Maine has the fourth-highest rate of residents who have signed up with the National Do Not Call Registry.
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Social Security administrators say their agency is getting barraged with scam complaints
A Senate hearing led by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday delved into a growing problem of con artists impersonating government officials to cheat Americans out of their savings.
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Mainers lost $3.3 million to scams, fraud in 2019, regulators say
The state’s residents filed 7,862 complaints with the Federal Trade Commission last year.
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Former Gov. Baldacci’s fundraiser raises $18,000 for 95-year-old Auburn scam victim
An effort spearheaded by former Gov. John Baldacci raised enough to replenish a 95-year-old Auburn woman’s retirement funds lost in a scam.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Dinner raises money for 95-year-old Auburn woman who fell victim to scam
Hundreds attend spaghetti dinner to help Barbara Hinckley replace money she lost to a scammer last summer.
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Baldacci spaghetti fundraiser seeks to help 95-year-old scam victim from Auburn
Former governor calls community response to his fundraiser “amazing.” He hopes to help replace a 95-year-old woman’s stolen life savings.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Newest scam in Livermore Falls is from person claiming to be a hitman
Officer Troy Reed said the scammer texted a person and sent a photo of the victim pulled from his social media account.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Promised $2.5 million and Mercedes, Auburn senior loses life savings
Barbara Hinckley, 95, lost everything to a sweet-talking scam artist who told her she’d placed second in a sweepstakes for the Publisher’s Clearing House.