Police warn of Internet scams

DeKALB - Police are again notifying the public of various Internet-based scams after three DeKalb residents reported Tuesday they had been defrauded out of thousands of dollars. "We had one come in in which a guy puts a résumé on Monster.com," DeKalb Police Lt. Jim Kayes said. "He gets contacted from some company out of Russia to work for them and the work involves processing checks. ... He funnels bad checks into his account and he Western Unions (cash) and now he's stuck to the tune of $10,000." In another instance, Internet auction site eBay was the starting point for an unrelated scam that cost a DeKalb man $800. Kayes said the man expressed some interest in purchasing an item on eBay, but he didn't win the auction. He was later contac