BOUNTIFUL, Utah — Scammers are taking advantage of the Taylor Swift frenzy, hacking Facebook accounts and attempting to sell fake concert tickets. Bountiful resident Morgan Treft said after buying tickets through a third party for the pop star’s Seattle concert, she did not think twice about buying tickets from a…
NEW YORK (AP) — With the help of technology, scammers are tricking Americans out of more money than ever before. But there are steps you can take to keep your money and information safe. In 2022, reported consumer losses to fraud totaled $8.8 billion — a 30 percent increase from…
WEST HAVEN, Utah — For years, KSL has warned about scammers stealing photos from social media to dupe people in romance and other scams by pretending to be someone else. For victims, catfishing can be devastating. But what about the people the scammers pretend to be? “It’s just… not me,”…
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Federal officials say the man behind a nationwide senior romance scam has been sentenced. Edwin Agbi, the architect behind a scheme to steal money from elderly people, has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison, according to the Department of Justice. The sentence was imposed…
