Hollywood rental property scam leads to LAPD investigation, search for suspects who used fake checks

Police are looking for a pair of suspects who used counterfeit checks and fake identities to rent in several Los Angeles ...

Police say suspects used stolen IDs, fake checks to rent Los Angeles apartments

Police are searching for a second suspect in a renter fraud investigation involving identity theft and check fraud in Los ...

8 Georgians ran phony check-cashing scheme with stolen information from USPS employee

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Eight residents of South Georgia, including a bank branch employee, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a check-cashing and kickback scheme in Valdosta, which used ...

Former Valdosta bank employee, seven others sentenced for check-cashing fraud

Eight Valdosta residents, including a bank branch employee, were sentenced to prison for a check-cashing scheme.
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Fake 'Amazon' sites are exploding before Black Friday — how to not get scammed

Fake Amazon and eBay sites are spiking ahead of Black Friday, using real logos, photos, and “too good to be true” prices to ...
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I Almost Fell for an $80K Check Scam — Here’s How I Caught It in Time

When Joe Schulz*, a small-business owner based in New Jersey, received a new customer order from a company based in Dubai, he felt that something may be off. It turned out his instincts were right, as ...

Tariff dividend checks: How to separate facts from scams

That's what happened in February, when Trump and Elon Musk raised the idea of $5,000 dividend checks from the Department of ...