{"id":2367,"date":"2023-05-12T07:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T07:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2023-05-12T07:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T07:39:58","slug":"may-12-daily-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/may-12-daily-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"May 12 &#8211; Daily News Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scammers Changing Tactics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/robocalls.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Robocalls\" data-rl_caption=\"Robocalls\" title=\"Robocalls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/robocalls.png\" alt=\"Robocalls\" class=\"wp-image-2368\" width=\"334\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/robocalls.png 401w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/robocalls-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robocalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robotexts now outnumber robocalls. Why are scammers changing tactics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News 8 On Your Side team believes it&#8217;s important to keep you updated on all the latest scams and tricks that are out there.But it&#8217;s also important that you know how the scammers target you.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/scammers-change-tactics-and-use-robotexts-more\/43866891\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/scammers-change-tactics-and-use-robotexts-more\/43866891\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nationwide Fake Cash Card Scam Arrests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cashcard.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Cashcard scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Cashcard scam\" title=\"Cashcard scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cashcard.png\" alt=\"Cashcard scam\" class=\"wp-image-2369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cashcard.png 399w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cashcard-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cashcard scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CHARLOTTE \u2014 A nationwide retail theft ring has made its way to Charlotte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said three men stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a Lowe\u2019s using a fake cash card in April.Channel 9\u2032s Genevieve Curtis spoke with Anthony Finocchio with the Organized Retail Theft Task Force about this case. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsoctv.com\/news\/local\/three-arrested-connection-with-nationwide-fake-credit-card-scam\/MINI6COCCFBCNIOPKH7GELVV7Q\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wsoctv.com\/news\/local\/three-arrested-connection-with-nationwide-fake-credit-card-scam\/MINI6COCCFBCNIOPKH7GELVV7Q\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam news 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spotting TV Licence Scam Signs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/tvlicence.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"TV licence scam\" data-rl_caption=\"TV licence scam\" title=\"TV licence scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/tvlicence.png\" alt=\"TV licence scam\" class=\"wp-image-2372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/tvlicence.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/tvlicence-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">TV licence scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Action Fraud has issued a warning over TV Licence scam emails, after&nbsp;it received more than 3,400 reports of these in the last two weeks alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fraudulent emails state that the customer&#8217;s TV licence is about to expire or that there was a problem with their latest payment.The links provided in the email lead to genuine-looking websites which are designed to steal personal and financial details. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisismoney.co.uk\/money\/beatthescammers\/article-12073091\/TV-licence-scam-Action-Fraud-reports-surge-cases-heres-spot-signs.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thisismoney.co.uk\/money\/beatthescammers\/article-12073091\/TV-licence-scam-Action-Fraud-reports-surge-cases-heres-spot-signs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Scammers Changing Tactics Robotexts now outnumber robocalls. Why are scammers changing tactics? The News 8 On Your Side team believes it&#8217;s important to keep you updated on all the latest scams and tricks that are out there.But it&#8217;s also important that you know how the scammers target you.Read more Scam news 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2367","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\/2367","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=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions\/2374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}