Scam

Area residents are reporting getting text messages in what is the latest avenue scammers are taking using mobile devices to try to harvest private information.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is pushing legislation he claims could pull the plug on robo-calls and rescue residents from opting not to answer their phones.

New York State Police in the region are warning the public of another reappearance of a persistent phone scam.

We've all been there. It's dinner time and your phone rings, its an unknown number, and your meal is interrupted. A free robocall blocking app looks to put an end to that.

While authorities consistently say its hard to track online criminals, a cross-country success is being reported in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Vestal Police are warning residents that someone has been using a police phone number in a Social Security scam.

Residents are being warned not to fall for a scam where someone claims to be from Publisher’s Clearing House.

Several local agencies, schools, community groups and hospitals are among sites across the U.S. finding themselves targeted by a threatening scam via email.

New York State Police in the Southern Tier are warning about a telephone scam.

People living in the 607 area code may be finding themselves on the receiving end of a telephone scam as time runs out to register to vote in the mid-term elections.

State police are alerting New Yorkers to another high-tech effort to steal their money.

Should you get a call from an 800 number and the person claims to be Officer James Allen of the Endicott Police Department, you should know that this is a scam.

You might be thinking about making a financial donation to a charity, but before you do, the PA Department of Banking and Securities has some important advice.

You get a phone call that places you into an immediate panic.  It's the IRS, or maybe it's an "attorney for a family member" or your online girlfriend/boyfriend, and they need your help. All of which can be easily taken care of by dropping some mo…