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U.S. District Judge William C. Lee sentenced a Fort Wayne man to two years in prison for operating a phone scam selling advertisements for non-existent publications during a seven-year period.
A Stockton woman has become the third to tell Lodi police that she was the victim of a lottery scam that bilks thousands of dollars from older, Hispanic women.
Salem police are issuing an alert about an unusual scam where a person illegally taps into outside business and residential phone junction boxes and then makes calls to 900 numbers.
State regulators are looking into allegations that a Virginia used car dealership pressured young North Carolina service members into buying overpriced cars by offering them rides to the lot and then threatening to strand them there, hours away from base.
A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has convicted two people on extortion and fraud charges for their role in operating moving companies that swindled customers, including many in Wisconsin, by holding their furniture hostage until they paid double or more than the contracted price.
Montville police arrested an Uncasville man on charges he posed as a home improvement contractor and bilked two elderly women out of thousands of dollars.
State police at Swiftwater have received several recent reports from senior citizens and their families about phone calls they received promising a large payoff for a small investment.
Toronto police have uncovered a scam in which U.S. vehicles damaged in accidents are rebuilt with stolen parts and then sold to unsuspecting customers.
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