john matarese has the warning. >> there are urban mick and hoaxes.he best bet is not forward them. the one warning is real. greetings from jamaica are great when a friend sends you a postcard. not so great if a scammer calls you. a viral post tells you to never answer the phone if the call comes from the area code. there is a lot of truth to the warning. some innocent looking area codes relong to foreign countries so it mighh be a scammer calling. they don't look like the international calls on the caller i.d. but they are. so, from the doesn't that stink file, area codes to be su bahamas, ge that day, and 876 ja payca. never call the number back or you will say doesn't that stink? not only might you call a scammer be you could be charged $3 or more for the call. not all the calls are scams. the u.s. laws don't apply. be careful so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese, abc7 news. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: a community startled. nancy: a man accused of trying to lure two children from a playground on easter sund

nancy: but consumer john matarese shows how a $20 t-shirt can cost hundreds if you are not careful soste your money. john: zoo animals get our attention these days. april the giraffe who just gave birth, fiona the baby hippo and harambe, the gorilla cut down in his prime. before you buy merchandise bearing the likeness, be careful about the even the brylest of us can fall for a scam. >> i did a quick shirt for the r.i.p. harambe t-shirt. the first came up is etsy. john: etsy has dozens of the shirts hand made by members. you will also find shirts that honor april the giraffe and other zoo animal meme. >> i ordered it from my phone. >> but enhe received a retreat for $625. >> it says quantity one, $25 and shipping $600. john: $600 to ship. what was probably a $5 shirt. the good news as he e-mailed etsy and we followed up, they refunded the shipping ripoff. he says he missed the safety tips that say check the seller feedback, contact the seller directly through the conversations feature and read the seller shipping policies. next time he >> click details. it could look like for a cheap

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john matarese, abc7 news. larry: tonight, driving under the influence of what?esearchers find something they have never seen before. hot button with the homeowners. standing room only at the city council. issue that pack them in. metro responds to announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. larry: d.u.i. may have you thinking of someone who had too much to drink but for the first time the number of the fatal crashes doing drugs is higher than those drinking. stephen tschida is live to break it down. thissed is route 50 out of d.c. the officers who patrol this route are not surprised. more often they tell me they will pull over a driver that they think is drink but turns out he or she is on drugs. >> a study of drivers that are killed in the crashes uncover dramatic shift in contributing factors. >> we find drugs that are more predominant now. >> they is safety administration found 44% had legal or illegal drugs in their system. 37 tested above the legal limit for alcohol. >> the public needs to understand it's not okay to smoke pot and drive. >> the most c

john matarese, abc7 news. larry: tonight, a blackhawk down. on a local golf course.he eyewitness account of the moment before impact and the fate of those on board. a new encounter begs the question why can't police put an end to it? a marathoner who waved the way for women >> this is a breaking news alert. >> this is out of st. mary's county where a military helicopter crashed this afternoon. it happened after the choer took off from fort belvoir in virginia. q mccray is live with the latest for us. q mccray? q: we are live on the golf course and country club. we are going to zoom in. there are pieces of the represent all over the golf course. we saw military experts here checking out the debris. you will notice the yellow caution tape. there is another piece over there. this happened this afternoon. we have the cell phone video to happened here. according to a milliontary official, this -- military official, this u.s. army helicopter crash landed on the third hole. through crewmembers were on board. two were medevaced to a hospital. we are waiting to see what happe