The latest gas-station scam warning has a screw loose, which is fitting because the whole thing appears to be fake. The scam ...

It’s the latest social media warning. Police departments across the country are supposedly warning people of a new gas pump ...

A Virginia police department's inaccurate Facebook post resulted in numerous local ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC news affiliates ...

Officials from the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff Department walked back earlier reports of scammers using the “screw method” to dupe customers at the gas pump. The post was part of a wave of false ...

Social media users, news media outlets and police departments promoting the warning did not confirm any credible reports of the alleged criminal act.