At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, when offices and restaurants began shuttering, the federal government scrambled to keep small businesses afloat — ultimately spending…
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Scammers are targeting people nonstop through emails and in text messages about stimulus money COLUMBUS, Ohio — Scammers are targeting people nonstop through emails and…
View More No, that stimulus text is not from the IRS
Press Releases 08/05/2021 Attorney General Tong, DRS Commissioner Boughton Warn Consumers of Fraudulent Letters About Unpaid Tax Debt (Hartford, CT) — Attorney General William…
View More AG Tong DRS Commissioner Boughton Warn Consumers of Fraudulent Letters About Unpaid Tax Debt
EUGENE, Ore. — A new scam is targeting Uber and Lyft drivers in Oregon, according to a spokeswoman with the Portland Federal Bureau of Investigation.…
View More Scam targets Uber and Lyft drivers in Oregon | Local
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) – People across the Chippewa Valley, including the staff at WQOW, have received a voicemail saying they’re pre-qualified for student loan forgiveness.…
View More Student loan scams reaching Chippewa Valley phones | Local
NASHVILLE (WSMV) – The Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky is warning people of a new IRS scam. A Midstate woman is…
View More BBB warning of new IRS scam stealing personal information | News
It was a crypto scam straight out of a Steven Seagal movie, featuring the action film star himself, a private eye, a staged kidnapping and…
View More This crypto scam bilked investors out of $11 million — and paid action star Steven Seagal to promote it
2020 was a record year for investment and cryptocurrency scams. Almost 26,500 cases were reported to the government — and those cases resulted in a…
View More Study: Crypto and Investment Scams Skyrocket in 2020 and 2021
A new spate of lawsuits suggests that despite legislation and prosecutions by foreign governments, alleged investment fraud remains a lucrative business in Israel, with local…
View More Foreigners file slew of lawsuits against alleged Israeli investment scammers
COLORADO SPRINGS — Using pandemic related schemes fraudsters have managed to steal almost $500 million from hundreds of thousands of Americans who say they fell…
View More Fraudsters eye child tax credit in next Covid relief scam