Wednesday, May 23, 2018 May is a month of moves – people moving into and out of college dorms or moving homes as the school year ends. But some movers take advantage of people looking for low-priced, fast-moving assistance, and scam them out of their money or even their possessions. To help your move go […]
Category: Alerts
Thursday, April 26, 2018 Law enforcement officials in Wake County have received multiple reports of scammers posing as flooring salesmen, and targeting the elderly. These crooks work as a two or three-person team. They often put the victim off-balance by pretending to have met or done work for them previously. They may also claim to […]
Monday, April 16, 2018 Finding affordable housing is a challenge in many parts of North Carolina, and rental scammers are well aware of this fact. They exploit the situation by “hijacking” existing online ads (substituting their contact information for the real owner or agent), or by cutting and pasting photos from actual rental property listings […]
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Tax ID Theft occurs when someone files a tax return (and claims a refund) in someone else’s name, and it creates multiple headaches and problems for the victim. Although Tax ID Theft is declining from previous years, it was confirmed by the IRS in 597,000 tax returns in 2017. A total […]
Thursday, April 05, 2018 The North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (which administers the plan), are reporting that some of their members are receiving phone calls from scammers. The callers identify themselves as representatives of BCBSNC or the Health Plan, and ask […]
Monday, March 26, 2018 Scammers have begun exploiting a quirk in landline technology to steal from consumers. They usually call early in the morning, claiming to be a law enforcement officer or a representative of a financial institution. They report that a suspicious charge was placed on your credit card the night before via an […]
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Recently, our office has received alerts of an uptick in spoofing calls. Spoofed calls are when a call appears to be coming from one number, but in reality, is coming from a scammer with a different phone number. Your caller ID may say that an incoming call or text is coming […]
Thursday, March 08, 2018 National Consumer Protection Week is a good time to make sure you are taking steps to avoid being the victim of frauds, scams, and unethical businesses practices. Here’s a refresher on some basic rules that can help protect all consumers: Never pay up front fees to win a prize or sweepstakes […]
Monday, January 29, 2018 Tax time is upon us, and that means the identity thieves who specialize in tax-related crimes are cranking up for their busy season.These crooks steal money from all of us by pretending to be taxpayers or businesses, filing false tax returns in their names, and claiming big refunds from the government. […]
Thursday, December 28, 2017 When crooks try to trick you with an imposter scam, they usually use scare tactics. In grandparent scams, also known as family emergency scams, the fear is that your grandchild or relative is in trouble and needs your help in a hurry. A variation of this scam targets grandparents of those […]