{"id":1988,"date":"2023-03-15T06:22:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T06:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2023-03-15T06:22:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T06:22:14","slug":"march-15-daliy-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/march-15-daliy-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"March 15 &#8211; Daliy News Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tech Scammers Targeting Elderly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/media-scam.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Tech Scammers Targeting Elderly\" data-rl_caption=\"Tech Scammers Targeting Elderly\" title=\"Tech Scammers Targeting Elderly\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/media-scam.png\" alt=\"Tech Scammers Targeting Elderly\" class=\"wp-image-1989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/media-scam.png 391w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/media-scam-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tech Scammers Targeting Elderly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New technology is making it more accessible now than ever for scammers to target you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some cases, high-tech thieves can use your voice to trick your family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiktok, Youtube, Instagram&#8230; if the scammers can hear your voice in the videos that you post, they can take that audio and create new messages. Some of these thieves are targeting the elderly. The old grandparents scam with a new twist.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/consumer\/help-me-hank\/2023\/03\/14\/tech-scammers-using-audio-from-social-media-accounts-to-scam-the-elderly\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/consumer\/help-me-hank\/2023\/03\/14\/tech-scammers-using-audio-from-social-media-accounts-to-scam-the-elderly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Device Chief Arrested<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medical-scam.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Medical Device Chief Arrested\" data-rl_caption=\"Medical Device Chief Arrested\" title=\"Medical Device Chief Arrested\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medical-scam.png\" alt=\"\nMedical Device Chief Arrested\" class=\"wp-image-1990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medical-scam.png 386w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medical-scam-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medical-scam-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\nMedical Device Chief Arrested<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former neurostimulator company chief has been indicted for creating and selling a fake medical component that was implanted into patients to scam insurers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laura Perryman headed the Florida company Stimwave LLC, which sold useless pieces of plastic that were implanted into chronic pain patients in the guise of electronic receivers.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icij.org\/investigations\/implant-files\/medical-device-company-chief-arrested-over-dummy-implant-scam\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.icij.org\/investigations\/implant-files\/medical-device-company-chief-arrested-over-dummy-implant-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scam news 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cybercrime &amp; Silicon Valley Bank Collapse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-41.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Cybercrime\" data-rl_caption=\"Cybercrime\" title=\"Cybercrime\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-41.png\" alt=\"Cybercrime\" class=\"wp-image-1991\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cybercrime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the collapse and federal takeover of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday, March 10, scam artists wasted no time preying on the bank\u2019s customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports have surfaced of an email scam that initially targeted customers of businesses that banked with SVB when news first broke of the institution&#8217;s financial struggles and has only increased in volume following the bank&#8217;s failure and takeover by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/be-alert-to-scams-perpetrated-by-1786244\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/be-alert-to-scams-perpetrated-by-1786244\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Tech Scammers Targeting Elderly New technology is making it more accessible now than ever for scammers to target you. In some cases, high-tech thieves can use your voice to trick your family members. Tiktok, Youtube, Instagram&#8230; if the scammers can hear your voice in the videos that you post, they can take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,60,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","category-cyber-scam","category-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","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=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1992,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions\/1992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}