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Cash-to-gold scammer stole $800K from Montgomery County senior: police
Here’s how police say a scammer fooled a Leisure World of Maryland resident and at least a dozen other Montgomery County seniors.
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Senior citizens targeted in cash-to-gold scam
Authorities arrested a man for allegedly convincing a woman to give him almost $800,000 in gold bars. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports investigators say at least a dozen local senior citizens have fallen victim to a similar scheme.
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FBI warns of job postings that could be money laundering
Job postings offering opportunities to make good money working from home could be illegal schemes recruiting money mules, the FBI warned. Criminals recruit unsuspecting job seekers to help them move money that they got illegally through scams and human and drug trafficking. “They’re enlisting people to help launder the funds from the illegal activity into the clean economy,” Special Agent...
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Job postings used to recruit money mules
The FBI warns job seekers to be on the lookout for unsolicited emails or job postings that promise easy money for little or no effort. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan shares the red flags.
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Driveway paving scammer hired real paver, kept homeowners' money
In an unusual scam, a man went door-to-door in Northern Virginia offering paving services and then hired a legitimate company to do the work — as he collected and kept the money himself, the company and police say.
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Driveway paving scammer hired real paver, kept homeowners' money
In an unusual scam, a man went door-to-door in Northern Virginia offering paving services and then hired a legitimate company to do the work — as he collected and kept the money himself, the company and police say. News4’s Susan Hogan reports.
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Here Are the States That Lost the Most Money in Online Dating Scams Last Year
New York is looking for love in all the wrong places, apparently — but a couple other states get burnt worse by fake loves.