Some of the reasons are that they are often home during the day to answer the door or phone, they can be more trusting and they may not have family or friends close by to ask for a second opinion.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams issued a warning to residents Wednesday about a suspected phone scam involving a phony attorney claiming to be collecting old debts.

“If you are being asked to send a cheque, money order, or payment of any kind to claim your lottery prize, it is a scam,” the police service explained. “Hang up the phone or delete the email ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a recent phone scam. According to reports, scammers call pretending to be sheriff’s deputies — often ...

The Aledo Police Department reminds Aledo residents to use caution when answering unsolicited phone calls or calls labeled as “potential spam,” a news release says. “A financial institution ...

According to a social media post from the Fayetteville Police Department, the scam often happens something like this: someone gets a phone call, and either an unfamiliar voice demands money with ...

Canadians most often receive scam calls related to Amazon, according to a new global study. Compiled by Seattle-based Hiya, a phone scam tracking company, the ‘Q4 2024 Global Call Threat Report’ ...

It revealed a significant uptick in unwanted calls – including nuisance calls and scams – of 1.5 billion between Q3 and Q4 of 2024. Of the 11.3 billion spam calls recorded in the final three months of ...

(Bay City News file photo) The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a surge in internet and phone scams targeting elderly community members. According to officials, scammers are ...

If anyone receives a text message from Kansas Turnpike Authority, phone subscribers should ignore the texts — they are the latest in a line of scams circulating in the area. Those messages have been ...

Have you received a text from a wrong phone number lately? Be careful responding, as the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) says that could be the beginning of a cryptocurrency scam attempt.

Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters are back in the market to cheat people with a new modus operandi, a ‘Call Merging Scam’, which is a simple yet crafty phishing approach that baits unsuspecting phone users ...