{"id":73997,"date":"2016-09-27T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T00:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=73997"},"modified":"2017-07-30T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T00:22:08","slug":"sewer-line-insurance-scam-targeting-palmdale-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/09\/27\/sewer-line-insurance-scam-targeting-palmdale-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewer line insurance scam targeting Palmdale residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s crime prevention office is warning residents about a new scam targeting residents of Palmdale that involves the victim receiving a phone call from a person or computerized voice stating they are from the city of Palmdale with an offer to purchase sewer line insurance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cApproximately two years ago, the city sent out letters to homeowners supporting Service Line Warranties of America, Inc. that explained the potential benefits to some residents in purchasing sewer line insurance through the company,\u201d stated Crime Prevention Specialist Ruth Oschmann. \u00a0\u201cHowever, there are no city staff members making calls about this program or trying to sell this insurance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo one from the city of Palmdale will contact a resident by phone to sell them sewer line insurance,\u201d noted Oschmann. \u00a0\u201cThis is a scam and we are getting the word out to prevent anyone from becoming a victim.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to purchase sewer line insurance, residents would need to contact Service Line Warranties of America, Inc. directly at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slwofa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.slwofa.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to Oschmann added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, call 661-267-5170.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The city of Palmdale\u2019s crime prevention office is warning residents about a new scam targeting residents of Palmdale that involves the victim receiving a phone call from a person or computerized voice stating they are from the city of Palmdale with an offer to purchase sewer line insurance. \u201cApproximately two years ago, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[719,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73997"}],"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=73997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}