/tags/scams scams en-US Copyright Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:22:34 GMT /2024-04-05/beware-of-repair-scams-following-severe-weather-in-ohio According to the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, repair scams often increase following extreme weather such as tornadoes. Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:22:34 GMT /2024-04-05/beware-of-repair-scams-following-severe-weather-in-ohio Shay Frank /news/2020-03-05/ohio-attorney-general-announces-robocall-crackdown-reporting-tool Ohioans received 2.2 billion robocalls just in 2019 and the state attorney general says that number has been going up every year. He’s launching a new… Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:11:08 GMT /news/2020-03-05/ohio-attorney-general-announces-robocall-crackdown-reporting-tool Karen Kasler /news/2019-10-10/a-volunteer-army-helps-stop-ohio-immigrants-from-falling-for-scams You don’t need GPS to figure out which west Akron house belongs to John Beaty. “I’m a bumper sticker Christian,” he says. The 80-year-old retired… Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-10-10/a-volunteer-army-helps-stop-ohio-immigrants-from-falling-for-scams M.L. Schultze /news/2019-10-09/scammers-target-ohio-immigrants-with-fear-of-deportation The call to Claudia Montero began with threats. The man told her she owed more than $3,000 in back taxes, and she had to pay up immediately. She told him… Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-10-09/scammers-target-ohio-immigrants-with-fear-of-deportation M.L. Schultze /news/2019-08-29/central-ohio-men-fight-elderly-fraud-with-a-dose-of-humor Phil Smith, 68, doesn’t look or sound serious when he tells an audience of senior citizens how to avoid scams. That's on purpose.Smith says adding humor… Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:37:59 GMT /news/2019-08-29/central-ohio-men-fight-elderly-fraud-with-a-dose-of-humor Debbie Holmes /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2018-10-16/tech-tuesday-osu-esports-telephone-scamming-and-more Ohio State is adding a new varsity sport to its lineup: competitive video gaming.OSU is among the first major universities to announce a varsity esports… Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:00:01 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2018-10-16/tech-tuesday-osu-esports-telephone-scamming-and-more /statehouse-news-stories/2017-02-13/romance-scams-target-people-looking-for-relationships-online The attorney general is warning Ohioans about an escalating scam that targets victims with phony romantic relationships. Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:30:01 GMT /statehouse-news-stories/2017-02-13/romance-scams-target-people-looking-for-relationships-online Andy Chow