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<\/a>Scam awareness: Government agencies won\u2019t threaten, and any request for upfront fees should plant doubt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) \u2014 If someone on the other end of your phone says it\u2019s a government agency calling, then it\u2019s likely a sign you\u2019re being targeted for a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s never a good idea to give out sensitive information like your Social Security number to someone who calls you unexpectedly, even if they say they\u2019re with the Social Security Administration or IRS,\u201d according to information at the website of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the agency that compiles reports on telephone fraud.Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n t all started with a Facebook message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a Sunday evening, and Jane Clark, cofounder of BrandSwan<\/a>, a small digital marketing firm in Newark, Delaware, was alerted by her communications manager that they had received an alarming message. Someone has messaged them saying they\u2019d been hired by BrandSwan but they weren\u2019t sure it was legit.Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Scam newa 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n IDAHO FALLS \u2014 Predators are waiting to take your children captive on mobile devices and online. \u2018Sextortion\u2019 is an increasingly popular way to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a recent news release, the FBI\u2019s Salt Lake City Field Office warned parents about an increase of \u201csextortion\u201d of young children in Montana, Utah, Idaho and across the country. It receives dozens of reports every month.Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scam news 1 Scam Awareness by Government Agencies Scam awareness: Government agencies won\u2019t threaten, and any request for upfront fees should plant doubt; LAS VEGAS (KLAS) \u2014 If someone on the other end of your phone says it\u2019s a government agency calling, then it\u2019s likely a sign you\u2019re being targeted for a scam. \u201cIt\u2019s never […]<\/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-2005","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\/2005","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=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Remote Work Scam that\u2019s Blowing up in the Recruiting Industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Avoiding Sextortion Scams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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