Category: Scams
FBI warning: Rental and Real Estate scams becoming epidemic
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Former Florida waitress defrauds 99-year-old acquaintance for more than $582,647
The former waitress used the money defrauded from her victim to pay off her mortgage, buy a car, and go on multiple pricey vacations
Trio of counterfeiters arrested trying to pass bad $100 bills in several Publix grocery stores
Cops say the 3 counterfeiters passed bad bills in at least 150 different businesses in 3 different states
Tampa woman sentenced for murder-for-hire order planned through the dark web
She wanted her ex-boyfriend’s wife killed “preferably between July 5 – 11 – but not at home. Anywhere else is fine.”
Texas man with connections to Mexican cartel gets 20-years for third human smuggling conviction
Miguel Angel Castillo charged 2 men for illegal transport from Mexico to Texas, then he held them captive at gunpoint in Texas until their families in the U.S. paid ransoms for their release
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
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