{"id":88974,"date":"2023-09-29T19:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=88974"},"modified":"2023-09-29T19:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:34:32","slug":"scams-targeting-uri-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/scams-targeting-uri-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Scams targeting 溏心vlog免费B站 community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Sept. 29, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FRAUDULENT \u201cOPEN ALCOHOL CONTAINER\u201d EXTORTION CALLS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 溏心vlog免费B站 Police Department is investigating a recent uptick in \u201cOpen Container Violation\u201d extortion calls. There have been numerous incidents where a family member or friend has received a call from a Rhode Island phone number stating that a loved one had been arrested on \u201copen container charges.\u201d The caller then attempts to extort<br>money from the family member or friend to resolve the issue. The payment is requested through an app such as Venmo or Chime and the amount requested varies, such as $290 or $278.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is under investigation, and it appears the scammer is targeting individuals on athletics teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you receive a call and have any questions about whether it is an extortion scheme, contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Police at 401-874-4910 or call 911 immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 29, 2023 FRAUDULENT \u201cOPEN ALCOHOL CONTAINER\u201d EXTORTION CALLS The 溏心vlog免费B站 Police Department is investigating a recent uptick in \u201cOpen Container Violation\u201d extortion calls. There have been numerous incidents where a family member or friend has received a call from a Rhode Island phone number stating that a loved one had been arrested on \u201copen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-88974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88975,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88974\/revisions\/88975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}