Articles filed under Computer Crime
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Des Plaines resident lost $1,000 in Taylor Swift ticket scam, police sayJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines woman who thought she was buying Taylor Swift concert tickets from someone using social media was scammed out of $1,000, police said Wednesday. The 58-year...
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Des Plaines resident falls victim to crypto scammerMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - A Des Plaines resident was scammed out of $1,900 in cryptocurrency by someone impersonating an employee from a crypto platform, police said. The theft was reported Sunda...
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Scammer swiped $200,000 in cryptocurrency from Des Plaines man, police sayMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - A Des Plaines man was scammed out of roughly $200,000 worth of bitcoin cryptocurrency in recent weeks, police said. The thefts occurred in several transactions between F...
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Criminal racks up huge phone bill on fraudulent accountDec 15, 2022 12:00 am - How does a criminal rack up more than $4,000 in charges on a bogus cellphone account? One call at a time, apparently. That's the billing total for a cellular phone accou...
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Here's how you can avoid holiday scamsNov 28, 2022 4:30 am - The Better Business Bureau has received reports of nearly $380 million in online retail fraud losses in 2022 so far, but 'tis the season when scammers really up their ga...
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How a Mount Prospect detective leaned into his banker past to become a crypto crimefighterSep 06, 2022 5:30 am - Cryptocurrency has many names: bitcoin, ethereum, tether, chainlink, litecoin and shiba inu, to list just a handful. Whatever the name, it all means the same thing to a ...
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Des Plaines resident bilked of $750 in cryptocurrency, police sayAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - A scammer posing as a Department of Health and Human Services employee stole $750 in cryptocurrency from a Des Plaines resident on Friday, according to police. The thief...
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Canine Tera(byte) to help Lake County Sheriff 's Office combat human trafficking, child exploitationAug 15, 2022 1:00 am - The newest crime fighter for the Lake County sheriff's office is a 1½-year-old Labrador retriever specially trained to find electronic devices. Tera(byte), an electronic...
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Learn about cybercrime at Maine Township programJul 01, 2022 1:00 am - Maine Township officials and the Cook County sheriff's office will host a program on computer crimes and safety on Thursday. The session is set for 6 p.m. July 7 at town...
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Elgin man charged with possessing, disseminating child pornographyJun 28, 2022 1:00 am - An Elgin man who authorities say admitted to having "a few hundred" images of child pornography in his possession was ordered held on $100,000 bail Tuesday. Irak Martin...