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Category: Construction Scams
Cincinnati scammed out of $137K in payment to fraudster: city memo
CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Cincinnati was scammed out of $137,000 in what city officials say was an electronic payment made to a third party who, as…
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SEC, U.S. Attorney charge 3 N.J. & N.Y. men with stealing $40 million as sham victims in class-action suits
Federal prosecutors charged three men — two from New Jersey and one from New York — with filing sham victims’ claims totaling $40 million, pretending…
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Aspen Skico insurer sues Johnson couple for $5.2 million over ski-selling scam
An insurance company is suing to collect just over $5.2 million from a couple criminally convicted of selling 13,000 pairs of skis belonging to Aspen…
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Deadbeat contractor leaves Coventry couple in limbo
A Coventry couple who put down a $21,000 deposit for an addition to their house — only to have the contractor take the money and not…
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A Kansas City construction nightmare: A house they can’t live in, can’t sell, and can’t finish | News
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — A Kansas City family says a builder blew the budget and left them with an unlivable home. The Beacon Hill…
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MTA ‘Overtime King’ Thomas Caputo scammed LIRR mega-projects
MTA “Overtime King” Thomas Caputo and four charged co-conspirators raked in “improbable” amounts of OT pay by using union seniority to land jobs on mega-projects…
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What is a rug pull? Squid Game crypto scam reveals danger
One of the hottest cryptocurrencies in the last week was a meme coin known as SQUID. It was based on the popular Squid Game Netflix…
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Cryptocurrency Losses Soar in Romance Scams
Anatomy of a Cryptocurrency Investment Scam The FBI outlines the eight steps that a cryptocurrency investment scam commonly follows: 1. The scammer’s initial contact is typically made…
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How to avoid the Google Voice verification code scam
If there’s one constant among scammers, it’s that they’re always coming up with new schemes, like the Google Voice verification scam. Have you heard about…
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