{"id":2347,"date":"2023-05-09T08:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T08:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2023-05-09T08:43:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T08:43:34","slug":"daily-news-updates-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-updates-may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Updates &#8211; May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scam Message from Bank Regarding Large Purchase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/bank.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Scam message\" data-rl_caption=\"Scam message\" title=\"Scam message\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/bank.png\" alt=\"Scam message\" class=\"wp-image-2348\" width=\"373\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/bank.png 302w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/bank-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scam message<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like it&#8217;s coming from your bank, but that text message about a charge for hundreds of dollars could cost you thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Franklin County woman spotted the scam just in time.&#8221;My reaction was it was very similar to other texts or emails that I had gotten from my credit union,&#8221; said Christine Gramp, of Chambersburg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/scam-message-claims-to-be-from-bank-asks-about-large-purchase\/43807777\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/scam-message-claims-to-be-from-bank-asks-about-large-purchase\/43807777\" 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\">Ferrari BTC Purchase Scam in Morocco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-79.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Ferrari BTC purchase\" data-rl_caption=\"Ferrari BTC purchase\" title=\"Ferrari BTC purchase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-79.png\" alt=\"Ferrari BTC purchase\" class=\"wp-image-2349\" width=\"391\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-79.png 1003w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-79-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-79-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-79-624x374.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ferrari BTC purchase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Casablanca Court of Appeals ruled that the 21-year-old Frenchman \u2013 Thomas Clausi \u2013 will serve an 18-month prison sentence for orchestrating a crypto scheme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defendant must compensate the victims of his scam and pay a fine of 3.4 million euros ($3.7 million) to customs authorities.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ferrari-btc-purchase-gone-wrong-and-a-scam-story-from-morocco-report\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ferrari-btc-purchase-gone-wrong-and-a-scam-story-from-morocco-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Online Gold Trading Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Gold-Scam.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Gold scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Gold scam\" title=\"Gold scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Gold-Scam.png\" alt=\"Gold scam\" class=\"wp-image-2350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Gold-Scam.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Gold-Scam-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gold scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An elderly man was swindled out of HK$580 million (US$74 million) over two years, sources told the <em>Post<\/em>, as police on Thursday announced the arrest of 14 people over Hong Kong\u2019s biggest ever bullion trading scam. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/2183502\/fourteen-members-fraud-syndicate-arrested-hong-kongs\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/2183502\/fourteen-members-fraud-syndicate-arrested-hong-kongs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Scam Message from Bank Regarding Large Purchase It looks like it&#8217;s coming from your bank, but that text message about a charge for hundreds of dollars could cost you thousands. 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