An 86-year-old Virginia woman lost $11,500 after a fake bank warning turned into a gift card scam. Edith Minor, of New Kent, ...
This episode follows a fake “Apple transaction” scam where the caller tries to scare a victim into “canceling” a charge by giving remote access. The scammer, Tanveer, claims he’s a cybersecurity ...
An older Long Island woman was preparing to use about $140,000 of her savings to buy gold when Suffolk County detectives ...
A fake McAfee scammer thinks he's about to steal another victim's money. Instead, investigators secretly gain access to his ...
“Message scam losses are on the rise,” is the headline in a recent edition of the AARP Bulletin. To be sure, in every single AARP publication as well as in Consumer Reports and other magazines, there ...
He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old ...
Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented ...
A scam has targeted one Acadiana resident who claims she paid a company $500 last year for virus protection on her computer. The company recently contacted the woman demanding she go to a website and ...
Don’t fall for this one. Here’s how to protect yourself. If you own an Apple computer, you need to be aware of an ...
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Scams steal almost $700K from residents

Clallam County reports four instances just this week ...