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A Texas man pleaded guilty Monday to participating in a romance scam that bilked a Missouri woman out of $1.2 million, federal prosecutors said.

A Fort Worth woman is behind bars after court documents describe an “elaborate sweetheart swindle” in which investigators say Lorraine Rew conned an elderly Indiana man into sending her more than $1 million.

A North Texas small business owner contacted NBC 5 Responds after getting a call from someone threatening to cut off her power.

The City of Dallas is warning water customers that they could be targeted in a phone scam.

A Long Island man’s yearslong scheme to collect disability insurance benefits all the while he trained for bodybuilding competitions and owned and operated a limousine business was foiled by a series of social media posts, state officials said. Instagram posts chronicling Anthony Ragusa’s physical transformation as a bodybuilder helped the state attorney general’s office catch the fraudster for illegally...

North Texans are reporting losing thousands of dollars to a scam involving phony bank fraud alerts by phone and text.

The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office is warning residents about the latest cryptocurrency scam targeting men in North Texas.

The indictment said participants in the scheme recruited more than 400 people to either claim they had fallen where no accident occurred or to deliberately fall at NYC locations where they could claim there were cracks in concrete sidewalks, potholes or unsecured cellar doors.

Getting paid to shop sounds great. A letter and check in the mail with promises of an easy payday. But a secret shopper scam is targeting North Texans.

Getting paid to shop sounds great. A letter and check in the mail with promises of an easy payday. But a secret shopper scam is targeting North Texans.