienced scams last year reported losing between $125 and $2,000, according to Gallup.

About 1 in 10 U.S. adults have been scammed multiple times, Gallup found.

“It’s not easy. They know what they’re doing,” said Towonna Harris, 50. Her son was once contacted by scammers who promised to give him money for tuition if he authorized a nominal credit card charge, which quickly spiraled into a much bigger set of charges.

She’s experienced other kinds of scams on a smaller scale, too. “I ordered some stuff. I never got it,” she said. “I thought it was a legitimate company. And then I saw all these reviews saying it was a scam.”

Few scam victims report to law enforcement

Virtually all U.S. adults believe that scams pose a “major” or “minor” threat to individuals in the U.S., but few think the government is doing enough to solve the problem. About 8 in 10 Americans say the government is “definitely” or “probably” doing too little to prevent scams, according to the Gallup survey, including large majorities of Republicans and Democrats.

When people are scammed, both surveys found that victims are much likelier to reach out to financial institutions than the federal government or local law enforcement. About half, 55%, of people who were scammed last year reported to a bank, credit union or other financial institution, the Gallup poll found, but only 18% contacted state or local law enforcement, while 13% reported to either federal law enforcement or the Federal Trade Commission.

Many victims don’t make a report because they don’t think it will help, or don’t know where to go, Gallup found. Among people who were scammed in 2025, 75% said they didn’t report because they thought it wouldn’t make a difference in getting their money back, while 58% were uncertain where to report.

More broadly, Americans express very low confidence that they’d know how to report a scam to the government if they needed to. According to the AP-NORC poll, most Americans, 55%, say they are “extremely” or “very” confident that if they were scammed, they’d know how to report it to banks or credit card companies, but only about one-quarter are similarly confident that they’d know how to report to federal or state law enforcement.

Only about one-third of U.S. adults said they would know where to make a report if they lost $5,000 in a scam today, Gallup found.

Max Anderson, 23, said that his parents are small business owners who were the victims of a costly and complex scam. “A scammer successfully imitated one of their employees and changed their direct deposit information. This went on for about 3 months. It went to $15,000,” he said.

Eventually, Anderson’s father got help from the FBI, he said.

“I do like that the government stepped in with my parents, and I feel like that’s the way it should be,” he said. “It’s a big enough problem at this point that it falls to the government and companies to do something about it.”

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The AP-NORC poll of 1,133 adults was conducted Feb. 19-23 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.

The Stop Scams Alliance-Gallup poll of 5,173 adults was conducted Jan. 8-Feb. 18 using a sample drawn from Gallup’s probability-based Gallup Panel. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.