Anchorage, Alaska — An Arkansas woman lost $450 to a fake seller on the Amazon Marketplace. Mary Catron knows she will not be able to get her money back, so she’s speaking out to make sure no one else gets taken by this scam. In October, Catron was shopping online when she placed an order for […]
(STATEWIDE, Alaska) – BEWARE OF THIS REOCCURRING PHONE SCAM! An individual, usually a male, calls and identifies themselves as a trooper using various names and ranks. The caller advises people that they, or one of their family members, have active warrants and states the victim must pay their bail to the caller or face arrest […]
Anchorage, Alaska — Oct. 27, 2016 Better Business Bureau serving the Northwest has received reports of fake business websites advertising inexpensive sports gear, but not following through with the orders. In one instance a consumer reported to BBB Scam Tracker on Oct. 4, 2016 that they attempted to make a purchase with www.seahawksofficialnflonline.com using PayPal, […]
It was announced on Thursday by U.S. District Attorney Karen L. Loeffler, that Puyallup, Washington man, 55-year-old Floyd Jay Mann, has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of wire fraud and eight counts of money laundering for bilking Alaskans out of money. According to this morning’s release by the Justice Department, along with F.Mann’s […]