EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah — A racial slur was found Monday morning at the Facebook construction site in Eagle Mountain, along with what appeared to be…
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Category: Construction Scams
Scammers put a new twist on old fake claim of winning Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — There’s a new variation on an old scam that tries to delude you into thinking you’ve won the Publisher’s Clearing House…
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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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Scammers target woman with bogus cashier’s checks
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Being a secret shopper may sound like fun and an easy way to make some quick money, but the Better Business Bureau…
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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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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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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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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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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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