{"id":2715,"date":"2023-07-04T06:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T06:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2024-02-10T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T09:44:12","slug":"daily-news-updates-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/daily-news-updates-july-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Updates – July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scam news 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scammers Threatening Utilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Scammers<\/a>
Scammers threaten to shut off electric, AC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This scam targets homeowners and businesses.A hair salon in Lancaster County sent an email to consumer investigator Brian Roche, writing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We were contacted today by a scammer posing as a PPL representative telling us our power would be disconnected and that a technician was on the way to do so.They said we needed to pay them $999.12 or we would lose our service today.” Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Ad Scam: A New Scandal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Google<\/a>
Google Ad Scam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a shocking revelation reminiscent of Facebook’s notorious metrics scandal of 2018, a recent report exposes Google’s GOOG-0.3% TrueView skippable in-stream video ads as potentially misleading advertisers and misallocating billions of digital ad dollars. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scam news 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insurance as Protection Against CPF Scams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Insurance<\/a>
Insurance as Protection Against CPF Scams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SINGAPORE \u2014 In the ongoing battle against online scams, the authorities might take up insurance to protect Singaporeans from Central Provident Fund (CPF) losses resulting from scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was responding in Parliament to a question from Associate Professor Jamus Lim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sengkang Group Representation Constituency (GRC). Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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