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Scam Targeting Seniors

Retired couple speaks out after being scammed out of $845K

  • May 21

Houston Pastor convicted in $3.6M fraud case returns to megachurch

  • Aug 6, 2025

Man accused of ripping off seniors in Third Ward by promising bus tour

  • May 14, 2025

Woman looking up recipe online wound up scammed out of $150,000

  • Dec 11, 2024

Noted Houston pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell released early from prison

  • Sep 6, 2024

Americans older than 60 lost $3.4 billion to scams in 2023: FBI

  • May 1, 2024

Houston mother-son duo accused of stealing more than $1M in scheme

  • Apr 25, 2024

Charge filed after retired teacher unknowingly signed away her home

  • Mar 19, 2024

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Houston Pastor convicted in $3.6M fraud case returns to megachurch after prison release

  • Aug 4, 2025
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Volunteer accused of ripping off seniors in Third Ward by promising bus trip: 'I was disheartened'

  • May 14, 2025
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Police warn fake feds are scamming seniors out of life savings

  • Dec 11, 2024
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Houston mother-son duo accused of stealing more than $1M in scheme

  • Apr 25, 2024
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Woman gets scammed out of $25,000 in 'pigeon drop' scam

  • May 26, 2023
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ONLY ON 13: Elderly couple scammed by grandson impersonator

  • Mar 18, 2023
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CEO at center of $134M fraud case victim of armed home invasion

  • Jun 9, 2021
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CEO accused of $134M fraud case to be on home confinement

  • Mar 12, 2021

Latest Stories

A web of deceit? How a retired teacher was kicked out of the Houston home she's lived in since 1977

A retired teacher who lived on Stuyvesant Lane since 1977 planned to spend her golden years in that same home. It turns out, she hasn't owned her property since 2021 and got the brutal awakening when her belongings were on the front lawn.

  • Feb 27, 2024

82-year-old thought son-in-law was in trouble before losing $17K to scammers using AI, family says

When a loved one is in trouble, it's a no-brainer to help them. But it was a seemingly desperate call that a family says set a scam in motion.

  • Nov 4, 2023

'Victims of Salim Zantout' Facebook group dedicated to foundation contractor accused of swindling

That wasn't all that Salim Zantout is accused of committing. A 91-year-old homeowner said he's out $10,000 after a repair job wasn't even done.

  • Aug 25, 2023

'That was everything I had': Grandmother trying to buy puppy for grandson loses life savings to scam

"This was going to be for him, for him to have something to hang on to," said Katherine Smith.

  • Jul 17, 2023

Woman gets scammed out of $25,000 in 'pigeon drop' scam

A man and woman allegedly convinced a 71-year-old woman to withdraw $25,000 in order to share in a purse full of money they said they "found" in a grocery store parking lot.

  • May 26, 2023