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CARMEL — A Carmel woman is fed up with unwanted text messages phishing for her personal information. Sheila Black’s cell phone pings day and night with phishing texts — messages scammers send you to try to steal your financial or personal data. In Black’s case, the messages are all group texts with phone numbers she […]

  INDIANAPOLIS — A couple looking to find more room for their growing family is out thousands of dollars after they were hit by a real estate scam that involved bitcoins, wire transfers and Apple gift cards. Breana Williams said the home in the 4300 block of Village Trace Court was her dream home. Breana […]

Nicole Murphy got caught up in something bad.

A woman who was swindled by a famous rapper says ‘Tim Dog’ may be up to his biggest scam yet. The rapper reportedly died in February, but the Mid-South woman he scammed believes the con man may have faked his own death. Timothy Blair, more commonly known as Tim Dog, owes her money. When he […]

If you’re handing over cash for a heavily discounted iPad from some random guy in a McDonald’s parking lot or at a gas station, then yes, you should consider your purchase a risk. But when you’re like Suzanne Nassise and you buy Apple’s popular tablet from a well-known retailer, you expect it to be legit. Nassise says she […]