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Grover Beach police warn of community market scam

Written on 20 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach Police Department is warning the public of a scam in which con artists want people to sign up and pay for participation in a community market. As part of the scam, the cons post... (Continue reading)

Detectives recover nearly $5,000 Los Osos residents lost in crypto scam

Written on 13 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives have recovered nearly $5,000 out of approximately $17,000 that a cryptocurrency scammer stole from victims in Los Osos two years ago. On Sept. 12, 2022, the victims informed the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Sheriff warns San Luis Obispo County residents of scam targeting seniors

Written on 20 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to beware of an ongoing scam targeting local seniors. It works this way: Individuals report they are getting pop ups on their computers advising their computer has... (Continue reading)

SLO police warn about scammer impersonating them

Written on 4 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Police Department is warning the public about a scammer posing as a member of department and leaving messages for residents. Police say the scammer is instructing residents to return a phone call to... (Continue reading)

SLO County sheriff warns of cryptocurrency phone scam

Written on 8 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a phone scam targeting locals during the holiday season. On Wednesday, numerous individuals reported that a person claiming to be from the sheriff’s office contacted them... (Continue reading)

SLO County Sheriff’s Office warns of scam threatening arrests

Written on 27 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of scammers calling and threatening people with arrests for alleged warrants that a quick payment will clear. During the call, the scammer claims the victim will be... (Continue reading)

SLO County warns public of scammers claiming to be law enforcement

Written on 15 May, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a phone scam that appears to originate from law enforcement, investigators announced on Monday. As part of this scam, a caller claims  there is a warrant for... (Continue reading)

Phony IRS agent targeting SLO County residents

Written on 11 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about an IRS phone scam that is spreading locally. Sheriff’s officials received 11 reports over the last 10 days from people targeted by the scammer or scammers, the agency announced... (Continue reading)

Fire inspection conman strikes Santa Barbara

Written on 8 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A New York man running a nationwide scam charged a Santa Barbara restaurant more than $900 for a phony fire inspection. Michael Angelo Carrion, 47, is accused of posing as a fire inspector and scamming businesses in Atlanta, Georgia and... (Continue reading)

Doctor sentenced to 14 Years for pushing bogus cancer cure

Written on 18 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A California doctor who sold a bogus cancer cure to dozens of victims across the country as part of a “treatment” program that prosecutors said was “despicable, cruel and heinous” and hastened the death of some patients was sentenced Friday... (Continue reading)