{"id":2645,"date":"2023-06-17T07:45:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T07:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2023-06-17T08:36:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T08:36:40","slug":"daily-news-updates-june-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-updates-june-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Updates &#8211; June 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Search Fraud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/serach.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Google search fraud\" data-rl_caption=\"Google search fraud\" title=\"Google search fraud\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/serach.png\" alt=\"Google search fraud\" class=\"wp-image-2646\" width=\"279\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/serach.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/serach-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Google search fraud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Scammers are figuring out how to take advantage of victims by using commonly Googled phrases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google has become the go-to when we need any type of information. Sadly, scammers have figured it out, too. They&#8217;re exploiting commonly searched phrases to scam you out of money and personal information. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/google-search-scams\/285-d896c74d-7497-4e5d-afae-0ff471c2bfee\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/google-search-scams\/285-d896c74d-7497-4e5d-afae-0ff471c2bfee\" 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\">Romance Scam Targeting Elderly Involving Instagram Influencer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/insta.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Romance Scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Romance Scam\" title=\"Romance Scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/insta.png\" alt=\"Romance Scam \" class=\"wp-image-2647\" width=\"311\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/insta.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/insta-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Romance Scam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A popular Ghanaian social media influencer has been extradited to the U.S. from the United Kingdom after being charged for her role in a lucrative romance scam targeting elderly Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors charged Mona Faiz Montrage, 30, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/influencer-mona-faiz-montrage-hajia4reall-romance-scam-targeting-elderly-ghana\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/influencer-mona-faiz-montrage-hajia4reall-romance-scam-targeting-elderly-ghana\/\" 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\">ChatGPT Scams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cht.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"ChatGpt scams\" data-rl_caption=\"ChatGpt scams\" title=\"ChatGpt scams\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cht.png\" alt=\"ChatGpt scams\" class=\"wp-image-2648\" width=\"308\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cht.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cht-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ChatGpt scams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Any major trend or world event, from the coronavirus pandemic to the cryptocurrency frenzy, will quickly be used as fodder in digital phishing attacks and other online scams. In recent months, it has become clear that the same would happen for large language models and generative AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Google Search Fraud HOUSTON \u2014 Scammers are figuring out how to take advantage of victims by using commonly Googled phrases. Google has become the go-to when we need any type of information. Sadly, scammers have figured it out, too. They&#8217;re exploiting commonly searched phrases to scam you out of money and personal [&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-2645","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\/2645","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=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}