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Monterey

Prospective Tenant Scammed by “Homeowner”

800 area of Kilbreth Street, Salinas | Google Maps SALINAS — A 21-year-old man noticed a sign in East Salinas advertising a house for rent. The sign did not provide an

Santa Clara

Brothers Team Up for Shady Construction Business

SANTA CLARA COUNTY — According to court documents, a second individual identified as 57-year-old Seung Taek Kye is wanted for scamming customers out of thousands of dollars for construction work

San Bernardino

Beware of Southern California Edison Scam

REDLANDS – A scam that targets small to medium size businesses has likely netted scammers over $200,000 in untraceable pre-paid debit cards. The scam has stretched to various Southern California

Alameda

Piedmont Woman Victim of ‘Backyard’ Burglary Scam

Burglars posing as construction workers stole cash and a jewelry box from a Piedmont home last Friday in a variation of a scam that’s been used in other East Bay

San Luis Obispo

Scammers Net Thousands from Seniors

The San Luis Obispo Police Department announced multiple victims of a scam have surfaced in the past two weeks. According to SLOPD, officers have responded to several calls from elderly

Riverside

Hemet Man Cons Elderly

HEMET – Menifee police investigators arrested a man in Hemet for numerous counts of extorting or attempting to extort senior residents in several cities. On Wednesday, March 27, Menifee police