A Joshua Tree man was recently conned by scammers posing as members of a grant application committee. According to Sheriff’s reports, the victim was contacted online by the scammers who invited the victim to apply for a grant. The scammers told…
Scammers are using a new trick to steal your money and personal information: a bogus COVID-19 vaccine survey. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information to help you avoid falling victim to the scam… People across the country are…
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is warning the public about a new scam, this one involving inmate care packages. Ernest Figueroa has more information… The Sheriff’s Department was alerted recently to a scam involving inmate…
In the endless cycle of scam calls, it seems like scammers never run out of tricks. In one-ring phone scams, the goal is not always getting you to answer, it's getting you to call back. Every so often, your phone may ring once and then…
A Yucca Valley resident is out of a lot of money after falling victim to a fake check scam. According to a Sheriff’s report, the victim was contacted by an unknown person who had seen her job application online. The scammer sent her checks…
Scam calls are nothing new and neither is the insane length that some scammers will go to in order to get your money. Recently, a Yucca Valley man was sent photographs of a woman tied up and scammers claimed she was his girlfriend. They quickly…
A Yucca Valley man is out $500 after he fell victim to an eBay scam. The victim told Sheriff deputies that he purchased a computer part off of eBay for $500 but when his package arrived, it contained a photo of the part and not the part itself.…
Another Yucca Valley resident was recently scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars by a caller who pretended to be a representative of Publisher’s Clearing House. Over the past year, the victim gave the scammers more than $35,000, which she…
A Yucca Valley man was recently conned out of more than $10,000 by scammers posing as representatives from Publishers Clearing House who told him he had won $2 Million. The victim told Sheriff’s Deputies that he had sent a total of $10,500 in…
A Morongo Basin resident recently received a robocall from someone claiming to be from Amazon reporting a suspicious $3,000 charge on their account. The robocall directed them to a fake customer service number in an attempt to attain the…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is warning of scammers using telemarketing calls, text messages, social media platforms, and door-to-door visits to impersonate healthcare professionals and collect money or personal information…
Recently, some Morongo Basin residents were called by people pretending to be employees of Southern California Edison. The callers said the residents had outstanding bills, and demanded the customers make payments with prepaid cards over the…
Unfortunately, fraud reports have spiked due to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and scammers exploiting the crisis to find new ways to cash in at the expense of residents. Hilary Sloane offers these examples from the Federal Trade Commission…
It’s Cyber Monday, when people start their online holiday shopping in earnest. And with the spending season comes an upswing in identity theft. Managing editor Tami Roleff offers the following tips on how to reduce your risk of identity theft…
Recently, some Morongo Basin residents were called by people pretending to be employees of Southern California Edison. The callers said the residents had outstanding bills, and demanded the customers make payments with prepaid cards over the…
Two Twentynine Palms residents were swindled out of $800 by scam artists who were pretending to be Morongo Basin Sheriff’s deputies. The Sheriff’s Department says a 51-year-old woman, and a 70-year-old man from the 5600 block of Mariposa Avenue…
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