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Elderly Woman Scammed Out of $20,000, Suspects Charged in Miramar
A South Florida woman is sharing her story to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself. Pauline Bryce, 71, shared her story with NBC 6 after a father-son duo scammed her out of $20,000. Both culprits were arrested by the Miramar Police Department and were charged with elderly exploitation and theft, but Bryce and police fear there are more victims out…
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Elderly Woman Scammed, Suspects Arrested: Miramar Police
Two men have been arrested and charged with elderly exploitation and theft. NBC 6’s Victor Jorges reports.
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Woman Loses Life Savings in SIM Swap Scam
Fraudsters drained a woman’s bank accounts after swapping her phone’s SIM card. What you need to know about a scam that’s gaining popularity
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NBC 6 Responds: Sim Swap Scam
NBC 6’s Sasha Jones reports on a new scam that has quadrupled in recent years and is leaving thousands of people with no money: a sim card swap.
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Broward Woman Says She Lost Over $18K in SIM Swap Scam
A woman who lives in Broward County says a scammer drained thousands from her crypto and bank accounts.
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NY Bodybuilder's Disability Fraud Scheme Exposed by Wife's Instagram Posts
A Long Island man’s yearslong scheme to collect disability insurance benefits all the while he trained for bodybuilding competitions and owned and operated a limousine business was foiled by a series of social media posts, state officials said. Instagram posts chronicling Anthony Ragusa’s physical transformation as a bodybuilder helped the state attorney general’s office catch the fraudster for illegally...
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Sophisticated Police Impersonation Scam Claims Physician as Victim
A doctor was fooled by two men who persuaded her they were real City of Miami Police officers.
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Doctor Says She Was Scammed by Police Impersonators
A doctor is sounding the alarm after she was scammed by a Miami Police Department impersonator. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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Authorities Warn of Fake Red-Light Camera Ticket Scam
Authorities in South Florida are warning residents about a new scam that has drivers receiving fake red-light tickets in the mail. NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman reports
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Plumber Victimized by Transient Scammers
As the weather gets cold up north, many snowbirds move south — and unfortunately, they include swindlers and scammers looking for opportunities. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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Woman Scammed by Phony Military Officer Hopes to Get Back Thousands She Lost in Dating Scam
Broward resident Susan Rizzo is heartbroken but is seeking her money back after she was scammed by a phony military officer. She is also looking to prevent other women from experiencing the pain she’s going through. “However, for somebody else to get taken like this emotionally and financially—it’s embarrassing. It’s hurtful,” Rizzo exclusively told NBC 6. Normally, there’s not...
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Investigation Continues Into Scammer Who Defrauded Woman Through Online Dating
NBC 6 Investigator Willard Shepard has been working to find out more about the person who appears to have posed as an Army officer in order to romance a woman’s money away.
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Man Used Afghanistan Crisis to Scam South Florida Woman
A man posed as an admirer, using the crisis in Afghanistan in an effort to gain a South Florida woman’s trust. But she’d end up losing tens of thousands of dollars instead. NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports
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Using Homeless as Pawns, NYC Lawyers and Doctors Execute $31M Trip-and-Fall Scam
The indictment said participants in the scheme recruited more than 400 people to either claim they had fallen where no accident occurred or to deliberately fall at NYC locations where they could claim there were cracks in concrete sidewalks, potholes or unsecured cellar doors.
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Here Come the Grifters: Identity Thieves Preying on Surfside Victims
Most of us look at the Surfside memorial wall and see only heartbreak, grief, and sadness. Scammers look at the pictures and names on the fence and see opportunity.
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Scammers Steal Surfside Victims' Identities
Officials say scammers took advantage of the Surfside tragedy to profit. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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Elderly “FPL” Scam in Miramar Caught on Doorbell Camera
NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo spoke with the victim who lost over $25,000 worth of sentimental possessions during the scam.
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Local Mother Loses Life Savings in Real Estate Scam
A South Florida single mother spent her life savings to put down a deposit for a condo. But the money ended up in the wrong hands.
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South Florida Woman Victim of Wire Transfer Scam
A South Florida single mother with just hours left before she must move from a condo she just spent her life savings to own—but the money ended up in the wrong hands. NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports
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Hialeah Woman Arrested for Running Rental Fraud Scam
NBC 6’s Johnny Archer is in Hialeah with how the woman carried out the scheme.