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DARE COUNTY, N.C. — The Dare County Sheriff's Office is warning the public about a new scam going around where scammers impersonate deputies, using their names, and say the victim owes the department ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Lowell Police Department is putting a warning out to residents regarding several reports of scam phone calls. Residents are ...

Your phone rings. You answer. Dead silence. No voice, no message, no background noise. Just an eerie, empty connection that dissolves after a few seconds. Most of us brush it off as a wrong number or ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - As holiday festivities continue, so do efforts by scammers to exploit seasonal cheer. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that the holiday season is “prime time for scammers,” ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WVUE) - The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about scammers attempting to impersonate deputies over the phone. The sheriff’s office said scammers are ...

LEHIGH CO., Pa. - Authorities are warning the people to be aware of an uptick in scams this holiday season. Lehigh County Sheriff Joe Hanna warns his office is getting five or six calls a week. He ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage man trying to set up a payment plan with the IRS sent hundreds of dollars to scammers — week after week — before realizing no work was being done. Tax ...

Most scams start with a simple search, not a hack. Your personal data is already publicly available on data broker sites and ...