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Victoria County Sheriff's Department Issues Scam Warning

The Victoria Police Department warns Crossroads about the latest phone scam circulating throughout the community.

It's sad to think there are people who would use something as already distressing as COVID-19 to launch their diabolical plots and scams--but they have.

Sure, it sounds like a great deal (they always do, don't they?) but, according to the Better Business Bureau, that job offer you got on Instagram may very well be a scam. The job we're talking about is an offer to become a 'brand ambassador,' which would require users posting photos of themselves using the brand's products in exchange for free products, a sales commission, and more exposure for yo

You see a lot of special promotions on Facebook and other social media all the time but, are they really legit? Recently one popped up that promised a $200 voucher to 1,000 customers of the H-E-B grocery chain. The 'promotion' was supposedly in celebration of the store's birthday...

You've probably heard about scammers calling people claiming to be from the IRS or some other government agency in attempts to get them to pay money, usually via a prepaid card or money gram. While that ought to raise a red flag in and of itself, scammers are using an app that spoofs the caller's number making it appear to be from a legitimate source...

If someone comes to your door asking for donations for the nonprofit organization Christ's Kitchen, do not give them any money. In fact, you should call the police a report them. That from the organization, where Executive Director Trish Hastings says the organization would never solicit donations door-to-door...

We've heard the story before, a scammer calls an unsuspecting person and tries to convince them that they are in in some kind of legal trouble they knew nothing about, and they need to arrange payment right away, usually through a prepaid debit card...

Scammers try all kinds of things to con you out of your money, like calling you about a debt you probably don't actually owe and asking you to pay with prepaid debit cards. Really? Some even to claim to be from the Internal Revenue Service...

If you've gotten a phone call from someone claiming to be a deputy from the Victoria County Sheriff's Office warning of a warrant, it's probably a fake. The department has issued a warning to residents that someone claiming to be a deputy has been calling people telling them that they have a warrant for a missed court date, or an unpaid traffic ticket...

As the old saying goes, 'If it's too good to be true, it probably is.' And this man in Maryland learned that the hard way recently.

The FCC is warning consumers about a brand new scam that is hooking consumers with just one word: YES. According the FCC, the call opens with a person or recoding saying: "Can you hear me?"  When you respond 'yes,' and that's all it takes for you to get scammed...