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Woman Loses $1 Million to Scammer Claiming to Help Her with Her Sick Husband in Northbrook

Tue Mar 11, 2025 01:00 pm Cardinal News

Northbrook Police Department received a report of an online scam from a resident living in the block of 1700 Marcee Lane in Northbrook. The complainant met a subject online who claimed he could help with […]

Phone Scammer Asked Northbrook Woman to Send Back Her New Xfinity Mobile Phone, Never Got Replacement

Mon Mar 10, 2025 04:12 am Cardinal News

Northbrook police received a report of a victim’s loss of personal property from a phone scam that occurred, Friday, February 21, 2025 in Northbrook, Illinois. The scam, initiated by a phone call from a scammer, […]

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Village of Arlington Heights Leadership, Police Administration Hide “Cash Drop Scam” from Public

Mon Feb 3, 2025 10:37 am Cardinal News

During the holiday season, just four days before Christmas Day 2024, a female victim of a street criminal was scammed out of her purse, cash, credit cards, and her Apple iPhone in a scam known […]

Scammers Targeting Lake County Residents Pretending to Be Local Government Officials

Wed Jun 28, 2023 09:12 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and 19th Judicial Circuit have become aware of a new scam targeting Lake County residents. This scam involves con artists calling Lake County residents, introducing themselves as a member of […]

Lake County Sheriff’s Office: Scammers Posing As Local Government Officials Targeting Lake County Residents

Wed Jun 8, 2022 10:17 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and 19th Judicial Circuit have become aware of a scam targeting Lake County residents. This scam involves con artists calling Lake County residents and introducing themselves as a member of […]

FBI Chicago Warns Public about Virtual Kidnapping Scams

Fri Mar 4, 2022 10:36 pm Cardinal News

Emmerson Buie Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Chicago Division, on Friday, March 4, 2022 warned the public about virtual kidnapping scams targeting families in Illinois and across the nation. Though […]

Washington Post: Apple’s “Tightly Controlled” App Store Has Scam Apps with Consumer Losses of $48 Million

Mon Jun 7, 2021 08:05 pm Cardinal News

Apparently, Apple customers should not put as much trust in the Apple App Store as Apple would have customers believe. Apple has long maintained that its exclusive control of the App Store is essential to […]

FTC: Advertising on Car Wrap Scams Are Targeting College Students

Sun Dec 15, 2019 08:51 am Cardinal News

Scammer have found a way to prey on college students that are stressed about making car payments and keeping up with vehicle maintenance. If you have a car, you know how expensive the upkeep can […]

Naperville Police Alert: Scammers Are Phishing, Using Employee Login Info to Divert Direct Deposits

Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:45 pm Cardinal News

Naperville posted an alert on their official Facebook page Thursday April 25, 2019 advising the community of a relatively new scam being reported across the country that is diverting employees’ paychecks into other accounts. Scammers […]

Arlington Heights Resident, Victim of Grandparent Scam, Loses $4,000

Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:43 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police this week are warning residents to be wary of calls seeking money to bail a grandchild out of jail following a fraudulent phone call that caused an elderly woman to be scammed […]

Scam IRS Phone Robocalls Reported by Arlington Heights Residents

Fri May 27, 2016 01:07 pm Cardinal News

The IRS phone scam involves an unsolicited call from an individual fraudulently claiming to be a representative from the Internal Revenue Service in an attempt to defraud the call recipient of money. A number of […]

Romance Scam: Buffalo Grove Woman Loses $50,022 in Scam by Male Correspondent on Match.com

Mon Feb 22, 2016 01:04 pm Cardinal News

Buffalo Grove police received a report that a Buffalo Grove woman was scammed out of $50,022 between October 2015 and January 2016 by a man she met on matchmaking service Match.com, according to Buffalo Grove […]

Man Scammed Out of $200 by Man on the Phone Pretending to Be Sheriff’s Police Deputy

Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:38 pm Cardinal News

Mount Prospect police received a report that a Mount Prospect resident was scammed out of $200 about 1:00 p.m. January 27, 2016. The male victim received a phone call from a man pretending to be […]

New Facebook Scammers Lurk in Help Community; Pose As Facebook Support, Offer Toll Free Tech Support to Mess You Up and Get Your Money

Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:33 pm Cardinal News

Facebook.com has a help community, but there are some scammers lurking in the community that are out to help themselves to your money — not help you with your Facebook problem. Today, several people were […]

Victim Out $510K After Online Romance Scam on Match.com; Part Scam and Part Taxes on Transaction

Sun Nov 15, 2015 07:10 pm Cardinal News

Con artists have a formula that continues to fool unsuspecting victims into handing over money, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars, with online romance scams. Joy, scammed by a Match.com member, lost $510,000. $350K to […]

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