{"id":2593,"date":"2023-06-07T07:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T07:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2023-06-07T07:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T07:22:56","slug":"daily-news-updates-june-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-updates-june-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Updates &#8211; June 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deed Theft Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-120.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Deed Theft Scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Deed Theft Scam\" title=\"Deed Theft Scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-120.png\" alt=\"Deed Theft Scam\" class=\"wp-image-2594\" width=\"402\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-120.png 900w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-120-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-120-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/image-120-624x335.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Deed Theft Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 With no time to spare, Broward homeowners who want instant alerts of any change in their property status to guard against fraud can now sign up for text messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Broward County Property Appraiser\u2019s initiative called \u201cOwner Alert\u201d debuted in 2021 to notify a property owner by email or regular mail if a deed is filed on their property changing ownership. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridarealtors.org\/news-media\/news-articles\/2023\/06\/deed-theft-scam-some-counties-offer-text-alerts\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.floridarealtors.org\/news-media\/news-articles\/2023\/06\/deed-theft-scam-some-counties-offer-text-alerts\" 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\">Gas Station Gift Card Scams: Beware!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gft-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Gift card scams\" data-rl_caption=\"Gift card scams\" title=\"Gift card scams\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gft-1.png\" alt=\"Gift card scams\" class=\"wp-image-2596\" width=\"451\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gft-1.png 555w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gft-1-300x139.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gift card scams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WALKER, Mich. \u2014 The Walker Police Department is warning residents about an increase in scammers approaching customers at area gas stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police say the scammers will offer you a cheap fill up by using &#8220;their own&#8221; gift card or credit card. For example, they&#8217;ll offer you a $70 fill up for just $20. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wzzm13.com\/article\/news\/local\/walker-pd-sees-uptick-in-gas-station-gift-card-scams\/69-ffc1b6c4-faf0-4a82-928b-35c2f240cfd3\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wzzm13.com\/article\/news\/local\/walker-pd-sees-uptick-in-gas-station-gift-card-scams\/69-ffc1b6c4-faf0-4a82-928b-35c2f240cfd3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scam news 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SCAM ALERT: Strawberry Festival Organizers Issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Straw.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Strawberry Festival scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Strawberry Festival scam\" title=\"Strawberry Festival scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Straw.png\" alt=\"Strawberry Festival scam\" class=\"wp-image-2597\" width=\"370\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Straw.png 398w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Straw-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Strawberry Festival scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TROY \u2014 Troy Strawberry Festival organizers have issued a warning about scammers trying to rip people off by selling tickets to this weekend\u2019s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Event organizers posted a message on social media saying they\u2019d been made aware of several fake posts about selling tickets to the festival. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/local\/scam-alert-strawberry-festival-organizers-issue-warning-about-scammers-selling-tickets\/RUDV75EKRFFJJD673EPO6UEC5M\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/local\/scam-alert-strawberry-festival-organizers-issue-warning-about-scammers-selling-tickets\/RUDV75EKRFFJJD673EPO6UEC5M\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Deed Theft Scam FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2013 With no time to spare, Broward homeowners who want instant alerts of any change in their property status to guard against fraud can now sign up for text messages. The Broward County Property Appraiser\u2019s initiative called \u201cOwner Alert\u201d debuted in 2021 to notify a property [&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-2593","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\/2593","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=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}