{"id":22652,"date":"2013-12-11T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T15:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=22652"},"modified":"2013-12-11T09:36:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T15:36:03","slug":"swan-river-rcmp-warn-of-telephone-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2013\/12\/11\/swan-river-rcmp-warn-of-telephone-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Swan River RCMP Warn of Telephone Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RCMP\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp.jpg 200w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/rcmp-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>RCMP Media Release |<\/p>\n<p>Though the \u201cEmergency Scam\u201d (or sometimes referred to as the \u201cGrandparent Scam\u201d) has been around for years, the Swan River RCMP warns the public to be on alert after noting a recent incident(s) in the Swan River Valley.<br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\nPlease note that the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre specifically warns the public to be on alert after noting a marked increase in the number of complaints in the last two months.  We in the Valley are not immune.<\/p>\n<p>In the typical scenario, a grandparent receives a phone call from a con-artist claiming to be one of his or her grandchildren (or son\/daughter).  The caller goes on to say that they are in some kind of trouble and need money immediately. Typically they claim being in a car accident, trouble returning from a foreign country or they need bail money.<\/p>\n<p>Please note:  These scam artists are very practiced, often pushy, convey urgency, and are adept at social engineering tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre:  http:\/\/www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca\/english\/recognizeit_emergency.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RCMP Media Release | Though the \u201cEmergency Scam\u201d (or sometimes referred to as the \u201cGrandparent Scam\u201d) has been around for years, the Swan River RCMP warns the public to be on alert after noting a recent incident(s) in the Swan River Valley. Please note that the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre specifically warns the public to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-22652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}