Scams

The products are advertised online as a kind of golden ticket that will help propel Trump’s 2024 bid and make the “real patriots” who support him rich when cashed in.

The Milford Fire Department is driving home the message: if you see something, say something. The department has received several reports of an individual posing as a fire inspector. “What we try to tell people is ‘No. Don’t. Stop. Question.’ If you don’t think it’s right, don’t do anything. Call 9-1-1 immediately,” said Milford’s Deputy Fire Marshal Timothy Suden....

Milford officials say imposters posing as fire inspectors are going to businesses and homes, performing phony inspections, and then demanding cash payments on the spot.

“Pig butchering” operations run out of Asia but target victims globally, with scammers promising love and wealth to get their victims to invest their fortunes.

New York is looking for love in all the wrong places, apparently — but a couple other states get burnt worse by fake loves.

Scammers are now using a simple photo of people’s cars to trick social media users out of their money.

Imagine seeing a pic of your car posted, reporting it stolen … but it hasn’t been. NBC 7 and Telemundo 20’s Tania Luviano explains.

The law enforcement agency said bad actors had figured out how to infect phones with malware using public charging cables.

A student and track star at Lasell University in Newton, Massachusetts, appeared in court on Friday after being arrested for allegedly stealing over $500,000 from the jewelry store where she worked and using at least some of those funds to buy a Tesla, purchase thousands of dollars of Louis Vuitton merchandise and pay for a trip to Hawaii. Ariel Foster,…

Consumers lost hundreds of millions of dollars last year and they are expected to lose more this year as scammers continue to strike. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4’s I-team on Jan. 18, 2023.

People in Connecticut lost nearly $50,000 this holiday season due to scammers between November and January.

Don’t rely solely on product ratings when buying stuff online — they’re likely skewed by fake reviews.

Budget-conscious shoppers are scouring for the best holiday sales this year, and scammers are counting on it, according to a fraud expert.

Veterans, active duty and military families are nearly 40% more likely to lose money to scams and fraud, according to AARP. Troy Broussard, an Army Desert Storm veteran and senior advisor of AARP’s Veteran and Military Families Initiative, says scammers are focused on our nation’s heroes because they have access to things civilians don’t like VA benefits and sometimes...

As the election nears, scammers look for every angle to take advantage of voters. Learn how you can protect yourself from election scams.

There is a warning that students could be scammed out of cash after falling for a fake claim they could be eligible for COVID relief funds.

There is a warning that students could be scammed out of cash after falling for a fake claim they could be eligible for COVID relief funds. On Facebook, Central Connecticut Police alerted about a scam that it reports at least one university student in the state has already fallen victim to. CCSU says they haven’t had a case of...

Experts are urging parents to be careful about how much information they post on social media about their children in back to school photos.

East Hampton police are warning residents to be careful of a scam in which an automated phone system is requesting donations to go to the town’s police union. Officials said the automated systems states their name is John and the number is spoofed to appear as an East Hampton phone number. Police are warning residents not to give money...

Bloomfield officials are warning residents to be cautious because a woman identifying herself as a nurse is falsely entering elderly residents’ homes. Town officials said the woman has been knocking on elderly residents’ doors saying she’s a nurse performing wellness checks and asks if she can come inside. Officials said West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District nurses don’t make unannounced house...