sweetheart scams – especially online. Last year, my office received 46 sweetheart scams reports and people lost more than $2,525,008 to these scammers! These scams are no joke, so be…
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Thursday, May 6, 2021 Our office was recently notified about an email scam pretending to be from Attorney General Josh Stein. The sender claims that you owe money and threatens…
…has received dozens of reports about jury duty scams so far this year, and six people have fallen victim. Victims of the jury duty scam report losses of about $1,000…
…by robocallers to pay for the supplies. These scammers having been operating throughout the country, and the federal government recently charged 24 individuals for scamming people out of more than…
Friday, December 17, 2021 The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy has been notified that scammers are announcing fraudulent prescription drug recall notices in an attempt to divert prescription medication from…
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 Our office has received several reports of an email scam offering phony renewal subscriptions to computer services and virus protection software. The scammers try to steal…
…them out of hundreds of millions of dollars. “Scammers are using fake Facebook ads to trick people into losing millions in scam investments,” said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. “It’s Meta’s…
Carolinian was scammed out of $1,200 after thinking they were buying tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. Social media gives bad actors new ways to trick people. Sometimes scammers will…
security freeze. If you think you or someone you know have been scammed, let us know by calling 1-877-5-NO-SCAM or filing an online complaint at www.ncdoj.gov/complaint. Share Attorney General Stein’s…
…auto warranty scams, and utilities scams. In just one month in 2022, KWK allegedly routed more than 20,000 calls with illegally spoofed telephone numbers and more than 8.7 million calls…