Look, the Facebook Marketplace is essentially the wild west. Buying trucks through that platform is a risk. But in this case, the seller of a Chevy Silverado was honest and straightforward. But the ...
Scammers sabotage cars during test drives by pouring oil in engines, creating fake failures to buy vehicles at 25-75% below ...
With the FIFA World Cup, Winter Olympics, and Superbowl LX on the horizon, avoid fake tickets and phishing scams with these ...
To avoid getting ripped off, the Better Business Bureau says there are a few key dos and don'ts when it comes to Super Bowl ...
If you are dealing with someone who says they are renting out their own property, the FTC advises checking the county tax assessment website to determine if they are the real owner. If the person says ...
When the Chicago Bears advanced to the playoffs, fans scrambling for tickets to the game against the Los Angeles Rams became ...
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The housing scene: Rental scams on the rise

People searching for rental properties on Facebook and Craigslist need to be careful: More than half the people who told federal watchdogs they were ripped off by a rental scam said it had originated ...
Scammers are using these three methods to get you to hand over personal information before renting a new place. We have tips ...
More than half the people who told federal watchdogs they were ripped off by a rental scam said it had originated on Facebook or Craigslist.
Craig Newmark's philanthropic strategy is shaped as much by what didn’t work as by what did — leading to an approach that favors scale, networks, and trusted intermediaries over scattershot giving.
On Friday, the News 8 On Your Side team is wrapping up its countdown of the top five scams of 2025.The No. 1 scam is one many older adults are familiar with.Medicare scamsMedicare scams have been ...
A handbook found during a police raid on a compound used by a cyberfraud gang in the Philippines offers detailed instructions in Chinese for conducting scams. A second handbook, seized during another ...