{"id":70200,"date":"2016-03-01T14:57:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T22:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=70200"},"modified":"2016-03-01T14:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T22:59:32","slug":"palmdale-to-host-free-seminars-for-national-consumer-protection-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/03\/01\/palmdale-to-host-free-seminars-for-national-consumer-protection-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale to host free seminars for National Consumer Protection Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_70201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70201\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70201\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Internet-scam.jpg\" alt=\"Scammers often use the Internet to trick people into sending money or giving out personal information.\" width=\"288\" height=\"240\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scammers often use the Internet to trick people into sending money or giving out personal information.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s neighborhood services department will host two free workshops designed to arm the community with the knowledge and tools needed to safeguard against scams and thefts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first workshop, titled <em>\u201cIdentity Theft and Scams, Schemes and Cons,\u201d<\/em> will be held on Monday, March 7.<\/strong> \u00a0Participants will be taught how identity theft occurs, how to minimize individual risk and what to do if one becomes a victim of identity theft. \u00a0Additional information will cover the many different types of scams out there, how to identify them and how to avoid them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The second workshop, <em>\u201cInternet Scams and Online Safety,\u201d<\/em> will be held on Wednesday, March 9,<\/strong> and will discuss how crooks use computers to steal personal information and how to protect your computer.<\/p>\n<p>Both workshops will be held at 7 p.m. in the Palmdale City Council Chamber, located at 38300 Sierra Highway in Palmdale. The workshops are free and open to the public. They are being held as part of National Consumer Protection Week (March 6-12).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScam artists around the world defraud millions of people each year,\u201d warns Palmdale Crime Prevention Officer Kery German. \u201cThey use the phone, postal mail, and the internet to trick people into sending money or giving out personal information. I once took a call from one of our residents who lost $50,000 in a lottery scam! Many people say \u2018I would never fall for that\u2019 or \u2018That would never happen to me,\u2019 but you\u2019d be surprised at how convincing these scam artists are. These workshops will give residents the information they need to protect themselves and their finances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the crime prevention office at 661-267-5170.<\/p>\n<h5><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s neighborhood services department will host two free workshops designed to arm the community with the knowledge and tools needed to safeguard against scams and thefts. The first workshop, titled \u201cIdentity Theft and Scams, Schemes and Cons,\u201d will be held on Monday, March 7. \u00a0Participants will be taught how identity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}