{"id":2549,"date":"2023-06-02T07:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T07:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:21:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T07:21:08","slug":"daily-news-scam-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-scam-june-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Scam – June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Pixel Penguins, an NFT Charity Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"NFT<\/a>
NFT Charity Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Achieving influencer status on social media is something that many up-and-coming non-fungible token (NFT) collectors dream of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hidden behind profile-picture (PFP) NFTs are figures who send \u201cgm\u201d messages, share the latest crypto news and boost morale within the Web3 community when the market takes a blow. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

‘Look Who Just Died’ Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\"'Look<\/a>
‘Look Who Just Died’ Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The hottest scam going right now is an easy one to fall for because it preys on your curiosity.Most often, this scam message comes at you through Facebook Messenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your friend’s Facebook account gets hacked, and you get a message that reads, “Look who just died.” It includes a link to what appears to be a news story about the death of a person a user knows or to a story about the death of a celebrity. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Online Cheque Scam Targeting Young People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Online<\/a>
Online cheque scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Youth shared ‘money-making opportunity’ with friends, who also got scammed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teens in Waterloo region are being warned about a scam where fraudsters are sending fake cheques through instant messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waterloo regional police say the scam goes like this; Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scam news 1 Pixel Penguins, an NFT Charity Scam Achieving influencer status on social media is something that many up-and-coming non-fungible token (NFT) collectors dream of. Hidden behind profile-picture (PFP) NFTs are figures who send \u201cgm\u201d messages, share the latest crypto news and boost morale within the Web3 community when the market takes a blow. […]<\/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-2549","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\/2549","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=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2553,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions\/2553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}