Internet scam
A local resident found $33 of illicit charges on his phone bill after falling for an Internet scam last month. He said he got an e-mail about a contest for a $1,000 gift card from Wal-Mart. His wife clicked a link to a Web site, whe...
 0.8K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 207.0 Economic stimulus scams are on the way
Scammers already are using President Obama s economic stimulus package to try to rip off consumers, according to an Oregon attorney general scam alert released Friday. The scams come in the form of e-mails. E-mail messages ask for bank information, c...
1.7K - Mar. 12, 2009; scored 244.0 Is it a scam? Assume yes
When times get tough, the naive get snookered. Assertive skepticism is the only defense. Don t divulge your Social Security number, bank account data, birth date or other private information. Assume every unsolicited offer is a scam until proved othe...
2.0K - Mar. 6, 2009; scored 132.0 Scams focus on jury duty and tax refunds
State and local officials have uncovered a pair of scams masquerading as government notices for jury duty and tax refunds. The first scam involves e-mails and telephone calls that claim recipients have missed jury duty and will be arrested or face ot...
1.7K - Feb. 25, 2009; scored 309.0 Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits
For hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs during the recession, there s a new twist to their financial pain: Even as they re collecting unemployment benefits, they re paying bank fees just to get access to their money. Thirty states have...
8.6K - Feb. 20, 2009; scored 132.0 State loses 45 Social Security numbers in scam
An online scammer made off with 45 Social Security numbers after sending a virus to a computer at the Department of Human Services office in Coos Bay last week. The virus arrived in the form of a bogus e-mail with a link on it Jan. 23. When an employ...
1.1K - Jan. 31, 2009; scored 186.0 State loses 45 Social Security numbers in scam
An online scammer made off with 45 Social Security numbers after sending a virus to a computer at the Department of Human Services office in Coos Bay last week. The virus arrived in the form of a bogus e-mail with a link on it Jan. 23. When an employ...
1.2K - Jan. 30, 2009; scored 186.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay Jan. 8, 2:33 p.m., criminal trespassing was reported in the 1200 block of Coos River Highway. Jan. 8, 3:48 p.m., a bike was found in the 500 block of Nor...
3.9K - Jan. 9, 2009; scored 111.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coquille Jan. 3, 2:46 p.m., someone reported a possible a door-to-door magazine-sales scam in the 900 block of West 16th Street. Jan. 4, 10:05 p.m., gun shots wer...
6.0K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 111.0 Phishing season: Don't get hooked
COOS BAY Elizabeth Krambeal of North Bend was lucky. She received a fraudulent e-mail this week bearing the Wells Fargo bank red-and-gold logo, but decided not to open a link that said click here. That was the signal, Krambeal said. We thought i...
4.4K - Dec. 8, 2008; scored 1000.0 | 
