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Scammers target Prince George's County residents 07/07/2014 06:31pm • WASHINGTON -- A scam that surfaced in Arlington County earlier this year and has now popped up in Prince George's County: Telephone fraudsters try to persuade potential victims to pay an immediate fine or face arrest. "The citizen is told that they failed to meet a court date and as a result of Cops: Truckers duped by woman impersonating doctor 07/03/2014 05:14pm • MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A California truck driver pulled into the Blue Beacon Truck Wash in central Pennsylvania and spotted an advertisement for low-cost health exams for truckers. Needing one for his commercial driver's license, he called the number on the sign and was picked up by a wom T-Mobile accused of making money off bogus billing 07/02/2014 01:46pm • ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators are urging consumers to go through their phone bills line by line after they accused T-Mobile US of wrongly charging customers for premium services, like horoscope texts and quirky ringtones, the customers never authorized.The Fede Regulators accuse T-Mobile of bogus billing 07/02/2014 03:20am • ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- T-Mobile US knowingly made hundreds of millions of dollars off its customers in potentially bogus charges, federal regulators alleged Tuesday in the first lawsuit of its kind against a wireless provider.The lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission, wh New high on Wall Street ... FTC goes after T-Mobile USA ... Infant seat recall 07/01/2014 06:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market rose to an all-time high today, buoyed by evidence of a global recovery in manufacturing. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed within two points of 17,000 for the first time after separate surveys showed manufacturing expansion trends in both the United States a Jamaica police arrest 10 in lottery scam probe 06/15/2014 06:10pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- A police task force in Jamaica arrested 10 people on suspicion of involvement in the Caribbean country's lottery scam rings, authorities said Sunday.The island's Lottery Scam Task Force made the arrests during an operation in Browns Town in the mostly rural parish of St. An IRS Scam Threatens Immigrants With Deportation 06/13/2014 01:30pm • An Internal Revenue Service impersonation scam has victimized some Arlington-based immigrants, threatening them with deportation unless they drive to Home Depot and add money to pre-paid gift cards. “So many people already got in trouble,” Shamim Naseer, who received one o Feds: NYC strippers drugged, stole from rich men 06/12/2014 04:34am • TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a tawdry tale of New York City strippers on the prowl for men with money, drinks spiked with illegal synthetic drugs and runaway credit card charges at topless clubs.Some of the men say they have little or no memory of any of it. But investigators fill Zillow Rental Scam Targets Clarendon Renters 05/28/2014 01:55pm • A prospective Arlington renter nearly fell victim to a scam posted on real estate website Zillow last week, according to one Clarendon rental broker. Matthew Leighton, a broker with Century 21 Redwood Realty, said he received a phone call from a renter inquiring about a Zillow listing for a&nbs Phone scammers say they are from Md. sheriff's department, request money 04/02/2014 07:22pm • WASHINGTON -- Imagine getting a phone call from a sheriff's deputy saying there's a warrant out for your arrest. And imagine hearing them tell you the only way out is for you to give out your credit-card information and Social Security number. Someone's doing that and a local sheriff's departmen Sheriff: Sheriff’s Deputy Phone Scam Hits MoCo 04/02/2014 02:20pm • Scammers are calling Montgomery County residents and threatening immediate arrest, unless the call-taker forks over some cash. Montgomery County Sheriff Darren Popkin on Wednesday said somebody is calling county residents and claiming to work as a deputy in his office. The scammer is claiming that a Police again warn of ‘Jury Duty' phone scam 03/26/2014 09:30am • The Arlington County Police Department is again warning of a phone scam involving scammers who impersonate law enforcement. Police originally warned of the scam last month. It involves a caller claiming to be from the police department or Sheriff’s Office, demanding payment of a fine for fa Police warn of Arlington County phone scammers 02/25/2014 05:32pm • WASHINGTON -- Maybe it seems like a scam for which no one would fall, but when threatened with arrest, who knows? The scenario begins like this: In Arlington County, the telephone rings and the caller, a scammer, says he's a lieutenant with the sheriff's office. "Each time the victims are conta Police Warn of Jury Duty Phone Scam 02/25/2014 02:00pm • The Arlington County Police Department is warning of a phone scam that’s targeting Arlington residents. According to police, residents are getting a call from someone fraudulently claiming to be from the Arlington Sheriff’s Office. The caller then demands the resident pay a “fine&# Beware: Flappy Bird copycat scam apps taking flight 02/17/2014 10:02am • WASHINGTON - Hackers have wasted no time exploiting the departure of the wildly popular Flappy Bird mobile game. "Now that the Flappy Bird app is gone, criminals are using the demand gap for this app as an opportunity to get fake and trojanized versions of Flappy Bird out there," says Christop