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Vishavjit Singh

She Questioned a Fake Apple Call, Then ‘Police’ Called to Confirm It. The Scam Cost Her Nearly $600,000

An elderly Connecticut woman was suspicious from the start. A supposed Apple Support worker told her that her laptop had been hacked and that she … Read More

Barbara Kearns

An 87-Year-Old’s Computer Turned Red During Solitaire. Then Couriers Took $71K From Her Home

Barbara Kearns was doing something ordinary when the scam began. The 87-year-old Mountain Home, Arkansas, grandmother was checking email and playing solitaire when her computer … Read More

Judge with paper document pronouncing sentence

They Used Stolen Debit Card Information to Make 138 ATM Withdrawals in One Day. One Man Is Going to Prison for 87 Months

Debit card fraud does not always show up as one strange purchase on a statement. In this case, federal prosecutors said the stolen information was … Read More

Gold Bars and Dollars

She Handed Scammers $157,000 in Gold. When They Asked for More Money, Police Set a Trap

An elderly New York woman had already handed scammers $157,000 worth of gold when they came back asking her to do it again. The Watertown … Read More

Five suspect have been arrested

Police Say They Rigged Apartment Mailboxes With ‘Dummy’ Locks, Then Used Stolen Identities to Get Credit Cards

Someone was getting into apartment mailboxes in Glendale, California. Police say what investigators eventually uncovered went well beyond stolen letters. Five men are accused in … Read More

Akashdeep Singh

She Was Told Her Accounts Were Hacked, Then Lost $150,000. Police Set Up the Next $26,000 Pickup

A Kentucky woman lost more than $150,000 in two weeks after scammers convinced her that she had been hacked and needed to move money out … Read More

Sai K. Puttha

Scammers Told Her to Put $385,000 Into Gold. Her Tears Made a Coin Dealer Realize Something Was Wrong

An elderly Michigan woman walked into a coin shop ready to put $385,000 into gold after scammers convinced her that the money in her bank … Read More

Deborah Huber

Scammer Posed as a Deaf Service Center Worker, Took $12,000 and Left Woman Facing Eviction

A Toledo woman believed someone from a local service organization was helping her move into a new home. Months later, she had lost $12,000, fallen … Read More

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Parents Paid Up to $1,000 for Travel Basketball. The Kids Practiced, but the Tournaments Never Happened

Parents in upstate New York paid hundreds of dollars to enroll their children in a new travel basketball program. The kids practiced, but the uniforms … Read More

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Vishavjit Singh

She Questioned a Fake Apple Call, Then ‘Police’ Called to Confirm It. The Scam Cost Her Nearly $600,000

Judge with paper document pronouncing sentence

They Used Stolen Debit Card Information to Make 138 ATM Withdrawals in One Day. One Man Is Going to Prison for 87 Months

Gold Bars and Dollars

She Handed Scammers $157,000 in Gold. When They Asked for More Money, Police Set a Trap

Five suspect have been arrested

Police Say They Rigged Apartment Mailboxes With ‘Dummy’ Locks, Then Used Stolen Identities to Get Credit Cards

Akashdeep Singh

She Was Told Her Accounts Were Hacked, Then Lost $150,000. Police Set Up the Next $26,000 Pickup

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