The Office of Attorney General Ken Paxton is warning Texans to be cautious of opportunistic scammers, fraudulent charities, and price gougers attempting to profit off the July 4 flooding disaster, and urges people to research charities before donating and to report instances of excessive price hikes.

After the floods in and around Central Texas, people have been donating to charities and business. But this unfortunately comes with scams, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a warning to all Texas consumers of an increase of post disaster scams.