Waris Mohamed, a mother from Savage, enrolled her three children in what she believed was a free after-school tutoring program in the fall of 2022. Encouraged by a teacher at her kids’ dugsi school, she was told the program was available because her household earned less than $35,000 a year. However, things took a turn when an unknown man contacted her, asking for personal information like her Social Security number. He claimed to be part of the tutoring service, but it later turned out to be a scam, costing Waris thousands of dollars for subpar tutoring services.
