Shenna Bellows is warning residents to be suspicious of text messages they receive from an entity claiming to be the ‘Secretary of State Drivers License Facility.’
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FBI warns of telephone scammers, posing as federal agents, who bilked 44 Mainers
The agency’s Boston Division says it’s seeing an increase in reports about scammers targeting residents of Maine and other New England states through unsolicited, often spoofed, phone calls.
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Maine labor department warns of social media scams
Scammers are posing as Maine Department of Labor officials to steal people’s personal information.
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Cumberland County sheriff warns of phone scam targeting grandparents
Scammers are impersonating grandchildren to ask local residents to send money, the sheriff’s office said.
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Facebook ads target L.L.Bean in scam sale
Using the Freeport retailer’s own logo and photos, the ads tempt with discounts as low as 80%, but don’t do it.
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Maine cancels 2,200 bogus unemployment claims, investigates payments to scammers
‘Organized criminals’ have taken advantage of a massive spike in unemployment payments to file claims with stolen personal information.
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Scammers target Maine’s stressed unemployment system
Criminals have used stolen personal information to file fraudulent jobless claims across the country as unemployment offices dole out historically large benefits.
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New text scam targets Mainers’ fear of COVID-19
Perpetrators send text messages falsely notifying victims that they have been exposed to a person infected with COVID-19.
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Maine insurance bureau warns of coronavirus scams
U.S. consumers report perpetrators of coronavirus-related scams have taken them for an estimated $18 million so far.
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Maine regulator predicts outbreak of virus-related scams
Maine Securities Administrator Judith Shaw warns residents to be wary of schemes preying on their fears surrounding coronavirus.