sot mindy hayes, victim: "when i got my confirmation email, it just didn't look legitimate. it was just text." mindy - an avid online shopper - who works in it.. was out 83 dollars. experts warn.. it could have been worse. more money.. or even her identity. mary power, ceo council for better business bureaus: clicking that link puts you in danger, it also puts your family and friends in danger. gr: all of that can happen with gfx v/o: safe sites have an 's' with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors. real online businesses have extensive privacy policies. facebook quickly investigated... telling abc news.. it has "blocked this website from placing future ads." v/o: as for mindy hayes.. back... sot mindy hayes: it's hard to know who you can and cannot buy from online gloria riviera, abc news, washington. now for a story that's positively las vegas. project 150 held a free teen shopping day today.... at its new location on north rancho drive. the local nonprofit provides homeless teens with the basic necessites like socks, shoes and clothing. any

v/o: as for mindy hayes.. she's working to get her money sot mindy hayes: it's hard to know who you can and cannot buy from online loria riviera, abc news, washington. good morning las vegas.. still ahead this morning... we'll tell you why some very deserving local teens got the chance to go on a free shopping spree. plus, foodies were out in full force for a major okoff. we'll tell you more about the a local man is taking a new approach to stopping package thieves... and he's not making any stink about people trying to steal from him. good morning las vegas! i'm ... the time now is let's get started with a weather first check with carlo falco! good morning carlo. ((ad-lib)) ((ad-lib)) the war against package thieves just got a lot more take a look at this video you first saw on action news. you might think the man who lives here would be upset that a guy stole from him - but you'd be wrong. action news reporter michael burton has the story. "one day i kind of just thought about cleaning up the poop and puttin

sot mindy hayes, victim: "when i got my confirmation email, it just didn't look legitimate. it was just text." mindy - an avid online shopper - who works in it.. was out 83 dollars. experts warn.. it could have been worse. more money.. or even her identity. mary power, ceo council for better business bureaus: clicking that link puts you in danger, it also puts your family and friends in danger. gr: all of that can happen with just one click. mp: absolutely. so.. what should you be looking for? gfx v/o: safe sites have an 's' fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors. telling abc news.. it has "blocked this website from placing future ads." v/o: as for mindy hayes.. she's working to get her money back... sot mindy hayes: it's hard to know who you can and cannot buy from online gloria riviera, abc news, washington. good morning las vegas.. still ahead - why some very deserving local teens got the chance to go on a free shopping spree. plus, foodies were out in full force for a major cookoff. we have all the details on the "downtown throw down" a local man is taking a n

shopping for her daughter, mom mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook said, 'oh, great deal.'" those boots never retailer apparently a fake. "when i got my confirmation email, it just didn't look just text." mindy - an avid online shopper - who works in it.. was out 83 dollars. experts warn.. it could have been worse. more moneyey or mary powow, ceo council for better business bureaus: puts you in danger, family and friends in danger. gr: all of that can click. so.. what should you be looking for? safe sites have an 's' with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors. real online businesses have extensive privacy policies. facebook q qckly investigated... telling abc news.. it has "blocked this website from placing future ads." as for mindy hayes.. she's working to get her money back... mindy hayes: it's hard to know who you can and cannot buy from online gloria riviera, abc still to come... if you haven't shipped your holiday presents yet... now might be the time to do so i'll tell you why... after the break. scott: we'll have... "you're watching abc9

shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook feed for ugg boots, over 80% off. >> i was like, oh, great deal. >> reporter: too great. those boots never arrived. the online retailer apparently a fake. >> when i got my confirmation e-mail, it just didn't look legitimate. >> reporter: mindy, an avid online shopper, who works in i.t., was out $83. experts warn it could have been worse. more money or even her identity. family and friends in danger. >> reporter: all of that can happen with just one click? >> absolutely. >> reporter: so, what should you be looking for? safe sites have an "s" with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors. real online businesses have extensive privacy policies. facebook quickly investigated, telling abc news it has "blocked this website from placing future ads." as for mindy hayes, she's working on getting her money back. >> it's hard to know, really, who you can and can't buy from online. >> reporter: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >>> we still have much more ahead on "world news tonight." coming

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shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on this site for bets over 80% off. >> oh, great deal. >> reporter: too great. those boots never arrived. the on-line retailer apparently a fake. >> when i got the confirmation e-mail it didn't look legitimate. >> reporter: mindy, an avid on- line shopper, who works in it, was out $83. experts warn it could have been worse. >> clicking that link puts you in danger. it also puts your family and friends in danger. >> reporter: so what should you be looking for? safe sites have an s with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors. real retailers have facebook policies. as for mindy hayes, she's >> it's hard to know really on-line. >> that was gloria riviera reporting. >>> we can trust what you say, though. >> you can buy this forecast. you can take it right to the bank. we've got temperatures again in the middle to upper 60s in day tomorrow. let's head outside now. it's just remarkably mild considering it is the middle of the night, in the middle of the month of december. 62 degrees in central park. cloudy skies. w

shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook feed for ugg boots, over 80% off. >> great deal. >> too great. those boots never arrived. the online retailer apparently a fake. e-mail it didn't look legitimate. >> mindy an avid online shopper who works in i.t. was out $83. experts warn it could have been worse. more money or even her identity. >> clicking that link puts you in danger and puts your family and friends in danger. >> all of that can happen with one click. >> absolutely. >> reporter: so what should you be looking for? safe sites have an s with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and errors. real online businesses have extensive privacy policies. facebook quickly investigated telling abc news it has blocked this website from placing future ads. as for mindy hayes, she's working on getting her money back. >> it's hard to know really who you can and can't buy from online. >> reporter: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >>> i had no idea. that's good to know. thank you, gloria. >> i worry about that kind of thing all the time that you don

shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook feed for ugg boots.eat deal! >> reporter: too great. those boots never arrived. the online retailer a fake. >> when i got my confirmation e-mail it didn't look legitimate. >> reporter: mindy, avid online shopper who works in i.t., was out $83. experts warn it could have been worse. more money or even her identity. >> clicking that link puts you in danger, it puts your family and friends in danger. >> all of that with one click? >> absolutely. >> reporter: what should you be looking for? safe sites have an "s" with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors. real businesses have extensive privacy policies. facebook quickly investigated telling abc news it has blocked this website from placing future ads. as for mindy hayes, she's working on getting her money back. >> it's hard to know really who you can and can't buy from online. >>> coming up on abc 7 news, from 7 on your side the best way to cash in on that gift card you don't really want. >>> a holiday photo with santa turns

as for mindy hayes, she's working on getting her money back. mindy: it's hard to know really who you can and can't buy from online. gloria: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. antoinette: i know a lot of us have been really digging the warmer temperatures. if winter sports is your thing, the season is off to a rough start. frank: the efforts underway to make the best of a tough situation on the slopes. and the ongoing investigation into the runaway red line train. the next step for investigators, and the action that's set to get underway against the driver. antoinette: it's a beautiful start to the morning. as we take a live look from 52 degrees outside right hey mom, i could use some basil. oh, sure thing, sweetie. r life is eating out of a flower pot. wait where' s the? right. it' s being a food paparazzi. rhoney, your rump roast just broke the internet. as it should. and a takeout romantic. dessert! happy anniversary. life is mucho, and grande. life is eating, laughing, loving >> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." antoinette: an arrest afte

as for mindy hayes, she's working on getting her money back. mindy: it's hard to know really who you can and can't buy from online. gloria: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. antoinette: okay. a lot of us are liking the mild temperatures but if winter sports are your thing, the season is off to a rough start. frank: the efforts underway to make the best of a tough situation on the slopes. and the ongoing investigation into the runaway red line train. the next step for investigators, and the action that's set to get underway against the driver. antoinette: a live look over the zakim bridge this morning. traffic, of course, moving along nice and smoothly at 6:26 on a sunday morning. we're back with more of new >> now on newscenter 5's antoinette: an arrest after a deadly crash. the charges the driver is facing and the victim who was just trying to get to his christmas tree lot. frank: authorities zero in on a suspect wanted for firebombing a mosque. the new information on the attack. antoinette: and the warm temperatures taking a toll on winter

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shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook feed for ugg boots, over 80% off. >> i was like, oh, great deal. >> reporter: too great. those boots never arrived. the online retailer apparently a fake. e-mail, it just didn't look legitimate. >> reporter: mindy, an avid online shopper, who works in i.t., was out $83. experts warn it could have been worse. more money or even her identity. >> clicking that link puts you in danger, it also puts your family and friends in danger. >> reporter: all of that can happen with just one click. >> absolutely. >> reporter: so, what should you be looking for? safe sites have an "s" with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and grammatical errors. real online businesses have extensive privacy policies. facebook quickly investigated, telling abc news it has "blocked this website from placing future ads." as for mindy hayes, she's working on getting her money back. >> it's hard to know who you can and can't buy from online. >> reporter: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >>> we still have much more ahead on "world

mindy hayes thought she found great boots for her daughter when the shipment didn't arrive she realizedhat happened. >> when i got the confirmation it didn't look limb matt. >> look for warning signs of scams safe sites have s and lock and url. fake sites have typos and grammatical error and extensive privacy policy errors. >> a man in jail charged with sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16. investigators say juan campos moralesaccording to officials the abuse was reported to officials who contact authorities and he was a native of guatemala leveled to be living in the u.s. >> a man was killed and woman injured overnight thanks to this crash on the blue route before 1:00 frbg this morning the driver lost control at the media swarthmore exitch the car rolled over trapping both people inside. it took crews 30 minutes gets to the victims. the man was dead and the woman rushed to coszer chester medical center. no word what caused this eithe either. >> a police officer from wilmington was injured during a dog attack it happened 1:30, 1 1700 block of north spruce street and the offi

mindy hayes thought she found this great deal on bought for her daughter and when the shipment neverealized there was a problem. >> when i got my confirmation email it didn't look legitimat legitimate. >> experts wanted to look for warning signs of scama. safe sites have a letter s with flock url and also read online businesses have extensive privacy policies. as you head out to knock a few items off the holiday list this weekend you will undoubtedly be struggling with finding a parking space. when you may park your car you you may be doing it all wrong. david curly explains. >> 'tis the season of packed malls and mall parking lots which can be dangerous, cars backing out [ horn ]. >> aaa says this morning most of us are parking the wrong way. 75% of us pulling into a spot. problem we have to back out and that can be dangerous for pe pedestrians. every year drivers backing out of parking space or drive way kill more than 200 people and injury 15,000. >> i'll try toy back into this space and this you're telling me is the right way. >> this is the right way to park. >> backup cameras a