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New Yorkers are being warned of a rise of car sale scams online. According to the DMV, scammers are posting cars for sale on websites such as Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. Law enforcement is revealing that many of these cars were stolen. The scammers would alter the identification numbers and forge titles. So far, the […]
The Gates Chili Central School District is warning students and parents of a phone scam. The district says the scammer contacted a member of the community, claiming a student took a practice SAT exam, and requested the parent’s credit card number to send the test results. The community is advised that Gates Chili nor SAT […]
Users are falling victim to a sophisticated AI-based account takeover scam, which carefully impersonates Google staff over multiple weeks. Sam Mitrovic, an IT consultant and tech blogger, received a notification to approve a Gmail account recovery attempt, which he denied. According to his blog, Mitrovic then received a call roughly 40 minutes later, showing the caller […]
New York State Police issued a warning to the public about a sextortion scam that’s targeting people by email address and threatening to expose you if you don’t send payments through bitcoin. Scammers will try to get you to install software on your devices to get your personal Information. Police say do not engage with […]
A Rhode Island mother and daughter are facing federal charges after doing a EBT card scam of $191,000 for over 4 years. The mother was a supervisor of the Human Service department and used her position to access people’s accounts to check their balance and then change the pin number to the EBT cards. The […]
The newest social media trend blows up the faces of people that tried to take advantage of the scam. Chase Bank caught the ATM glitch after it was exposed on TikTok where customers can deposit a check for any amount and the funds would be available right away. For those that are too young this […]
New York State Police are warning people about a fake text scam about unpaid tolls. NYSP say they E-ZPass Tolls never send anyone an email or text request personal information and don’t click on any links. New Yorkers warned of texting scam imitating E-ZPass & Tolls by Mail (rochesterfirst.com)
There’s a scam going around in which a fraudster claims to have accidentally sent money to your payment app and then asks you to return it. The problem is, the money they sent you may have come from a stolen credit card or hacked account. If you send the money back to the scammer, you […]
Beware of the Craigslist scams. A couple bought a home in Greece back in May but haven’t moved yet because they’re active Coast Guards stationed in California. Another family saw a Craigslist ad about a house in Greece for rent that was in their budget. The only problem it’s the same house the couple in […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York has expanded its investigation into a COVID-era cleaning supply scam, revealing $8 million in fraudulent billings. From January 2019 to January 2022, the defendants billed 5,458 businesses for cleaning products under fake company names. Exploiting the pandemic, they sent small, seemingly […]