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New video shows more ATM skimmers around region 08/21/2014 05:14pm • WASHINGTON -- The Fairfax County Police Department has released a series of videos depicting ATM skimmer devices being installed and removed at local Navy Federal Credit Union locations. Those locations include: 11180 Lee Highway, Fairfax, Va. 22030 from July 1-7, 2014 7678-D Richmond Highwa Sniffing out spear phishing scams 08/21/2014 11:03am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX -- Question: If ransomware hackers can infect me by sending fake email messages from the company I work for, how am I supposed to protect myself? As I discussed in a recent post, crypto ransomware uses a variety of methods to trick victims into clicking o Scammers posing as police target Alexandria 08/13/2014 04:58pm • WASHINGTON -- Alexandria police say they've received more than 20 calls from residents reporting a phone scam in the area. A similar scam has also been reported in Howard County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia, says Crystal Nosal, with the Alexandria police. The caller trying to scam Loudoun Co. officials: Be alert for new tactics on old scams 08/09/2014 12:53pm • WASHINGTON -- Con artists simply don't give up. They keep coming up with new ways to separate you from your money. And a local sheriff's office is warning of a freshened-up version of an old scam. In Loudoun County, Virginia, the sheriff's office says residents recently received alerts on their Police: Duo used door-to-door scam for drug money 08/08/2014 10:28am • JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania couple is accused of going door-to-door selling "pizza kits" supposedly to raise money for their young daughter's ballet lessons, but police say they really used the money to buy drugs.The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1kO0KpN ) reports that West Hil Scammers using PayPal prepaid debit cards to target businesses 08/05/2014 10:27am • WASHINGTON -- D.C. area business owners should be on the lookout for scammers using prepaid debit cards to steal items. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating cases where a PayPal MasterCard prepaid debit card was used to steal from retail stores and restaurants. The fraudsters are First plea agreements signed in lottery scam case 07/31/2014 03:10pm • DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The first plea agreements have been reached in a wide-ranging federal investigation into a Jamaican lottery scam targeting mostly elderly victims in the United States, including one woman from North Dakota who agreed to empty her savings account and First plea agreements signed in lottery scam case 07/31/2014 03:10pm • DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The first plea agreements have been reached in a wide-ranging federal investigation into a Jamaican lottery scam targeting mostly elderly victims in the United States, including one woman from North Dakota who agreed to empty her savings account and First plea agreements signed in lottery scam case 07/31/2014 03:10pm • DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The first plea agreements have been reached in a wide-ranging federal investigation into a Jamaican lottery scam targeting mostly elderly victims in the United States, including one woman from North Dakota who agreed to empty her savings account and Consumer Reports warns about scammers targeting hotels 07/28/2014 10:48pm • WASHINGTON -- Are you traveling this summer? Keep in mind scammers may try to prey on you during your hotel stay in creative ways, according to Consumer Reports. You might get a call on your hotel room phone. "This is the front desk," the voice on the other end may say. "We're having a problem Jamaica police arrest 41 suspected scammers 07/23/2014 06:50pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- More than three dozen Jamaicans have been arrested as suspected lottery scammers, police on the Caribbean island said Wednesday.The Jamaica Constabulary Force said a two-day operation this week by police and soldiers netted 41 suspects in western Jamaica. Raids took place s Doctor sues NY strip club over credit card scheme 07/16/2014 08:30pm • MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The three evenings started innocently enough: The cardiologist says he and a woman who introduced herself as a nursing student went to dinner and, on one occasion, a concert at Madison Square Garden.They ended, he says, in a drug-induced blur.Dr. Zy US: Man posed as airline worker to get free travel 07/11/2014 06:40pm • DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) -- Federal officials say that a Georgia man posed as an airline employee to score cheap travel and resold the tickets for thousands of dollars.The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles said that 37-year-old Gilbert Myers Jr. of Atlanta remained in custody Transportation officials warn of E-ZPass scams 07/10/2014 11:31am • WASHINGTON -- A new phishing scam is targeting E-ZPass owners along the East Coast, including drivers who live in Maryland and Virginia. The phishing effort comes in an email that appears to be from E-ZPass, saying drivers owe an unpaid toll. The emails says users can click a link to settle the Philippines nabs Taiwanese, Chinese linked to scam 07/10/2014 06:20am • JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine police arrested 44 foreigners who allegedly ran an online blackmail syndicate that defrauded victims in China and Taiwan by duping them into believing that their bank accounts have been used by money launderers or terrorists, police s