scams

Spring is an opportunity for scammers to capitalize on all the home improvement projects you've been neglecting.

Text scams warning folks they're about to be fined if they don't pay certain tolls are ramping up again and, on a personal note, driving me bananas. They won't leave me alone.

Cruise ship passengers who hide ducks on vacation are being targeted as part of a new scam.

Just when you think a text scam has been beaten, it returns and is worse than ever.

Police are warning shoppers of a new gift card scam called "card draining" as we head into the holiday season.

Young college students are more susceptible to falling for scams that give them a "little financial relief" this semester. Don't be the next victim.

Whoever is responsible for this should be punished with everything the law allows. A widow in Illinois lost $1 million dollars in what the FBI describes as a "pig fattening and butchering" scam.

This is the time of year in Illinois when many are trying to hurry to finish home repair projects before the colder weather arrives. Criminals know this which is why the state of Illinois is warning of sinister home repair scams happening right now designed to rip you off.

Romance scams cost Americans billions in 2022, and they're only getting worse.

If something seems a little too good to be true, or someone wants you to give you a cash prize but you didn't enter a contest, it's probably not legit.