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Scam Targeting Seniors

FBI says older Americans lost $8B to scams last year; how to stay safe

Jul 28

Retired couple speaks out after being scammed out of $845K

May 21

Scammers target seniors, steal $100M+ through gold bar scheme

Aug 6

California widower loses $1M to 'wrong number' crypto romance scam

Oct 31, 2025

Raleigh woman loses thousands to computer scam

Mar 22, 2025

98-year-old woman scammed out of $800K, but no one facing charges

Dec 19, 2024

Americans older than 60 lost $3.4 billion to scams in 2023: FBI

May 1, 2024

Romance scam swindles life savings from widow moving to Cary

Sep 21, 2023

Grandma scammed out of $5,000 trying to get puppy for grandson

Jul 14, 2023

Latest Videos

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Be wary of ticket scammers trying to cash in on NCAA games in Triangle

Mar 17, 2025

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98-year-old NC woman scammed out of $800K, but no one facing charges

Dec 18, 2024

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Widow moves to Cary to start new life; ends up losing $78,000 of her life savings in romance scam

Sep 21, 2023

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Raleigh woman who lost life savings in imposter scam is now warning others

Apr 1, 2023

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Troubleshooter: Scammers using the BBB name in lottery scam

Jul 21, 2020

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Fake FBI agents threaten sick, elderly woman with jail

Jul 15, 2017

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NCDOI: Retired insurance agents targeted senior citizens

May 22, 2017

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Elderly man falls prey to lottery scam

May 20, 2017

Latest Stories

'I didn't order it': Cary woman gets COVID tests in the mail she says she didn't order or want

"I say, well, this is a fraudulent claim because I did not order it. I did not request it. I do not know why they sent it to us in the first place."

May 3, 2023

Couple tricked into wiring nearly $70K from Wells Fargo account to scammer

The scammer convinced the man that nearly $70,000 was "accidentally" transferred and asked him to "wire back" $68,000.

Apr 28, 2023

NC woman loses life savings thinking she's 'helping the government,' now she's warning others

The 84-year-old tells ABC11 Troubleshooter she's embarrassed and devastated after losing her life savings.

Apr 2, 2023

Apex Police warn of cloning of police department phone numbers in fraud scam

Apex Police are looking into an apparent fraud scam where someone cloned a police department phone number in a scheme to steal money from residents.

Mar 22, 2023

Grandma tricks alleged scammer into coming to her house where police pounce, make arrest

"He fell for it. Hook, line and sinker," the Long Island woman said.

Jan 22, 2022