Ambar Rodriguez
Multimedia Journalist at KSNV-TV (Las Vegas, NV)
Consumer Journalist @nbcwashington - D.C. Former Investigative Journalist @WSVN /Help Me Howard -Miami,FL [email protected]
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3 days ago |
news3lv.com | Ambar Rodriguez
TOPICS:ScamPhone fraudCryptocurrencyLas Vegas Metro PoliceAwarenessPersonal informationJail timeVictimLAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A local woman narrowly escaped a scam that threatened her with jail time unless she paid $95,000, her niece, Jessica Kipi, said. The woman, who is nearly 70 years old, received a call from someone claiming her information was being used to smuggle drugs. When she expressed a need to verify the situation with her niece, the caller threatened to arrest her as well.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcwashington.com | Susan Hogan |Ambar Rodriguez
A Maryland woman who found herself in over her head with a fixer-upper turned her frustration into a thriving business - and teaches women home repair skills they never thought they would master. Tisha Grant's journey started with trial and error after she got divorced and bought a home. "I said, 'I'm going to figure it out. I'm going to try and do some of this stuff myself,'" she said. Grant watched countless tutorials and got to work.
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3 weeks ago |
news3lv.com | Ambar Rodriguez
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A family is mourning the loss of their 10 pets after a fire started in their home moments after they left. "When my dad came and told me that the fire happened and all of the animals were dead, I just felt sad because I had two emotional support animals," Holyanna Lancaster-Solorzano said. The Lancaster-Solorzano Family said they were not home when they got a call informing them that a fire had started.
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1 month ago |
nbclosangeles.com | Susan Hogan |Ambar Rodriguez
Your phone rings, the number is unknown but you pick up in case it's a doctor's office or your child's school - only to find it's a debt-reduction offer or bogus info about how you won a free cruise. Robocalls and scam texts are not only annoying but can lead to the loss of your hard-earned money. Americans reported losing a whopping $10 billion to scams in 2023, the Federal Trade Commission says. Phone scams caused the highest per-person loss, at a median of $1,400.
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1 month ago |
nbcwashington.com | Susan Hogan |Ambar Rodriguez
Your phone rings, the number is unknown but you pick up in case it's a doctor's office or your child's school - only to find it's a debt-reduction offer or bogus info about how you won a free cruise. Robocalls and scam texts are not only annoying but can lead to the loss of your hard-earned money. Americans reported losing a whopping $10 billion to scams in 2023, the Federal Trade Commission says. Phone scams caused the highest per-person loss, at a median of $1,400.
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