{"id":88610,"date":"2019-07-12T15:32:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T22:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=88610"},"modified":"2019-07-12T15:32:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T22:32:58","slug":"sheriffs-department-scammers-preying-on-earthquake-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2019\/07\/12\/sheriffs-department-scammers-preying-on-earthquake-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff&#8217;s Department: Scammers preying on earthquake fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6807\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/charity-scam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/charity-scam.jpg 510w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/charity-scam-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/charity-scam-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department is warning residents of a new scam run by would-be burglars trying to capitalize on the recent earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear how many people have been targeted by the scam, in which perpetrators call residents, warning them that a strong earthquake is about to hit and urging them to evacuate their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Once residents evacuate, the home is left vacant and a prime target for burglars, sheriff&#8217;s officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff&#8217;s officials are reminding residents that government agencies will not make personal calls to residents warning of an &#8220;imminent natural disaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Such notifications are send via large-scale alert systems.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are also urged not to give out personal information over the phone, &#8220;especially if your house will be vacant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department is warning residents of a new scam run by would-be burglars trying to capitalize on the recent earthquakes. It was unclear how many people have been targeted by the scam, in which perpetrators call residents, warning them that a strong earthquake is about to hit and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":6807,"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":[719,1499],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88610"}],"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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}