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 ...

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 ...

59 was sentenced to 19.5 years in federal prison for online child solicitation.According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida, Gilbert used a cell phone while in the ...

a Monday morning turned into a nightmare for a Mumbai businessman––Rs 7.5 crore vanished from his company’s bank account and this was a SIM swap scam. Cybercriminals managed to convince his telecom ...

ESCANABA — The Delta County Sheriff’s Office is warning about a phone scam that has targeted the area. The Delta County Sheriff’s Office has received many reports of people getting phone calls from ...

It's a scam," she said. Loris's daughter was never in a crash, she was never arrested, and it wasn't her on the phone. The scammers were using AI to copy her voice. Shawn Dachel is a manager at ...

SIM swap scams have emerged as a growing threat to financial security, with criminals exploiting vulnerabilities in mobile carrier systems to gain unauthorized control of victims’ phone numbers and ...