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It's the season of giving, but beware, there is a gift exchange scam that is circulating through Facebook. Here's what you need to know so you don't fall for it.

Here we go again. Be on the lookout for a fake coupon supposedly from a big box store. It looks real so beware.

Even when you are applying for a job, scammers are always working on trying to steal your information.This scam involves a local company that is actually hiring but the scammers are sending out false letters.

You think it's easy to pick out a scam. All you have to do is not click on weird links and don't answer numbers you don't recognize. You can do that, but this new scam is doing something completely new and there's a good chance you'll fall for this one.

There is a new phone scam that is going around that sounds too good to be true, well, because it is. This one was pretty believable and my mom was almost a victim. Be aware of this latest scam.

Heads-up! There is another phone scam that is making its way around the Capital Region. This time it has to do with people posing as law enforcement.

We are experiencing a heat wave and scammers are preying on a group of people who need to make sure their electricity bill is up to date. Local police are warning residents of the latest phone scam.

Every day we're forced to keep our guard up and stay on high alert as potential scammers and hackers could be everywhere. Scamming anybody out of their hard-earned money is dreadful, but targeting the elderly is simply the lowest of the low.  That's exactly what is happening and the State Police are warning local residents about the so called 'grandparent scam' that robbed a Saratoga County reside

When Hamilton was announced at Proctors, it seemed like it was all the Capital Region could talk about! Tickets are going to be difficult to find and online scammers are jumping on the opportunity.

There is another phone scam that is hitting the Capital Region. This time it's targeting the Albany area. The scammers are impersonating the police.

Imagine answering a call from an unknown phone number and hearing "Daddy, Daddy....please help me!" Followed by the voice of a man who claims to have kidnapped your child, asking for ransom money and threatening injury if you don't follow suit.  The thought alone is enough to send chills up your spine, making even the most attentive parents wonder if their child truly is in harms way.  Y

Internet scams are getting smarter and using the people we love to get to our money. If you're a Toby Keith fan, be careful, who's reaching out to you on Twitter may not be who you think.