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1 week ago | wral.com | Pritchard Strong

Scammers used LinkedIn to target a new WRAL employee. Kaitlyn Dang did the same thing many professionals do -- she posted about her new job at WRAL on LinkedIn.“I was just really excited. I like to let people know that I'm in the middle of career changes,” Dang said. After connecting with new co-workers on LinkedIn, she got a text that appeared to be one of her new connections, a manager at the station.

3 weeks ago | wral.com | Pritchard Strong

A Raleigh resident said their credit card was stolen by restaurant employees at the drive-thru. Once 5 On Your Side started looking into this case, our team found there have been a handful of other cases in the area, and we wanted to know how to protect your card information from fraud. In a post on Nextdoor, a customer claimed that when they went through the drive-thru at the Taco Bell on Six Forks Road near Strickland Road, the employees at the window didn’t give the customer their card back.

1 month ago | wral.com | Pritchard Strong

5 On Your Side tracked some of the estimated 23,000 vehicles that flooded in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene. To better protect you, our team wanted to follow the process these cars go through after being flooded and learn how scammers conceal damage from unsuspecting buyers. When a car, truck or SUV is flooded, its title should be branded as being flood damaged. That process can happen in a few ways. One option is the vehicle owner makes a claim with their insurance company.

1 month ago | wral.com | Pritchard Strong

Scammers are posting menus of stolen personal information on the dark web. Social security numbers and dates of birth for $7 is just one example. A new report reveals how scammers are using that data from the dark web, combined with AI, to attack you. The Better Business Bureau just released their 2025 Identity Theft Scam Study. It shows people lost over $125 million dollars to identity theft scams in 2023, the most recent data available.

1 month ago | wral.com | Pritchard Strong

A federal investigation of the contaminated building on North Carolina State's campus has been shut down. An update from Chancellor Randy Woodson posted Wednesday says the Health Hazard Evaluation of Poe Hall has been closed due to federal cuts. An NC State spokesperson told 5 On Your Side Thursday that up until this week, the university understood that the HHE was in process of its investigation. Poe Hall was home to NC State's College of Education and the Psychology Department.