{"id":2636,"date":"2023-06-16T07:18:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T07:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2023-06-16T07:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T07:18:53","slug":"daily-news-updates-june-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-updates-june-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Updates &#8211; June 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advanced Scam Impersonating Law Enforcement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/law.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Scam Impersonating Law Enforcement\" data-rl_caption=\"Scam Impersonating Law Enforcement\" title=\"Scam Impersonating Law Enforcement\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/law.png\" alt=\"Scam Impersonating Law Enforcement\" class=\"wp-image-2637\" width=\"305\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/law.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/law-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scam Impersonating Law Enforcement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A sophisticated scam uses technology to impersonate real law enforcement agents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Con artists are using new technology to impersonate law enforcement and scam victims. Hundreds of people are falling for it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/13\/1182001331\/a-sophisticated-scam-uses-technology-to-impersonate-real-law-enforcement-agents\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/13\/1182001331\/a-sophisticated-scam-uses-technology-to-impersonate-real-law-enforcement-agents\" 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\">Beware of Misleading Solar Sales Representatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/solar.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Misleading solar sales representatives\" data-rl_caption=\"misleading solar sales representatives\" title=\"Misleading solar sales representatives\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/solar.png\" alt=\"misleading solar sales representatives\n\" class=\"wp-image-2638\" width=\"301\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/solar.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/solar-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Misleading solar sales representatives\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SOUTH CAROLINA (WACH) \u2014 Officials from Dominion Energy are urging its customers to be aware of scams involving people posing as company solar sales representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement Wednesday, the energy company says some solar sales representatives have been using misleading or high-pressure tactics to get people to buy solar panels and other equipment, including claims of being a part of Dominion Energy. <a href=\"https:\/\/wach.com\/news\/local\/scam-alert-beware-of-misleading-solar-sales-representatives-dominion-energy-panels-electricity\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wach.com\/news\/local\/scam-alert-beware-of-misleading-solar-sales-representatives-dominion-energy-panels-electricity\" 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\">Alleged ID 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\/Id-card.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"ID theft scam\" data-rl_caption=\"ID theft scam\" title=\"ID theft scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Id-card.png\" alt=\"ID theft scam \" class=\"wp-image-2639\" width=\"292\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Id-card.png 353w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Id-card-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ID theft scam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Methamphetamine, ghost guns and luxury cars bought through stolen identities \u2014 including that of a Berkeley woman \u2014 are at the center of a series of cases against a North Bay woman and a South Bay man who are scheduled for sentencing later this month in Alameda County. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2023\/06\/13\/berkeley-luxury-car-meth-guns-mail-theft-scam\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2023\/06\/13\/berkeley-luxury-car-meth-guns-mail-theft-scam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Advanced Scam Impersonating Law Enforcement A sophisticated scam uses technology to impersonate real law enforcement agents Con artists are using new technology to impersonate law enforcement and scam victims. Hundreds of people are falling for it. Read more Scam news 2 Beware of Misleading Solar Sales Representatives SOUTH CAROLINA (WACH) \u2014 Officials [&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-2636","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\/2636","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=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2640,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}