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Scammers Posing As Well-Known Businesses, Agencies: Here's What To Know, Feds Say Scammers Posing As Well-Known Businesses, Agencies: Here's What To Know, Feds Say
Scammers Posing As Well-Known Businesses, Agencies: Here's What To Know, Feds Say Federal authorities are sounding the alarm over scams that impersonate well-known businesses and government agencies.  In 2023, data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alone show more than 330,000 reports of business impersonation scams and nearly 160,000 reports of government impersonation scams. That amounts to nearly half the frauds reported directly to the agency, the FTC said. Combined, reported losses to these impersonation scams topped $1.1 billion for the year, more than three times what consumers reported in 2020. Reports show an increasingly blurred line between busine…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Bicyclist Killed In Newton Crash With UPS Truck ID'd Bicyclist Killed In Newton Crash With UPS Truck ID'd
Bicyclist Killed In Newton Crash With UPS Truck ID'd Authorities in Middlesex County have identified the cyclist who died after being hit by a delivery truck in Newton on Monday, Aug. 28.  Alex Bohm, 57, was riding his bike west of Watertown Road, and a UPS truck coming the other way collided as the truck went to turn onto Bridge Road, the Middlesex District Attorney said. Investigators have not said who caused the crash.  First responders reached Bohm just before 5:30 p.m. and rushed him to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, but doctors could not save his life.  The 57-year-old UPS driver from Newton remained on the scene. Of…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Bicyclist Killed In Crash With UPS Truck In Newton Bicyclist Killed In Crash With UPS Truck In Newton
Bicyclist Killed In Crash With UPS Truck In Newton A 57-year-old Middlesex County man was killed on Monday evening, Aug. 28, after his bicycle was involved in a crash with a UPS truck, authorities said.  The wreck happened just before 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Watertown and Bridge Streets in Newton, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said.  The initial investigation shows that the cyclist was riding west on Watertown, and the UPS truck was driving in the opposite direction. They collided as the truck turned onto Bridge Street, authorities said  Responders rushed the Newton cyclist to Brigham and Women’s Hos…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Car Flips Onto Side After Running Red Light On Route 3A In Cohasset: Police Car Flips Onto Side After Running Red Light On Route 3A In Cohasset: Police
Car Flips Onto Side After Running Red Light On Route 3A In Cohasset: Police First responders had to rescue a 73-year-old man from his car after he ran a red light and the vehicle ended up on its side this week in Cohasset, authorities said.  Cohasset Police and Fire responded to the crash at the intersection of Route 3A and Beechwood Street around 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, Cohasset Police report.  Upon arrival, crews found a 2021 Subaru resting on its side with the man trapped inside. The driver was eventually freed from the vehicle but refused medical treatment, police said.  First responders work to free a 73-year-old driver from a Subaru that flipped …

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by David Cifarelli