Scams

If you get a text from "USPS" saying your package couldn't be delivered due to an invalid zip code, do not fall for it.

Cruise ship passengers who hide ducks on vacation are being targeted as part of a new scam.

Just when you think a text scam has been beaten, it returns and is worse than ever.

As the holiday season approaches in Illinois, it's the perfect time for scammers to seize the opportunity to finesse their way through transactions with counterfeit money.

Police are warning shoppers of a new gift card scam called "card draining" as we head into the holiday season.

Young college students are more susceptible to falling for scams that give them a "little financial relief" this semester. Don't be the next victim.

There's a scam making the rounds in Illinois that can cause you to break the law and get arrested.

Whoever is responsible for this should be punished with everything the law allows. A widow in Illinois lost $1 million dollars in what the FBI describes as a "pig fattening and butchering" scam.

This is the time of year in Illinois when many are trying to hurry to finish home repair projects before the colder weather arrives. Criminals know this which is why the state of Illinois is warning of sinister home repair scams happening right now designed to rip you off.

Take a deep breath if you get a text or call like this.