Category: Scams
Michele Fiore: Gun-totin’ Las Vegas politician convicted of defrauding charitable donors
Councilwoman Michele Fiore solicited and collected funds to go toward honoring police killed in the line of duty, but spent all the donations on herself, her plastic surgery, her bills and her daughter’s wedding
U.S. offers $10 million reward for info on Iranians indicted for hacking into Trump’s presidential campaign
Iranian hackers sent emails to individuals associated with Biden’s presidential campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from Trump’s campaign in an effort to affect the 2024 presidential election
Bad actors targeting citizens with latest Internet ‘sextortion’ scam
Scammers send you a picture of your house and say they have evidence of your online porn viewing habits – and threaten to release that info unless you pay up
Bad actor caught red-handed after scamming elderly man out of $150,000 in gold bars
Patel, 21, arrested and caught with even more gold that he had just scammed from another victim
Criminal cases involving elder abuse are up and growing at alarming rates and intensity
American seniors were scammed out of $1.6 billion in the last 5 months, up nearly $300 million from the same time period last year
Port St. Lucie teen, 15, with help from cohorts, kidnaps and violently robs victim she met on-line
The teen female mastermind enlisted the aid of 2 masked and armed henchmen
Did you receive a text message saying you owe money to E-ZPass?
If so, it’s a scam. Do not send them any money
U.S. states with the lowest and highest rates of elderly fraud
New data reveals the numbers of victims in each state – and the total amount of monies scammed from the victims
Artificial Intelligence! Scams perpetrated against citizens and businesses by cyber criminals using AI are on the rise
How to Protect Yourself From AI-Powered Phishing and Voice/Video Cloning Scams,
Elder fraud: Scams targeting our nation’s seniors on the rise, costing them billions of dollars
Last year, America’s elders were scammed out of $3.4 billion, mostly in the areas of Romance Scams Fraud and Tech Support Fraud. Know how to protects yourselves and your loved ones
