Ohio

An Ohio woman says she caught a Burger King employee taking a photo of her credit card at the drive-thru window. Trisha Ryan says she placed an order at the Burger King in Hamilton, Ohio on Wednesday.  Upon pulling up to the drive-thru window to pay, she handed the cashier her card. The man behind […]

Ohio

A man is facing charges after pretending to sell Buckeye football tickets. Reportedly, Columbus police arrested Martin Alper  after he took money for tickets but failed to meet the person who bought them. He has been using the fake name “Mark Dinardo.” He faced felony charges for a similar ticket scam almost 10 years ago. […]

News & Gossip

One international scam artist has hit pay dirt with a woman who has sent him more than $1 million because she thinks they’re in love.…

National

Scammers just don’t give up, do they? Here’s the latest scam to be on the look out for, it’s actually one of the biggest scams of 2014: people are calling to say that you’re behind on taxes and threatening arrest if you don’t pay right away. According to ABC 6/ Fox 28, the phone scam has now taken […]

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Property owners need to be on the look out for a scam that has occurred in Norther Ohio. According to Fox 28, local authorities in Central Ohio are on alert due to a man posing as a government agency employee who lures residents out of their home over property line concerns. The scam has taken place in the […]

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  WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – A Columbus woman was arrested February 25 on an outstanding warrant by the Cleveland police for hoaxing co-workers back in 2010.…

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// <![CDATA[ _ // ]]>Kiana thought a rental home in Westerville for less than $700 per month sounded too good to be true, especially when the man claiming to be the landlord had every reason in the world to not let her see inside it. Then earlier this week, she drove to it. Someone was […]

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COLUMBUS (Ken Hines) — The state attorney general is warning Ohioans about a scam involving rental homes advertised on Craigslist. Atty. General Mike DeWine said scam artists are posting pictures of homes that are for sale, and including offers of cheap rental payments. The perpetrators of the scam demand that interested parties wire money, then […]