Category: Scams
Detention Department employees collaborated with bail bondsman in bribery scheme
Confidential inmate information shared by detention employees to bail bondsman in return for cash and food
Beware the ‘Grandparents Scam’
grandparents receive a call saying their grandkids are in trouble and need money to get bailed out of jail
Valentine’s Day is coming: Beware of ‘romance scams’
Victims lost more than $281 million to romance scams in 2020. South Carolinians alone reported losses of more than $4.4 million that year
Tips for avoiding Holiday Scams
In 2020, two common scams cost people more than $265 million. Credit card fraud accounted for another $129 million in losses.
Fifty counts of revenge porn: Maryland mayor looking at 100 years in jail after targeting ex on Reddit
Andrew Bradshaw, Revenge Porn, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, Charlton T. Howard III, Reddit, Maryland Revenge Porn Law, Bad Boyfriend,
Warning: Adoption fraud is a real thing
woman now in prison after feds say she duped people across the country out of babies that didn’t exist
Child abuse: Daycare owner hiding 26 kids behind false wall in basement gets jail time
Twenty-six kids, 12 under the age of 2, were found hidden in her basement. Cops described the children as being sweaty, dehydrated and soiled.
New and mysterious ‘Silver Sparrow Malware’ infecting 30,000 Macs world-wide
And no-one knows what the malware does yet – but it does have a self-destruct mechanism
As Valentine’s Day approaches, be aware of romance scammers looking to steal your money
Beware of Romance Scammers Looking to Break Your Heart and Empty Your Bank Account
