{"id":2086,"date":"2023-04-03T07:07:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2023-04-03T07:07:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T07:07:37","slug":"april-3-daily-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/april-3-daily-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"April 3 – Daily News Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBB warns of smart TV scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Smart<\/a>
Smart TV scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) \u2014 If you have a smart TV, listen up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning of a scam involving popular streaming devices, such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV sticks, and services like Netflix and YouTube TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBB said it has received an influx of reports regarding scammers targeting victims through pop-ups on their smart TVs.Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Thought my Sister was Kidnapped…..Scam!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Kidnapping<\/a>
Kidnapping scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Her phone rang, the screen lighting up with her sister\u2019s name and contact photo \u2014 but it wasn\u2019t her sister on the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At around 7 a.m. a few weeks ago, Beth Royce answered an early phone call from someone whom she believed to be her sister, only to hear a man\u2019s voice threatening to kill her sibling if she didn\u2019t send money.Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scam news 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urgent Scam Alert as Aussie Schools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Childcare<\/a>
Childcare scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A new scam is doing the rounds and this time schools and childcare centres are under siege. As part of the ploy, callers are offering to carry out repairs to car park line markings for a reduced price because they’re “in the area”, according to the Roadmarking Industry Association of Australia (RIAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But in reality, poor quality works are then completed by clearly untrained operators at greatly inflated rates,” RIAA General Manager Paul Robinson said. “Or if a deposit is paid, no works are done at all.”Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scam news 1 BBB warns of smart TV scam EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) \u2014 If you have a smart TV, listen up. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning of a scam involving popular streaming devices, such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV sticks, and services like Netflix and YouTube TV. The BBB said it […]<\/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-2086","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\/2086","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=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}