evidence: Maui residents with wildfire-damaged homes are being targeted by real estate scams, officials warn As searchers look for the more than 1,000 people still unaccounted for in the aftermath of deadly wildfires that tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui last week, killing at least 101, government officials warned that scammers have already begun to target survivors whose properties were damaged in the blazes. [...] The Federal Trade Commission cautioned last week that people affected by wildfires on Maui could potentially fall prey to scammers who typically target victims after a disaster occurs.