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Here Are the States That Lost the Most Money in Online Dating Scams Last Year
New York is looking for love in all the wrong places, apparently — but a couple other states get burnt worse by fake loves.
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Bay Area Woman Warns Others of Gift Card Scam
A Peninsula woman is raising concerns about the issues she’s having with Apple gift cards.
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Three Charged in Energy-Efficient Home Improvement Scam
Three individuals were charged in connection for enticing consumers to receive energy-efficient improvements to their homes, but the work was never completed.
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Scammers Target San Francisco Restaurants With Negative Reviews Online
Several high-end San Francisco restaurants said they have been hit by a stream of cookie cutter negative reviews.
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NY Bodybuilder's Disability Fraud Scheme Exposed by Wife's Instagram Posts
A Long Island man’s yearslong scheme to collect disability insurance benefits all the while he trained for bodybuilding competitions and owned and operated a limousine business was foiled by a series of social media posts, state officials said. Instagram posts chronicling Anthony Ragusa’s physical transformation as a bodybuilder helped the state attorney general’s office catch the fraudster for illegally...
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Phone Scam Leads to $11,000 Bank Theft
Consumers say they answered a phone call that appeared to be from their bank, but instead, it was a scammer who swiped thousands of dollars from their account. Consumers say their banks often refuse to refund them, but our I-Team learned these banks may be on the hook after all. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m....
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You Think the Bank is Calling. Then You Lose Thousands
It’s one of the top complaints that comes into our I-Team: consumers say they answered a phone call that appeared to be from their bank, but instead, it was a scammer who swiped thousands of dollars from their account. Consumers say their banks often refuse to refund them, but our I-Team learned these banks may be on the hook after...
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‘He Hadn't Done Anything:' Mexican Family Scammed by Fake Immigration Lawyer
A family who hired an immigration attorney to adjust their immigration status almost lost their residency status when the lawyer they hired turned out to be a fake.
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Scammers Take Advantage of Strangers Offering Aid to Ukraine
Ukrainians need help and people from all over the world are offering aid, but there are also scammers taking advantage of the generosity of strangers.