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Zi Le

Scammers Told an Elderly Man to Withdraw $25,000 to Protect His Money. Police Say a Courier Came for the Cash

An elderly California man lost $20,000 after a computer pop-up told him to call “Microsoft,” beginning a scam that prosecutors say escalated into claims that … Read More

Shannon Monet Steel

She Claimed to Run a Bank With Nearly $350 Million. Feds Say a Fake Deutsche Bank Letter Led to a $200,000 Wire

A Michigan woman who portrayed herself as an ambassador, hotel owner and private banker is facing a federal wire fraud charge after investigators say those … Read More

Elizabeth Adair

A Victim Found $6,694 in Unauthorized Charges, Then a Second Credit Card Appeared in Their Name. Police Say Surveillance Led to an Arrest

A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested after police say she used two credit cards connected to the same victim to make $8,449.07 in unauthorized purchases. … Read More

GTA VI

A Scam Site Offered GTA 6 for PC for $50. Researchers Say Connecting a Crypto Wallet Could Drain It

A website claiming to sell a leaked PC copy of Grand Theft Auto VI for $50 is actually loaded with code designed to target visitors’ … Read More

Brian Smith

Scammers Posed as FBI Agents, Sent Official-Looking Documents and Demanded Secrecy. He Wired $20,000

A central Ohio man lost $20,000 after scammers posing as FBI agents convinced him that he was dealing with a real federal investigation. The impostors … Read More

an employee at Graphic Mailbox in Northfield, Minnesota

She Paid $500 to Overnight a Box of ‘Cookbooks.’ Staff Found $30,000 in Cash Meant for Scammers

A Minnesota woman was moments away from sending $30,000 in cash to scammers when a shipping store employee became suspicious of a package she wanted … Read More

Elizabeth Rozo, 42

A Traffic Stop Led Police to 400 Suspected Stolen Bank Cards, 17 Stolen Postal Keys and Thousands of Pieces of Mail

Austin police say a traffic stop involving a woman wanted in a bank card abuse investigation led officers to hundreds of suspected stolen cards, postal … Read More

Jeury Bol Villavicencio, 21, of Pennsylvania (left); Wallinton Castillo Rosario, 22, of New York (middle); and Leonard Roman, 25, of New York (right)

Best Buy Workers Flagged Credit Cards With Different Names. Then a Cardholder Called Police About a Charge at the Store

Three men are facing fraud and theft charges after police say they used multiple credit cards bearing different names to buy merchandise at a Virginia … Read More

Kavisia Blaylock, Nathanial Coleman, P’Trance Fields, and Felisa Suggs

They Got Inmates’ Personal Information in Prison, Authorities Say, Then Used It for About $58,000 in Unemployment Claims

Four people have been arrested in Mississippi after investigators say stolen inmate identities were used to obtain unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. State Auditor … Read More