{"id":2671,"date":"2023-06-21T07:21:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2024-02-10T09:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T09:50:04","slug":"daily-news-scams-june-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-scams-june-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Scams &#8211; June 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Album Archive Email: Legitimate or Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gmail-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Legitimate or Scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Legitimate or Scam\" title=\"Legitimate or Scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gmail-1.png\" alt=\"Legitimate or Scam\" class=\"wp-image-2672\" width=\"318\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gmail-1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gmail-1-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Legitimate or Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you received an email from Google titled \u201cAn update to Album Archive\u201d and wondered if it\u2019s a scam? Many people have received this email and are skeptical about its legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it is indeed a genuine communication and not a scam! This information is confirmed on the official Google support page. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.trendmicro.com\/2023\/06\/21\/google-album-archive-email\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.trendmicro.com\/2023\/06\/21\/google-album-archive-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Debt Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medi-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Medicare scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Medicare scam\" title=\"Medicare scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medi-1.png\" alt=\"Medicare scam\" class=\"wp-image-2673\" width=\"360\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medi-1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/medi-1-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Medicare scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Better Business Bureau says it has received reports of fake medical bills and debt collectors.Not only are the phony collectors asking for bank card information, they\u2019re also asking for personal information like Social Security numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBB President and CEO Tom Bartholomy says scammers are taking advantage of the confusion that already comes along with medical bills. <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nc\/charlotte\/news\/2023\/06\/20\/medical-scam-targeting-patients-with-fake-debt\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/nc\/charlotte\/news\/2023\/06\/20\/medical-scam-targeting-patients-with-fake-debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scam news 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block scam callers on WhatsApp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/wats.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Block scam callers\" data-rl_caption=\"Block scam callers\" title=\"Block scam callers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/wats.png\" alt=\"Block scam callers\" class=\"wp-image-2674\" width=\"326\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/wats.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/wats-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Block scam callers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WhatsApp users have just been given a major new feature by Meta\u2014which could keep you protected from scammers and cybercriminals for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With WhatsApp quickly becoming one of the most common ways cybercriminals target their victims, the app&#8217;s developers have released a new tool called Silence Unknown Callers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/tech\/news\/change-vital-whatsapp-setting-now-30279283\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/tech\/news\/change-vital-whatsapp-setting-now-30279283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Google Album Archive Email: Legitimate or Scam Have you received an email from Google titled \u201cAn update to Album Archive\u201d and wondered if it\u2019s a scam? Many people have received this email and are skeptical about its legitimacy. However, it is indeed a genuine communication and not a scam! This information is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awareness","category-scam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671","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=2671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions\/2675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}