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A father and son from Pittsford face serious charges for allegedly creating fake identities to obtain over 30 credit cards, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent payments. Prosecutors report that since January 2015, major financial institutions, including JP Morgan Chase and American Express, flagged suspicious credit activity in Rochester. The duo is […]
Scammers are exploiting JOANN Fabrics’ bankruptcy by creating fake liquidation websites that closely resemble the official JOANN site. These fraudulent sites claim to offer steep discounts of 80-90% on merchandise, misleading consumers into making purchases. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has issued a warning, noting that many people have fallen victim to these scams. One […]
Former Avon Police Chief Joseph Geer pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $7,000 from the Avon Central School District while serving as a school resource officer at Avon Elementary School. The NYS Comptroller’s Office launched an investigation in February 2024 due to bookkeeping and scheduling discrepancies. Geer admitted to the theft and to improperly assigning another […]
The town of Webster “Where Life is Worth Living” fell victim to being scammed out of over $500,000. The incident happened last November when someone posed as a contractor hired by town officials. After the scam was found there was a criminal investigation police seized $300,000 and the remaining missing funds will be recovered by the […]
Four people from Southern California have been arrested for scamming insurance companies out of over $141,000 claiming a fake bear attack on the luxury cars. Video was submitted with claim and after an investigation it was determined that the claim was fraud and there was a person dressed up in a bear costume, it was […]
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 […]
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