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Identity Theft

The image shows Medocino couple Nona and Art Smith who found nearly $18k missing from their Wells Fargo checking account

Here's how thieves drained nearly $18K from couple's checking account

  • Jul 2

Couple gets $10K bill for tolls racked up by identity thief

  • Jun 18

How to avoid getting scammed at the pump by 'card skimmers'

  • May 26
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Latest Videos

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Thieves drain nearly $18K from NorCal couple's bank account using fake checks, online bill payment

  • Jul 6
5:15

Bay Area couple gets $10K bill for toll violations racked up by identity thief

  • Jun 21
4:59

Couple gets $10K bill for tolls racked up by identity thief

  • Jun 18
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Gas prices are high enough. Here's how to avoid getting scammed at the pump by 'card skimmers'

  • Jun 18
1:32

Gas prices are high enough; here's how to avoid getting scammed at the pump by 'card skimmers'

  • May 26
21:52

Hacker challenges 7 On Your Side to help CA victim in taunting letter

  • Oct 11, 2024
17:01

Hacker challenges 7 On Your Side to help CA victim in taunting letter

  • Oct 10, 2024
3:41

35 strangers fraudulently added to Bay Area woman's card as users

  • Sep 13, 2024

Latest Videos

4:06

Thieves drain nearly $18K from NorCal couple's bank account using fake checks, online bill payment

  • Jul 6
5:15

Bay Area couple gets $10K bill for toll violations racked up by identity thief

  • Jun 21
4:59

Couple gets $10K bill for tolls racked up by identity thief

  • Jun 18
1:18

Gas prices are high enough. Here's how to avoid getting scammed at the pump by 'card skimmers'

  • Jun 18
1:32

Gas prices are high enough; here's how to avoid getting scammed at the pump by 'card skimmers'

  • May 26
21:52

Hacker challenges 7 On Your Side to help CA victim in taunting letter

  • Oct 11, 2024
17:01

Hacker challenges 7 On Your Side to help CA victim in taunting letter

  • Oct 10, 2024
3:41

35 strangers fraudulently added to Bay Area woman's card as users

  • Sep 13, 2024

Latest Stories

Reformed Nigerian scammer describes how he swindled $70,000 from Bay Area victims

An international scammer is admitting how he stole from innocent people and is now using the skills to help a company track his predecessors.

  • Apr 17, 2024

CA woman tricked into putting $20K in box, handing it to complete stranger

"I walked out to the road and gave this guy a box with $20,000 dollars in it. And nobody was holding a gun to my head.'' said Santa Rosa resident Judy G.

  • Mar 22, 2024
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LA woman sentenced for stealing millions in 'grotesque' fraud scheme, disposing man's body in SF Bay

A SoCal woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a bizarre crime that involved ID theft, forgery of wills, and disposing the dismembered body of a man in the San Francisco Bay and making it look like he was still alive.

  • Mar 20, 2024

Bay Area mom finds out scammer already claimed her tax refund. Here's what saved her

Imagine filing your tax return and finding out someone else already claimed your refund. It happened to a Rohnert Park mother of two -- who was told somebody used her identity to claim almost $9,000 in her name.

  • Mar 15, 2024

Bay Area man lost his wife, then got scammed. Now Facebook won't stop the hacker

A grieving Northern California husband found a hacker locked his Facebook account and began taking GoFundMe donations in his late wife's memory. "And I mean, my poor wife. She would be horrified if she were here, witnessing what's going on. She would be so furious," the widower said.

  • Feb 24, 2024