SCAM ALERT: City Light Says Thieves Are Posing As Fake Utility Workers

Seattle City Light on Friday (Dec. 30) announced that “several customers have contacted Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities with concerns about thieves posing as utility employees.” “The... [Read more]

King County Warns Of Apparent Property Tax Email Scam

King County on Friday (Dec. 16) announced that they are warning of an apparent email scam. “The county has received calls from people and businesses within and outside of King County, including individuals... [Read more]

Burien Police: Don’t Get Scammed In Parking Lots

by Ralph Nichols Burien Police are warning South King County residents to be on guard against a “pigeon-drop” scam that originates in parking lots. Detective Andy Skarr told The B-Town Blog that at... [Read more]

SCAM ALERT: Telephone Scammers Are Again Targeting State Businesses

Scammers posing as Washington Department of Revenue employees are again calling Washington businesses to direct them to a bogus international phone number that charges them for the call, the Department... [Read more]

Exasperated Burien Widow Victim Of Mexico-Based Telephone Scam

by Scott Schaefer Just days after her husband passed away, a 75-year old Burien widow was the victim of a telephone scam, and she wants our Readers to know how she was recently duped into sending money... [Read more]

Better Business Bureau Warns Of Phishing Attack From “seatac@bbb.org”

On Monday (April 12) the Better Business Bureau announced that it had discovered that counterfeit BBB complaint notices are being sent out to businesses across the country from the email address “seatac@bbb.org.”... [Read more]

Burien Biz Busted For Windshield Glass Scam; KING-TV Busted For Misspelling

KING-TV is reporting Wednesday (Jan. 6th) that Washington State Office of Insurance Commissioner agents raided a Burien business called Premier Auto Glass and Auto Glass Experts investigating for evidence... [Read more]

WARNING: Scam Artists Posing As Highline College Students

According to representatives from Highline Community College, scam artists are apparently posing around Burien as Highline art students and soliciting donations. The scam artists claim they are painting... [Read more]

Five Arrested In $18 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, US Attorney for the Western District of Washington announced Wednesday (June 3rd) that five people have been arrested in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that allegedly cheated area banks and property sellers out of more than $18 million.

The five arrested include…

ALERT: Phone Scam Targeting Hispanic Businesses

Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna has released this alert, about a telephone scam in which Spanish-speaking callers claim to be from “the insurance agency”: Callers claim to be... [Read more]

B-Town Blog Gets Its First Nigerian Scam Email!

We’ve received numerous “419 Nigerian Scam” emails over the years to our personal emails (yay us!), but this is the first one that has ever been actually copied and pasted into a blog... [Read more]