/tags/scams Scams en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:18:16 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-06-04/researchers-race-to-keep-up-with-improving-ai-voice-clones-and-prevent-scams Scammers need just a few seconds of a person’s voice—usually taken from clips uploaded to social media—to impersonate them. That has experts and average people worried. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:18:16 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-06-04/researchers-race-to-keep-up-with-improving-ai-voice-clones-and-prevent-scams Ulaa Kuziez /government-politics-issues/2022-10-21/with-steady-paychecks-and-a-nomadic-lifestyle-military-personnel-are-frequent-targets-for-scams AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifically take aim at their military benefits. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-10-21/with-steady-paychecks-and-a-nomadic-lifestyle-military-personnel-are-frequent-targets-for-scams Desiree D'Iorio /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-06-17/how-scammers-pretending-to-be-st-louis-police-stole-from-clementines-creamery Scam artists stole more than $1,000 from Clementine’s last week, using an elaborate scam that began with allegations of counterfeit bill passing. Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:00:30 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-06-17/how-scammers-pretending-to-be-st-louis-police-stole-from-clementines-creamery Sarah Fenske /law-order/2022-03-07/the-pandemic-made-qr-codes-popular-and-scammers-quickly-followed The codes allow businesses to digitize menus or direct customers to payment sites, but scammers have used them to get personal information from people. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:16:48 GMT /law-order/2022-03-07/the-pandemic-made-qr-codes-popular-and-scammers-quickly-followed Rachel Lippmann /health-science-environment/2022-01-04/unauthorized-covid-19-testing-in-fairview-heights-raises-concerns-about-a-possible-scam The Illinois Department of Public Health runs a legitimate COVID-19 testing site at St. Clair Square, but another site popped up without permission. Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:51:20 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-01-04/unauthorized-covid-19-testing-in-fairview-heights-raises-concerns-about-a-possible-scam Kelsey Landis /law-order/2021-11-01/that-letter-you-got-from-the-federal-government-might-not-be-real About 13,000 people were victims of government impersonation scams in the U.S. last year, at a cost of almost $110 million. Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2021-11-01/that-letter-you-got-from-the-federal-government-might-not-be-real Rachel Lippmann /coronavirus/2021-03-26/hundreds-turned-away-from-st-louis-vaccination-site-for-using-shared-sign-up-links The St. Louis Health Department and Missouri National Guard turned away more than 450 people from a COVID-19 vaccination event Thursday and Friday due to invalid email confirmations. Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:04:10 GMT /coronavirus/2021-03-26/hundreds-turned-away-from-st-louis-vaccination-site-for-using-shared-sign-up-links Kayla Drake /economy-business/2019-09-26/email-scammers-target-st-louis-area-posing-as-ymca-bbb-church-leaders Internet security officials in St. Louis and around the country report a growing number of email scams that stole more than a billion dollars from… Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:11:07 GMT /economy-business/2019-09-26/email-scammers-target-st-louis-area-posing-as-ymca-bbb-church-leaders Andrea Smith /economy-business/2019-08-17/scammers-target-small-town-missouri-businesses-for-their-love-of-high-school-football Small towns love their high school football team. So much so, that every year around this time there are scam artists who try to prey upon that pride to… Sun, 18 Aug 2019 04:56:18 GMT /economy-business/2019-08-17/scammers-target-small-town-missouri-businesses-for-their-love-of-high-school-football Jonathan Ahl /government-politics-issues/2018-11-25/7-tips-to-avoid-getting-scammed-on-giving-tuesday Giving to worthy causes on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving has become a tradition for people who want to help charities and nonprofits. But the Better… Mon, 26 Nov 2018 02:36:36 GMT /government-politics-issues/2018-11-25/7-tips-to-avoid-getting-scammed-on-giving-tuesday Mary Delach Leonard