Scams

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Philly water customers warned of a phishing scheme on a fake payment website

Philadelphia revenue department warns of text message phishing scam

Philly Phishing Scam

PECO warns against scam call offering to review charges on statement

PECO scam call

School District of Philadelphia lost nearly $700,000 to cyber fraud, city controller says

School district fraud

Sixers' Jared McCain partners with Instagram in campaign to combat sextortion

Jared Mccain Sixers

Temple University warns community of scam involving callers impersonating police

temple university police scam

Owners of Philly moving company threatened workers and stole wages, district attorney says

Moving company scam

Philadelphia Parking Authority says scammers are sending texts about fake unpaid tickets

PPA Phishing Scam

Pennsylvania Turnpike warns E-ZPass users of phishing scam

New Jersey woman sues Tinder for allegedly letting scammers use her photos

Tinder Lawsuit New Jersey

Philly Instagram influencer settles lawsuit over scamming customers

IG scam settlement

Pennsylvania, New Jersey sue company accused of facilitating billions of spam calls

Robocall Lawsuit

New Jersey law inspired by 'Seinfeld' requires telemarketers to provide their contact information

Telemarketing Seinfeld

Before Roe v. Wade, a Philadelphia drug company sold women a fake abortion pill

Chichester abortion pills

Former South Jersey couple indicted in $4.5 million online dating scheme

Indictment Online Romance

New FCC rules require cell phone carriers to block scam text messages sent to consumers

Scam text rules

Cherry Hill residents are being targeted by an FBI phone scam

Cherry Hill FBI scams

U.S. Marshals and FBI warn of scammers impersonating agents in the Philadelphia area

FBI/ US Marshal Service scam

Johnny Bobbitt, homeless man at center of $400,000 GoFundMe scam, sentenced to probation

Johnny Bobbitt GoFundMe Scam

Scammers steal $3 million from Chester Upland schools with hacked emails and fake online dating profile

Chester Schools Scam

Mark D'Amico sentenced to five years in state prison over $400,000 GoFundMe scam

Mark D'Amico Sentence

GoFundMe scammer Kate McClure gets 1 year in prison for homeless man scheme

GoFundMe Kate McClure

GoFundMe scammer Mark D'Amico who fabricated homeless story sentenced to over 2 years

GoFundMe D'Amico Sentencing

Mark D'Amico pleads guilty in $400,000 GoFundMe scam with ex-girlfriend, homeless vet

GoFundMe Scam Damico

Philly Instagram influencer sued for allegedly scamming Black-owned small businesses

Dana Chanel Lawsuit Influencer

Contractor was hired to reseal driveways then allegedly just painted surfaces with black paint, Delco D.A. says

Delco Contractor Scam

'Scam Goddess' podcast lampoons city's Philly Fighting COVID scandal

New Jersey residents warned of COVID-19 contact tracing scam

Contact Tracing Scam

Health Insurance

How to spot an insurance scam during open enrollment for ACA, Medicare plans

Remember the GoFundMe scammers of 2017? They're still facing more trouble

Mark DAmico Kate Mcclure gofundme

Police warning residents of social security scammers

0918_Scammers

Director Kevin Smith blasts photo theft in keto weight loss phishing scam

WMMR calls powerlifting contest billed as Campout for Hunger fundraiser a 'fraud'

Jessica Cornell

Philly-area Uber driver uses woman's phone to give himself $100 tip, five-star rating

Uber car philly

Delco D.A.: Man allegedly faked racist email from county employee and posed as NY Times, GMA journalists

Nikolaos Hatziefstathiou

South Jersey pastor allegedly sold bleach as miracle cure in Africa

MMS Uganda

Widely-circulated Hersheypark survey promising free tickets turns out to be a scam

0514_Hersheypark Scam

Elderly population in Pa. defrauded for more than $1.2 billion each year, study says

People Holding a Piggy Bank

Department of Homeland Security issues fraud alert for immigration spoofing scam

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Scammers pose as New Jersey State Police to get Social Security numbers

Cell phone

GoFundMe refunds thousands of donors in N.J. trio's viral $400,000 scam

Kate McClure Johnny

GoFundMe scam’s Johnny Bobbitt seeks to enter drug court rather than face trial

Kate McClure Johnny

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