1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (181+ words) An engineer in San Francisco said he lost more than $18,000 after someone pretended to be a listing agent and sent him to a real open house. Alvin Tran found a two-bedroom listing in the city on both Zillow and Craigslist....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (128+ words) Text messages claiming that recipients owe money for unpaid tickets are fake, the California Highway Patrol says. "Several people have reported getting suspicious texts from unknown numbers," the highway patrol's San Jose office said Tuesday on social media. The messages…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (249+ words) The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office put out a joint consumer alert with the Santa Cruz County DA, advising of fake traffic violation notices. Christie Smith reports. They said the notices appear to come from the court, and could be…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (150+ words) The Department of Justice is going after the leader of one of the groups sending scam emails and text messages. Investigators accused Chen "Vicent" Zhi of leading a sophisticated crime network based in Cambodia. They say he runs a company…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (298+ words) Fake parking tickets have been popping up on cars in some of Oakland's most popular neighborhoods. The $74 ticket claims to be from the City of Oakland and features a phony citation of failure to display a parking receipt. The ticket…...