Scammers impersonate government officials to extract personal information or money
Dartmouth, N.S. — A Winnipeg man who pleaded guilty to defrauding three Halifax-area seniors out of nearly $30,000 in a bail scam asked a Dartmouth court Friday to transfer his …
Galveston County, Texas — The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam in which callers impersonate deputies and demand payments for allegedly missing jury duty. According …
Guilford County, N.C. — A 21-year-old man was arrested on May 1 for allegedly attempting to defraud a 78-year-old Stokesdale woman in a sophisticated scam involving impersonation of law enforcement. …
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — 67-year-old Glenn Ross was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including impersonating a public officer, by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest occurred on April …
In a significant development, Narayana Das (58), the main accused in the fake narcotics case that wrongfully implicated Sheela Sunny, a beauty parlour owner from Chalakudy, has been arrested in …
In a major breakthrough, the Central District Police successfully dismantled a large-scale fake identity card racket and arrested three individuals involved in forging documents and illegally updating Aadhaar details using …
A sophisticated scam came to light in Noida after the police arrested Prashant Kumar Gupta, a 34-year-old man accused of swindling several people by impersonating a railway employee. Gupta, who …
Raymond Ofomala, a 36-year-old businessman, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, facing charges of defrauding a Finnish retiree, Marianne Kertain Elisabet Westerholm, of GH¢204,115.21. Ofomala allegedly posed as a …
On April 16, 2025, the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) received multiple reports about a man soliciting money under false pretenses. The man, later identified as Terry Allen Damstra of …
Terol Castel Lyn, 24, is facing charges after allegedly impersonating an FBI agent and scamming an elderly victim out of thousands of dollars. According to Pembroke Pines Police, the scam …
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