As scam schemes continue to prey upon vulnerable San Franciscans and drain their savings, the City Attorney’s Office reminds residents that they do not have to deal with the aftermath alone.
Scammers are constantly evolving and their creativity is often underestimated, said San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu.
San Francisco’s low-income, immigrant communities are especially losing money to scams like fraudulent immigration consultants, financial investments, tax services and online travel companies, he said.
Often people cannot afford the scam that targeted them, and legal red tape can be especially challenging to navigate for people whose primary language is not English, Chiu said.
“One scam could be the difference between
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