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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for scammers. According to the Scambusters website, the top five Christmas swindles this year are: number five, phony email holiday cards, e-cards; number four, store gift cards; number three, phony charities that just take your money and run; number two, phony websites; and number one, fake websites selling whatever toy or …

Indiana lawmakers are expected to take up illegal and unwanted phone calls in January. Telemarketers and fraudulent scammers are using advances in technology to skirt federal and state telemarketing laws in Indiana. The Associated Press reports some telemarketers are now using “spoof” numbers to make it appear as if a call is coming from a local area code. Spoofing and …

HEADLINES: International students who overstay their visa may be barred from entering the United States; Beginning in October of 2020, state-issued Identification cards, like drivers licenses, will no longer allow Indiana residents to board flights; Indiana is at risk of losing its Amazon Headquarters bid, due to a lack of LGBTQ protections; A recent survey of the City of Bloomington’s water system indicates …

Monroe County Commissioners declared today Overdose Awareness Day; Bloomington Police announced that they will be setting up sobriety checkpoints and increasing patrols over the Labor Day weekend; The Indiana Department of Transportation will be hosting a series of Interstate 69 public meetings next month; Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson cautions Hoosiers to watch out for opportunistic scams in the …

White-tailed deer at the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve are close to destroying the preserve to the point it may never recover. With a new school year on the horizon and international students from all over the world pouring into IU’s Bloomington campus, scammers are on the lookout to trick naive international students into turning over money and personal information. An …