Holiday season brings rise in scams, Ohio Lottery urges caution and awareness
CLEVELAND, OH – The Ohio Lottery is urging players to remain vigilant against scams this holiday season, as fraudsters often use the busy time of year to target unsuspecting individuals. Scams can…
U.S. Marshals need public’s help to stop phone scams
SOUTHEAST, GA – The United States Marshals Service (USMS) needs your help to stop several phone scams targeting residents in Coastal Georgia. United States Marshal David L. Lyons reports scammers are impersonating…
New toolkit helps consumers avoid scams while holiday shopping
WASHINGTON — The holiday shopping season is underway and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) is launching a new holiday shopping toolkit to help consumers protect themselves from substandard or even…
Georgia Man Charged with Money Laundering Connected to Internet Scams
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the unsealing of the indictment of EMMANUEL UGBAJA (“UGBAJA”), age 53, of Duluth, Georgia. UGBAJA was charged in a three-count…
Two Sentenced in Lottery Scams that Defrauded Seniors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two Jamaican citizens who participated in lottery scams that defrauded U.S citizens, primarily senior citizens in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and several other states, of more than a half-million dollars,…
Eight Nigerians Charged with Conspiring to Engage in Internet Scams and Money Laundering from Cape Town, South Africa
NEWARK, N.J. – Seven leaders of the Cape Town Zone of the Neo Black Movement of Africa, also known as “Black Axe,” and an eighth man who conspired with a Black Axe…
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