{"id":1816,"date":"2023-02-23T12:45:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T12:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2023-02-23T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T12:45:55","slug":"feb-23-daily-scam-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/feb-23-daily-scam-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 23 &#8211; Daily Scam News Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scammers Target Victims Using Zelle App<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-transfer-app.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Zelle\" data-rl_caption=\"Zelle\" title=\"Zelle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-transfer-app.png\" alt=\"Zelle\" class=\"wp-image-1817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-transfer-app.png 389w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-transfer-app-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-transfer-app-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zelle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scammers target victims using popular money transfer app Zelle;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days before Christmas, Jeremy Zuck got a call from someone claiming to be with his bank, PNC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t PNC. It was a scammer who told him this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My bank account had been compromised, and the transactions had been processed through Zelle,&#8221; Zuck said.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/scammers-target-victims-using-money-transfer-app-zelle\/42774362#\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/scammers-target-victims-using-money-transfer-app-zelle\/42774362#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PayPal Unathorized Transaction Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-scam.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"paypal\" data-rl_caption=\"Paypal\" title=\"paypal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-scam.png\" alt=\"Paypal\" class=\"wp-image-1818\" width=\"406\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-scam.png 369w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/money-scam-300x262.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">paypal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Police in Takoma Park are warning residents of a scam involving a fake PayPal e-mail or text message claiming unauthorized transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDid you receive a text or email that looks like this? It\u2019s a scam trying to garner personal information from you and then steal from you,\u201d reads an emailed community advisory. \u201cDon\u2019t fall for it. Ignore the message! Do not click on suspicious links, don\u2019t return these types of phone calls, and don\u2019t provide personally-identifying information.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sourceofthespring.com\/takoma-park-news\/2803822\/police-warn-of-paypal-unathorized-transaction-scam\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sourceofthespring.com\/takoma-park-news\/2803822\/police-warn-of-paypal-unathorized-transaction-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam news 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fake Job Scams are Skyrocketing Online<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-22.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Fake job offer\" data-rl_caption=\"Fake job offer\" title=\"Fake job offer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-22.png\" alt=\"Fake job offer\" class=\"wp-image-1819\" width=\"493\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-22.png 860w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-22-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-22-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-22-624x348.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fake job offer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2022-12-17\/if-youre-looking-for-a-side-hustle-avoid-these-job-sites\">applying for a job<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2022-05-04\/linkedin-settles-with-us-over-alleged-pay-discrimination\">LinkedIn<\/a>, Sandi Pounder received the good, if surprising, news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am glad to inform you that due to your level of experience and your working skills, the company has decided to hire you as one of our Data Analyst (REMOTE),\u201d the email read. \u201cOn behalf of our firm, I congratulate you on your achievement.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2023-01-12\/job-scams-skyrocket-linkedin-indeed-pandemic\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2023-01-12\/job-scams-skyrocket-linkedin-indeed-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Scammers Target Victims Using Zelle App Scammers target victims using popular money transfer app Zelle; A few days before Christmas, Jeremy Zuck got a call from someone claiming to be with his bank, PNC. It wasn&#8217;t PNC. It was a scammer who told him this: &#8220;My bank account had been compromised, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","category-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}