With over-the-phone scams becoming more common, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has made a list of safety precautions. Some safety advice to help you avoid falling victim are: Be mindful of the depth to which your social media post may go Do not publish or upload content containing personal information about yourself Know that law enforcement will never call ...

The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department provides tips on how to avoid phone scams with people posing as law enforcement officials. If you receive a demand for payment by telephone, email, or other means of communication, to be made in any form for any reason, from someone portraying themself as a deputy sheriff or other Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department employee, ...

Phone carriers could possibly start blocking robocalls, but this new service may stack up costs for subscribers, including those in Santa Clarita, officials said Wednesday. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted last week to give wireless carriers permission to block unwanted robocalls automatically for all customers. This decision could curb the torrent of phone-based scams and unwelcome interruptions that have ...

Phone scams in Santa Clarita and throughout Los Angeles County have prompted officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to issue a warning about scammers posing as government officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The perpetrators allegedly pose as government agencies as part of an extortion scam, said LASD officials. ...

On the latest “Santa Clarita Sheriff Talk” on KHTS AM-1220, Sgt Chris Maurizi from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Detective Bureau discussed phone scams in Santa Clarita. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Phone scams are handled by the bureau’s burglary/theft team, which is comprised of Maurizi and nine detectives he ...