Northbrook Police Department received a report of an online scam from a resident living in the block of 1700 Marcee Lane in Northbrook. The complainant met a subject online who claimed he could help with […]
Northbrook police received a report of a victim’s loss of personal property from a phone scam that occurred, Friday, February 21, 2025 in Northbrook, Illinois. The scam, initiated by a phone call from a scammer, […]
During the holiday season, just four days before Christmas Day 2024, a female victim of a street criminal was scammed out of her purse, cash, credit cards, and her Apple iPhone in a scam known […]
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and 19th Judicial Circuit have become aware of a new scam targeting Lake County residents. This scam involves con artists calling Lake County residents, introducing themselves as a member of […]
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and 19th Judicial Circuit have become aware of a scam targeting Lake County residents. This scam involves con artists calling Lake County residents and introducing themselves as a member of […]
Emmerson Buie Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Chicago Division, on Friday, March 4, 2022 warned the public about virtual kidnapping scams targeting families in Illinois and across the nation. Though […]
Apparently, Apple customers should not put as much trust in the Apple App Store as Apple would have customers believe. Apple has long maintained that its exclusive control of the App Store is essential to […]
Scammer have found a way to prey on college students that are stressed about making car payments and keeping up with vehicle maintenance. If you have a car, you know how expensive the upkeep can […]
Naperville posted an alert on their official Facebook page Thursday April 25, 2019 advising the community of a relatively new scam being reported across the country that is diverting employees’ paychecks into other accounts. Scammers […]
Arlington Heights police this week are warning residents to be wary of calls seeking money to bail a grandchild out of jail following a fraudulent phone call that caused an elderly woman to be scammed […]
The IRS phone scam involves an unsolicited call from an individual fraudulently claiming to be a representative from the Internal Revenue Service in an attempt to defraud the call recipient of money. A number of […]
Buffalo Grove police received a report that a Buffalo Grove woman was scammed out of $50,022 between October 2015 and January 2016 by a man she met on matchmaking service Match.com, according to Buffalo Grove […]
Mount Prospect police received a report that a Mount Prospect resident was scammed out of $200 about 1:00 p.m. January 27, 2016. The male victim received a phone call from a man pretending to be […]
Facebook.com has a help community, but there are some scammers lurking in the community that are out to help themselves to your money — not help you with your Facebook problem. Today, several people were […]
Con artists have a formula that continues to fool unsuspecting victims into handing over money, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars, with online romance scams. Joy, scammed by a Match.com member, lost $510,000. $350K to […]
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