Rachel Yonkunas
Investigative Reporter at News 12 Long Island
Multi Emmy Award-Winning Investigative Reporter for @News12LI
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Aug 29, 2024 |
newsbreak.com | Rachel Yonkunas
Labor Day weekend notably brings in those huge end-of-season sales. Major retailers slash prices and offer big markdowns on various items. As sales get underway, scammers are waiting in the shadows, hoping to steal your personal information—and your money. “Cybercriminals always prey wherever there’s a best chance for their return so they’re looking for, especially, a lot of online shopping,” said Scott Schober, a cybersecurity expert and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems.
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Jul 25, 2024 |
bronx.news12.com | Rachel Yonkunas
A Deer Park teenager says he was blacklisted by his bank, all because he fell for a scam. The problem wasn’t corrected until Team 12 Investigates started making calls. Drew Waites’ story is a cautionary tale for anyone looking to make some extra cash. He fell for what’s known as a car wrap scam. It uses fake checks to steal your money. The typical victim loses around $2,000 and, as Waites learned, the ability to open accounts at any financial institution.
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Jul 24, 2024 |
newjersey.news12.com | Rachel Yonkunas
Deer Park teen blacklisted by bank after falling for a fake check scam•Jul 25, 2024, 10:01 PM•Updated 1 hr agoA Deer Park teenager says he was blacklisted by his bank, all because he fell for a scam. The problem wasn’t corrected until Team 12 Investigates started making calls. Drew Waites’ story is a cautionary tale for anyone looking to make some extra cash. He fell for what’s known as a car wrap scam. It uses fake checks to steal your money.
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Jul 24, 2024 |
newjersey.news12.com | Rachel Yonkunas
Zillow report: 28 LI communities have million-dollar starter homes•Jul 26, 2024, 9:51 PM•Updated 1 hr agoIt’s no secret that homes are expensive on Long Island. A new report by Zillow shows the typical starter home in dozens of Long Island communities will cost buyers at least $1 million. The eye-opening report found 237 U.S. cities have a million-dollar price tag for the least expensive home in the area. Five years ago, Zillow said there were only 84 such cities.
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Jul 19, 2024 |
westchester.news12.com | Rachel Yonkunas
Today's global IT outage has highlighted just how reliant companies are on a few dominant providers - like Microsoft - and how systems that are using the same platforms all have shared weaknesses. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows. The irony is that upgrades are meant to fix existing issues, not create new ones.
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#Breaking - A person is currently detained by police outside @realDonaldTrump rally site on LI. NCPD Commissioner Pat Ryder said the individual "may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site" & falsely reported explosives being found. @News12LI https://t.co/ilc10YPX3U
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#Gilgo update - @RayTierneyDA says they will release new information Monday regarding the victim known as “Asian Doe” and provide updates on the ongoing Gilgo Beach murders investigation @News12LI