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A Long Island man’s yearslong scheme to collect disability insurance benefits all the while he trained for bodybuilding competitions and owned and operated a limousine business was foiled by a series of social media posts, state officials said. Instagram posts chronicling Anthony Ragusa’s physical transformation as a bodybuilder helped the state attorney general’s office catch the fraudster for illegally...

Your Instagram account is great to share your videos and photos with followers, but scammers are eager to take it away from you. A devious scam sends you an email or Instagram DM claiming that you have violated copyright law and your account will be deleted. It urges you to click on a link and enter your login details. Betsy…

A new scam is looking to convince Instagram users that they violated copyright law. Here is what you need to know.

It is a good idea to know, and when, to freeze your account so no one can open a credit account in your name.

Scam artists are using stolen tracking codes and using deceitful tactics to make sure you don’t get the item you ordered ━ or a refund.

Police in Topsfield, Massachusetts, last week arrested three people they said were carrying out a scheme to defraud someone out of thousands of dollars by pretending their grandchild was in jail. Topsfield police were alerted to the scam just after noon on Dec. 1, officials said Wednesday. The victim had been told his grandson was in jail and needed $7,000…

You may want to slow down when shopping online this year to make sure you are buying from legitimate sites.

More and more venues are reopening after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But before you start buying up tickets to concerts, shows and events, you may want to think twice about where you’re buying them. “I’ve been going to concerts before Woodstock,” says Greg Ferrier of Middleborough, Massachusetts. “I’ve never had a problem before.” But Ferrier recently...

The indictment said participants in the scheme recruited more than 400 people to either claim they had fallen where no accident occurred or to deliberately fall at NYC locations where they could claim there were cracks in concrete sidewalks, potholes or unsecured cellar doors.

This was set to be an exciting new chapter for John and Deborah Simmons. Instead, it is a nightmare as they wonder if they’ll ever see most of their belongings again. “It wouldn’t be too bad if we knew everything was going to be in Florida, but it’s in limbo, makes it harder,” John Simmons said. The couple say...

The FBI received a record number of complaints last year, with people reporting losses of more than $4 billion to scammers.

The Maine Department of Labor has warned residents of a new phishing scam in which a scammer is sending text messages while posing as the department. The labor department said the scammer is attempting to pry victims’ personal information via the text messages. The messages typically include links that claim to lead to information about unemployment benefits on unofficial websites….

Automated phone scams annoy many of us on a daily basis, and they present a variety of serious threats. The TEN looks at the efforts being made to combat them.

Vermont’s attorney general is pointing to a landmark settlement which he says could provide a pathway to future enforcement actions against robocall scammers. T.J. Donovan, a Democrat, said Vermonters received roughly 5 million robocalls in March 2021 alone. Many calls impersonate real government agencies and make threats trying to get victims to cough up cash. “Through this settlement, I believe…

Last month alone, Vermont residents received about 5 million unwanted robocalls.

With the application period for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 funeral reimbursement program now open, Attorney General Maura Healey and the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association are advising residents to be wary of scams and not to give out personal and financial information over the phone or email. Eligible individuals can receive up to $9,000 per funeral and $35,500 per…

Since 2018, people have reported losing almost $245 million in gift card scams.

Robocalls are declining, but if you are still getting too many, there are ways to block them.

The Maine Department of Labor has warned residents of an online fraud in which a scammer is masquerading as the labor department on social media. The labor department says the scammer is committing a phishing fraud for Mainers’ personal information. They’ve created social media pages that mimic the labor department’s and are asking victims to direct message them for...

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office is looking to reimburse people who lost money in a fraudulent tech support scheme.