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Unlocked Cars Account For More Than 75 Percent Of Thefts From Vehicles 12/10/2013 01:20pm • In November, 74 of the 96 vehicles involved in thefts from cars in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Police District were unlocked, according to 2nd District Police Commander Capt. David Falcinelli. The nearly 100 thefts from vehicles in November was the highest monthly total this year in the District, Falci Beware of scammers running 'Obamacare' schemes 10/16/2013 04:51pm • WASHINGTON -- It was bound to happen: Scammers trying to capitalize on "Obamacare." The Affordable Health Care Act is designed for people who do not have insurance. In order to join, you must apply for it. So if someone approaches you about buying into it, it's a scam. "The government is not ca Scam threatening arrest spreads to Prince William Co. 09/13/2013 06:05pm • WASHINGTON - You got to hand it to them, rip-off artists keep coming up with newer and more creative ways of separating us from our money. The latest swindle is a new twist on an old type of phone scam. To entice them to pay up, the victim is told there's a warrant out for their arrest. That woul ACPD Warns of Utility Scam 09/11/2013 03:00pm • The Arlington County Police Department warns that scam artists have been targeting residents around the county, claiming to be employees of Dominion Power. Scam artists have been calling Arlington residents, claiming to be utility bill collectors, according to police. They often become aggressive on New prepaid card scam threatens victims with arrest 09/09/2013 07:26pm • WASHINGTON - It's a scam. But this one is more intimidating than others. The calls, at least six of them in Loudoun County in the last week, come from someone claiming to be Lt. Mike Stevens of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The caller tells the person who answers the phone that there is a Resident Warns of Ballston Gas Station Scam 09/04/2013 03:35pm • If someone approaches you in the Ballston area, claiming to be in need of gas money, you might want to think twice before obliging. According to an ARLnow.com tipster, the man is perpetrating a scam. The tipster said a man in Ballston came up to her and her husband earlier this year a As Obamacare approaches, swindlers take notice 08/20/2013 08:45pm • WASHINGTON - Swindlers are busy peddling phony Obamacare insurance. "At least half the states have seen these scams and there may be a lot more," says James Quiggle, spokesman for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. But Vivian Laxton, spokeswoman for the Maryland Insurance Administration, sa D.C. power customers say Starion ripped them off 07/12/2013 07:19pm • WASHINGTON - More than 100 D.C. residents say they thought they were getting a good deal when they signed on with third party power providers to cut their power bills. Instead, they told the D.C. Public Service Commission, they got ripped off. Speaking through an interpreter, Angel Hernandez of So Local woman scared by fake kidnapping phone scam 07/11/2013 10:36pm • WASHINTON - A scam has returned to the region and it's prompting a warning from police. It began when a Montgomery County woman received a call on her cellphone at her office in Howard County. The man's voice on the other end was unfamiliar. "Do you have a brother, or a husband or a son? Ther International phone scam strikes Loudoun County 07/11/2013 04:39am • WASHINGTON - Loudoun County, Va., officials are warning people in the region of scammers who are calling victims and posing as the local sheriff's office. The latest pitch is happening in Loudoun County where people are being asked to donate to the local sheriff's troubled youth program. But the Va. scammers claim to be from attorney general's office 07/02/2013 07:42pm • WASHINGTON - Virginians are being warned about a bold, new sweepstakes fraud in which the scammers claim to be from the attorney general's office. Victims say they received a realistic-looking check in the mail and a phone call from someone claiming to be from the office of the attorney general. Using your number to scam others 06/24/2013 03:48pm • WASHINGTON - It may not affect victims' bank accounts, but a phone scam is unnerving a Maryland woman and it could easily happen to anyone. Over a three week period, Sylvia Livingston of Accokeek, Md., was getting as many as 40 return calls a day. But Livingston had not called any of the number Scammers threaten to turn off electricity 06/17/2013 08:45pm • WASHINGTON - Beware. There's an old scam circulating with a new twist that could separate you from your money. Customers of several utilities in Virginia have been getting phone calls telling them they are late on their bills and their service will be shut off unless they pay up. They also Montgomery Co. Police: Scam phone calls on rise 06/16/2013 07:20pm • WASHINGTON - Montgomery County police say that fraudulent phone calls, looking to separate you from your personal information or your money, have been on a sharp rise in the past week. The scam calls usually come in with a sense of urgency. The caller excitedly tells you that a loved one is in Scammer bilks Fairfax County residents out of hundreds 05/24/2013 03:47pm • WASHINGTON - A new scam in Fairfax County has some residents worried they better pay up or their electric meter might explode. Dozens of residents and small business owners tell police they got a phone call from someone telling them their meter was broken and their electricity would be shut off an