The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert for Arya Maldonado, 3, and Alana Maldonado, 2, who were reported missing ...

Phone scammers posing as Amber Alert "representatives" are offering to meet at homes and gather personal information to "register" children, a procedure that is not actually practiced.

State officials are warning the public about scammers who are trying to take advantage of California's AMBER Alert system to extract personal information from victims, authorities said.