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Scammer thwarted in The Dalles

  • by Neita Cecil, The Dalles Chronicle
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In a rarity, $1,600 that an elderly woman in The Dalles was scammed out of was recently returned to her by postal inspectors, who made a special trip here from Portland to do so. But an alarming aspect of this case was that the scammers remotely changed the woman’s phone number, “not once, but twice,” in an effort to isolate her, said Gwen Koski, postmaster in The Dalles.

News Kids Campaign winner donates to dog shelter
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News Kids Campaign winner donates to dog shelter

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For Caleb Trumbull, victory and charity are a combined mission. When the seventh grader took first place in the Hood River News Kids Campaign in March, he made a point to donate half his winnings to the local animal shelter, Hood River Adopt A Dog.

World and national news in brief
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World and national news in brief

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PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A new offensive by the Pakistani military against militants in a northwestern tribal area has displaced thousands of people in the past week, an official said Wednesday.