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FBI St. Louis warns of gold scam targeting elderly
KTVI via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoST. LOUIS – The FBI in St. Louis is getting reports almost every week regarding a scam involving gold and targeting the elderly’s life savings. FOX 2 has...
Here are the scams that brought the SEC to Utah — and kept it busy for decades
The Salt Lake Tribune· 54 minutes agoThe Cold War drove America’s demand for uranium — which drove Utahns’ demand for uranium stocks....
2 arrested in Colorado, accused in gold bar scam in Douglas County
CBS News· 6 days agoIn a sting labeled "Operation I Love Gold," detectives in Douglas County arrested two men who have...
Las Vegas police disrupt ‘grandparent scam’ where callers say grandchildren are in jail, demand...
KLAS articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Metro police arrested a woman whom they believe was part of a so-called...
Man charged after allegedly scamming elderly Muddy Creek Township victim out of $140K
WPXI via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPennsylvania State Police in Butler arrested Sandeep Seelam from India. They said he stole a total of about $140,000 from an elderly victim in Muddy Creek Township.
More than 1,000 seniors learn how to avoid financial scams in Stop the Scammers roadshow
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 2 days agoA Stop the Scammers tour crisscrossed the state this spring, reaching more than 1,000 seniors with...
Waterloo man arrested in teen-enticing sting
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 2 days agoMembers of Predator Poachers Southeast Texas had been involved in online contact posing as the girl for about three weeks
Court records detail how police caught 2 men who allegedly helped scam an Ionia Co. woman out of...
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids· 5 days agoThe victim was identified as 72-year-old Linda Richards of Eaton Township. Detective Phillip Hesche...
"The Apprentice" long con persists today, even beyond its host's many convictions
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHave you ever been pickpocketed? Fooled by a phone scam? Rare is the adult who hasn’t been...
Deadly 2023 heat wave in metro Phoenix didn’t discriminate in claiming victims of every kind
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 2 days agoPriscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after...