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David N. Kirkman
Task Force Alert
Chair
Asst Attorney General
Consumer Protection
NC Department of Justice
P.O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-716-6000

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Consumer Fraud Alerts

  1. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers Attempt to Use Local Police to Reconnect with Elderly Repeat Victim of Fraud
  2. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers Use a New Method to Steal Your Money
  3. Senior Fraud Alert: Rockingham Co. Sheriff, Others Warn of Strangers Seeking Payment Via Green Dot Cards
  4. Senior Fraud Alert: Chapel Hill Police Warn of Jamaican Sweepstakes Scammers Demanding Money ASAP
  5. Senior Fraud Alert: Phony Cops Are Scamming Business Owners
  6. Trade Practices Alert: Warnings About Seminars on Stock Trading
  7. Senior Fraud Alert: Home Computer Users, Beware of That Call from Tech Support
  8. Trade Practices Alert: Feds Go After Abusive "Collectors"
  9. Senior Fraud Alert: Task Force Member's Work Helps to Secure Guilty Pleas from 2nd Defendant in Case of Cross-Border Fraud Against Seniors
  10. Senior Fraud Alert: Charlotte Victim, Bank Officials, PD Financial Crimes Unit, DA Secure Convictions Against Alleged Financial Predator
  11. Trade Practices Alert: Grant scammers’ tangled web dismantled
  12. Senior Fraud Alert: NC - Based Home Repair Fraud Group Active
  13. Senior Fraud Alert: "Classic Ponzi Scheme" Victimizes Friends, Nets Lenghty Prison Term
  14. Senior Fraud Alert: Buying Gift Cards to Enter a Sweepstakes Contest or Collect a Prize? Something Isn't Right
  15. Senior Fraud Alert: Fraud Artists Posing as Social Security Officials, Seeking Bank Account Info
  16. Senior Fraud Alert: Callers Pose as Law Enforcement Officers, Attempt to "Shake Down" Call Recipients
  17. Senior Fraud Alert: Roof Sealant Scammers Target Older Home Owners
  18. Senior Fraud Alert: "Grandparent Scam" Becoming Costlier and More Sophisticated
  19. Senior Fraud Alert: Repeat Victims of Fraud Groups; Two Resources That Might Help
  20. Senior Fraud Alert: Western NC Estate Planning Specialist Gets Lengthy Prison Sentence; Must Repay $10.5 Million to Retirees
  21. Senior Fraud Alert: New Consumer Awareness Materials From US Postal Inspection Service
  22. Attorney General Alert: Time Means Phony IRS Scams
  23. Trade Practices Alert: Foreign Currency Investment Company Allegedly Promising Monthly Returns of 5% Ordered to Cease and Desist
  24. Trade Practices Alert: Beware of Letters from "State Record Retrieval Board"
  25. Senior Fraud Alert: Con Men Execute $10K Pigeon Drop Scam in S.E. Charlotte Shopping Center Parking Lot
  26. Trade Practices Alert: Feds Accuse Former Wachovia Securities Advisors of Defrauding Older Clients
  27. Senior Fraud Alert: Warning to Veterans About "Warning to Veternans!!" Email Messages
  28. Senior Fraud Alert: Federal Court Shuts Down Numerous Sweepstakes Mailing Firms
  29. Senior Fraud Alert: Update on earlier Trade Practice Alerts concerning timeshare resellers who allegedly scam seniors and others
  30. Senior Fraud Alert: Progress Energy Warns of Callers Threatening to Cut Off Service
  31. Senior Fraud Alert: Buncombe Co. Sheriff's Dept. Reports Spike in Loved-One-In-Distress Scams
  32. Senior Fraud Alert: Identity Thieves Offer Free Diabetes Equipment to Seniors
  33. Senior Fraud Alert: Callers Pose as Local RSVP Program Officials
  34. Senior Fraud Alert: Distraction Thefts by Couple Offering Tree Services
  35. Senior Fraud Alert: CNC Alzheimer's Support Groups Allegedly Targeted By Con Artist
  36. Senior Fraud Alert: Con Artists Claim to be With Make-A-Wish Foundation
  37. Trade Practices Alert: Solicitors Posing As Federal Securities Requlators
  38. Senior Fraud Alert: Identity Thieves Claim to Be With a Southeastern NC Bank
  39. Trade Practices Alert: Callers Wanting to Draft Bank Accounts for Medicare
  40. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers Pose as Tree Trimmers Working for the City
  41. Senior Fraud Alert: Census Scams
  42. Trade Practices Alert: Fundraisers for Police, Firefighter and Veterans Groups Put Out of Business, Forced to Pay $18.8 Million
  43. Trade Practices Alert: Insurance Agents Reportedly Coming to Seniors' Doors to Sign Them Up for "ObamaCare"
  44. Senior Fraud Alert: Sheriff Warns of Scammers Targeting Homes With Wheelchair Ramps
  45. Senior Fraud Alert: Home Repair Fraud Crew Takes $91,000 From Cary Man
  46. Senior Fraud Alert: Don't Be Fooled by Sweepstakes Scammers Posing as Federal Officials
  47. Senior Fraud Alert: Face-to-Face "Grandparent"
  48. Senior Fraud Alert: Warning from the Department of Veterans Affairs
  49. Senior Fraud Alert: "Please help me. I am locked out."
  50. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers May Approach When Legitimate Companies Work on Your Home
  51. Banking, Senior Care Professionals Foil Scammers
  52. Itinerant Paving Scammers Coming Out of Hibernation
  53. Urgent! We Are Now Servicing Your Mortgage
  54. Unexpected Checks Are Legitimate
  55. Contractor Sentenced; Senior Fraud Video Available
  56. FDA Reports Prescription Drug/Extortion Scam
  57. Residents of Assisted Living, Retirement Communities Targeted by Con Artists
  58. Scammer Posing as Federal and Local Law Enforcement Officers
  59. Fake surveys that could lead to identity theft
  60. Renewed Warnings About Death Threat Scams
  61. Distraction Thieves Now Posing as Carpet Salesmen
  62. Pair Sentenced for Stealing Identities, Social Security Checks
  63. Distraction Thieves Posing as City Utility Workers
  64. Threatening Calls
  65. Visitors Offering to "Assist" with SSI
  66. FBI Warns of Grand Jury Subpoenas Arriving by Email
  67. More Warnings About "Free Lunch" Retirement Seminars for Seniors
  68. AG Warns of Robo-Calls From Identity Thieves
  69. FDIC Warns of Advance Fee Loan Scams
  70. Missionary" Sentenced for Stealing Identity of 77-Year-Old NC Woman
  71. Federal Jury in NC Convicts Two in Investment Scheme Targeting Seniors
  72. Debt be gone Credit Specialists
  73. IRS Warns of New Tax Rebate Con, Other Tax Season Scams
  74. Automated Calls from Bank Security Department
  75. "Expiring Auto Warranty" Warnings
  76. Phony Social Security Representatives Still Pushing It
  77. Possible Tax Appraisal Scam Reported
  78. Another "Social Security" Scam Reported; Identity Theft
  79. Report of Scammers Requesting $$$ for Sheriff's K-9 Unit
  80. Reports of "Shadow Shopper" Scams Increase
  81. Feds Claim Fund-Raisers Mislead U.S. Consumers
  82. Another Scam Targeting Churches
  83. "Callers from Social Security" Setting Up Sales Visits
  84. Door-to-Door Magazine Sellers Posing as Local College Athletes
  85. U.S. Senate Panel Investigating "Senior Financial Advisors," Insurance Cos
  86. Contractor Banned in NC Due to Transaction with Older Home Owners
  87. More Calls, Emails, Faxes and Letters Claiming to be from Government Agencies
  88. In-Home Distraction Theft by Phony Medicare Representatives (Catawba County Incident)
  89. FBI Warns of Email Messages Threatening Death; Advises Recipients to Hit "Delete"
  90. "Sheriff" Seeking $$$ for Bullet-Proof Vests
  91. Cross-Border Frauds--Greensboro PD Warning & Montreal Bust
  92. Georgia Reporting Collect Call-Medicare Scams
  93. Cell Phone "Phishing" Scams Reported
  94. US Government Warns Medicare Beneficiaries of Internet, Phone Scams (March 9, 2006)
  95. Alleged Wal-Mart Voucher Scammers Temporarily Shut Down by Federal Government
  96. State Health Department - Medical Voucher Scam (January 11, 2006)

Last updated on April 2, 2012

 

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