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4 days ago | wral.com | Pritchard Strong |Will Doran |Jack Hagel

A file photo of people lined up outside of a North Carolina DMV office. The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles needs to focus more on improving its workforce situation — including staffing and personnel flexibility — to improve customer service, North Carolina’s state auditor said Monday. State Auditor Dave Boliek, in a news release, disclosed preliminary findings of his office’s audit into the DMV.

1 week ago | wral.com | Pritchard Strong

Cat slippers, sewing videos and sad music are all part of the latest scam sweeping social media. Unrelated clips are being patched together, creating emotional videos that try to persuade people to support fake causes. 5 On Your Side started investigating this trend when the Better Business Bureau issued a scam alert. While doing a deep dive into this scam, our team identified and connected with two victims, George Tsaftarides and his daughter Daisy Yelichek.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.