Action 9 investigator Jason Stoogenke warns consumers often about scammers pretending to be with the popular money app, Zelle. However, Stoogenke says to also beware of imposters saying they’re with ...
Coinbase won't call customers to warn them that their accounts may have been compromised. It's a common scam vector. Still, someone tried it on me. Last weekend, an unknown California number called me ...
Scammers tried to trick me again. And once again, their sophisticated methods surprised me, someone who sniffs out scams for a living. I received an email purporting to be from a bank. It’s the same ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — Welcome to this week's Spot the Scam with our partner Clearwater Credit Union. Our guest today is Brit DeVries from Clearwater Credit Union. Today we are going to be talking about ...
Looking back, the initial contact had all the elements of the earliest “Nigerian prince” email scams. The writer, who uses the name of a real member of a real book club, opened with detailed flattery ...
It starts like this. You’re sipping your morning coffee in a meeting, and suddenly a text with a tone of urgency pops in — a message from your CEO. It’s a bit unusual, a request for you to purchase ...
According to his email, we were overdue for paying his invoice, and he wanted that money now. It really looked like "Paul" and I were doing business together. In one email, I told him we needed to ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A cruel scam known as pig butchering has struck yet another Bay Area resident. This time, an elderly widow in San Jose thought she found new love online. Instead, she was ...