Updated: 5:45 PM Last night in an exclusive Call For Action report we told you about a new multi-million dollar phone system the city of Colorado Springs has purchased. We explained how former employees and vendors questioned the buy when the City's facing a $37-million budget shortfall.
Updated: 12:59 PM The city of Colorado Springs, facing a $37-million-dollar budget shortfall, has quietly purchased millions of dollars in new phone equipment. Some believe it's a waste of our taxpayer money.
Updated: 12:26 AM If you're a job seeker... you may have applied for various positions online. But sometimes it can be confusing to know exactly who you're applying with... a job board, the actual employer, or even a school. Career Network, Inc. out of Orlando, Florida says it's simply a job board trying to hook up employers and potential employees.
Updated: 12:35 AM If you were told you could get your hands on a brand new Panasonic television for under $50... you'd probably jump at the chance. But don't even think about it. It's just another misleading mailer.
Updated: 10:15 AM A full page ad in the Gazette promotes a cell phone tailor-made for seniors. And the best part, it's free. But don't believe it there are strings attached.
Updated: 12:14 AM As foreclosures continue to rise in El Paso County, predatory foreclosure wolves come out to prey... looking to pounce on unsuspecting homeowners.
Updated: 3:24 PM According to a complaints, the Immigration Center advertised itself as being able to help immigrants obtain and complete various immigration forms.
Updated: 12:27 AM Back in March we told you the story of a woman who unwittingly gave away her home for nothing. She says she signed a paper with an investor... thinking she was listing her distressed house for sale. Instead she gave the investor the rights to the property. That home is now officially bank-owned, but today we learned of other victims... tenants who were paying rent to that investor.
Updated: 12:12 AM According to a national consumer group... one in every six people has had their personal information compromised. Here are some steps you should take if you learn your identity is at risk.
Updated: 12:08 AM Imagine finding out that criminals may have gotten their hands on your social security number. That's exactly what some UCCS students are dealing with. The university is notifying nearly 800 students and alumni that some of their personal information may have been on a stolen laptop.
Updated: 9:31 AM Call For Action's Call an Expert week will begin Monday, July 13 and run through Monday, July 20.
Updated: 3:11 PM The vulnerability disclosed Monday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating software.
Updated: 10:32 AM About 400,000 Simplicity drop side cribs are being recalled for posing a suffocation or entrapment hazard.
Updated: 3:27 PM The BBB says the value of most memorabilia and commemorative items is sentimental, meaning the currently inflated prices will drop over time.
Updated: 3:24 PM Smith's Food and Drug Stores says it is expanding its recall on beef to include packages weighing two pounds or more of store-brand labeled beef grind 85/15 with sell-by dates of April 27 to June 1.
Updated: 11:37 AM Crooks had so much success with a recent credit card scam...they're at it again. They're leaving cryptic messages... hoping you'll respond immediately.
Posted: 1:41 PM The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Blair LLC on Thursday issued their second recall notice in two months on 162,000 chenille robes, citing a fire hazard.
Updated: 11:16 PM A Manitou Springs man couldn't believe it when his 7-year-old refrigerator caught on fire. No one was injured, but now he's worried about others.
Updated: 5:29 PM How does $25,000 in Federal grants, no strings attached sound? Don't believe it. Crooks are behind the claim, and they're fishing around southern Colorado for people to scam.
Updated: 1:26 PM Hyundai Motor Co. is recalling more than 90,000 Sonata sedans to replace door handles that have caused cuts on the fingers of some motorists.
Updated: 12:32 PM Betty Sexton sat down with a thief who's about to pay for her crimes and the information she has to share is not only frightening, but enlightening.
Updated: 8:33 AM It's Call For Action Call an Expert week at KKTV. Each day the Call For Action lines will be staffed with experts of all kinds to ask your questions about everything from foreclosure to lawn health. Call 457-8211 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Updated: 8:09 AM What would you do if your kid or grandchild called to say they were in jail and needed money to get out? It's just one of the latest scams.
Updated: 11:06 PM The company has conducted similar scams statewide with possibly 400 people getting scammed so far. Don't let yourself fall victim.
Posted: 4:57 PM If you heard a lot of commotion in downtown Colorado Springs today... it might have been the buzz of truck-sized shredders making mince meat of thousands of pounds of paper. Letter Rip was a huge success... helping protect people's identities and raising food and cash for Care and Share.
