George Santos, the former congressman from New York who was expelled after being federally indicted, announced his bid to return to Congress on Thursday evening. He made the declaration on X, formerly Twitter.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in alerting the public of an ongoing scam targeting members of our community. We have received reports that someone is impersonating a Wake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy and insisting the victim pay them through an app, like PayPal. Those behind the scam intimidate the victim into […]
Scammers are stealing stimulus checks directly from mailboxes. The scammers then “wash” the checks. “We have business or gangs of enterprise people who “wash” the check,’’ said Special Agent Stefanie Hipkins who is a Supervisory Agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division in Raleigh. According to Hipkins, the thieves will then change who the check […]
There’s another scam to be aware of! This time, scammers are pretending to be calling from Duke Energy. The caller ID on your phone will probably even say they are calling from Duke Energy, but they’re not. These scammers will then threaten to turn off the power to your home unless you immediately pay a […]
