{"id":2299,"date":"2023-05-03T07:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T07:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2023-05-03T07:07:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T07:07:27","slug":"daily-news-updates-may-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-updates-may-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Updates – May 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

OkCupid Scam Cost Florida Man $480k<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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OkCupid scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A man from Florida in the US recently reached out to Cybernews for help. Scammers had lured him into parting with $480,000 after cultivating a long-term relationship, eventually coaxing him into making cryptocurrency investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually involving fake romantic interest, the scheme is known as \u201ccryptocurrency romance\u201d or \u201cCryptoRom.\u201d Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Part-time Job Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Job scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The woman who is an ophthalmologist by profession received a message for part-time job opportunity on her messaging app. She was lured into the scam on the pretext of earning extra money by performing online tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new job scam is spreading on social media. Online scammers are sliding into people’s DMs and feeds and are promising easy part-time work and extra cash. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Avoiding Tornado Scammers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tornado Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Every time there\u2019s a natural disaster \u2014 like the tornado that tore through Mississippi and neighboring states \u2014 scammers are quick to follow. How do they exploit tragedy to steal from people who have lost everything? Read on to learn how to avoid these scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disaster recovery scams come in many forms, but mostly these scammers pretend to offer legitimate help. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scam news 1 OkCupid Scam Cost Florida Man $480k A man from Florida in the US recently reached out to Cybernews for help. Scammers had lured him into parting with $480,000 after cultivating a long-term relationship, eventually coaxing him into making cryptocurrency investments. Usually involving fake romantic interest, the scheme is known as \u201ccryptocurrency romance\u201d […]<\/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-2299","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\/2299","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=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2303,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions\/2303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}