{"id":2707,"date":"2023-07-03T07:04:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2024-02-10T09:41:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T09:41:16","slug":"daily-news-updates-july-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-updates-july-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Updates &#8211; July 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cow Dung Scam: Prison Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cow-dung.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Cow Dung Scam: Prison Time\" data-rl_caption=\"Cow Dung Scam: Prison Time\" title=\"Cow Dung Scam: Prison Time\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cow-dung.png\" alt=\"Cow Dung Scam: Prison Time\" class=\"wp-image-2708\" width=\"292\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cow-dung.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cow-dung-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cow Dung Scam: Prison Time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced on Monday to six years and nine months in federal prison for a years-long scam that bilked investors out of $8.75m, according to a statement from the US attorney\u2019s office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/jun\/27\/us-man-cow-dung-scam-prison\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/jun\/27\/us-man-cow-dung-scam-prison\" 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\">Computer Repair Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/computer.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"Computer Repair Scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Computer Repair Scam\" title=\"Computer Repair Scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/computer.png\" alt=\"Computer Repair Scam\" class=\"wp-image-2709\" width=\"321\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/computer.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/computer-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Computer Repair Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Pennsylvania man whose wife was charged with a computer scam that allowed her to siphon money out of unsuspecting victims\u2019 accounts had a similar scheme going, Bergen County authorities announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuleep Sethi, 66, was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor\u2019s Office on theft, conspiracy and money laundering charges earlier this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyvoice.com\/new-jersey\/northernhighlands\/wedlocked-up-pa-couple-charged-with-computer-repair-scam-that-claimed-victims-in-nj-elsewhere\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dailyvoice.com\/new-jersey\/northernhighlands\/wedlocked-up-pa-couple-charged-with-computer-repair-scam-that-claimed-victims-in-nj-elsewhere\/\" 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\">Wheelchair Scam on SW Airlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Wheelchair.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"Wheelchair Scam\" data-rl_caption=\"Wheelchair Scam\" title=\"Wheelchair Scam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Wheelchair.png\" alt=\"Wheelchair Scam \" class=\"wp-image-2710\" width=\"286\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Wheelchair.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Wheelchair-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wheelchair Scam <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Are they scamming the airline? Many people are wondering about Southwest Airlines\u2019 wheelchair policy after one passenger became livid on a recent flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Florida man\u2019s post on social media went viral after he counted more than 20 people who needed wheelchair assistance to board a Southwest flight, but only three needed assistance when departing the plane.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelpulse.com\/news\/airlines-airports\/a-wheelchair-scam-on-southwest-airlines\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.travelpulse.com\/news\/airlines-airports\/a-wheelchair-scam-on-southwest-airlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scam news 1 Cow Dung Scam: Prison Time A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure. Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced on Monday to six years and nine months in federal prison for a years-long scam that bilked investors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","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\/2707","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=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2711,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/2711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}