Tag: scam

Portsmouth Police responded to a home on Mabert Road after a shaken resident reported that someone was trying to extort him over text message. ...

Credit cards built the rails for how Americans buy, pay, and trust online. Long before mobile wallets and crypto wallets ...

What is the primary function of a smartphone? To connect people, right? So, when it comes to catching up with ...

A man thought he was building wealth through cryptocurrency investments. Instead, he walked away nearly $28,000 poorer after falling victim ...

Jolena Roe, 40, of Portsmouth, is back in the headlines—and not in a good way. The Scioto County Grand Jury ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to stay alert after reports of a convincing phone scam involving a ...

Two local residents were recently duped out of thousands of dollars in a slick scam that appeared to come straight ...

Someone is out there pretending to be the long arm of the law – and they want to get their ...

Four people have been indicted in connection with two separate cases of defrauding elderly victims, according to the latest session ...

What started as a promising online job offer promising $200–$400 a day quickly unraveled into a financial nightmare for a ...