DETROIT – Many companies use QR codes to lead consumers to their apps, help them track packages or view menus. The codes can’t be read…
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Category: Construction Scams
High-Profile Al Qaeda Plot Foiled After 9/11 Was FBI Scam
The biggest Al Qaeda plot the FBI claimed to have foiled in the years following the 9/11 attacks involved no weapons, no plot, and no…
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Secret Shopper Scam Hits North Texas – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Getting paid to shop sounds like a dream job? Especially if you’re looking for a side hustle or part-time work. But imagine getting a letter…
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Veteran invests life savings in dream home, company scams them
Our Alan Kasper sat down with a disabled veteran and his wife to hear how a dream home near Henderson is starting to rot away…
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Iowa ‘business email compromise’ scam example of rising threat
Perhaps 100 times a year, Des Moines cybersecurity firm ProCircular gets a call from a company that has sent money to someone it shouldn’t have.…
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Seven Elder Abuse Scams And How To Protect Yourself
MAISONS-LAFFITTE, FRANCE – 1990s: Polish writer and intellectual Jerzy Giedroyc (1906 – 2000) – … [+] founder of a Polish literary-political journal, “Kultura”. Maisons-Laffitte, France,…
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Scanning Scam: Look Out for Fraudulent QR Codes
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Wayne County Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scam targeting people for money, threatening arrest
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of scammers posing as lieutenants or other officers in an attempt to collect money, even threatening to…
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Scam targets Uber and Lyft drivers in Oregon | Local
EUGENE, Ore. — A new scam is targeting Uber and Lyft drivers in Oregon, according to a spokeswoman with the Portland Federal Bureau of Investigation.…
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Habitat raises funds with bourbon raffle amid high construction costs
HENDERSON, Ky. — No, it’s not a scam, and no, it’s not too good to be true. The bourbon raffle being held by Henderson’s Habitat…
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