{"id":88927,"date":"2019-10-16T10:27:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=88927"},"modified":"2019-10-16T10:28:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:28:35","slug":"phone-scam-claiming-to-be-member-of-local-law-enforcement-seeking-bond-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=88927","title":{"rendered":"Phone Scammer Claiming to Be Member of Local Law Enforcement Seeking Bond Payment!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonora, CA&#8230;From the Tuolumne Sheriff&#8217;s Office&#8230;&#8221;Thanks to a community member for alerting us of a phone scam. The resident told us she got a call from someone claiming to be a deputy with the Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office. The caller told the woman she had a warrant for her arrest and needed to pay a bond. The caller then provided the name of a retired deputy when he was asked to identify himself. We determined the caller was not who he claimed to be, and the phone call was a scam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tcso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tcso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tcso.jpg 200w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tcso-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tcso-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please be aware of these scams and follow a few guidelines to help you in determining a possible scam.<\/p>\n<p>Be aware that scammers can change the phone number that shows up on your caller ID screen.<\/p>\n<p>Independently research businesses, charities, or claims being made by the caller.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t give into the pressure the caller creates to take immediate action.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t provide any personal identifying information to the caller.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t send money if requested to do so via a wire transfer, pre-paid debit card, or gift card.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive a call from someone claiming to be a member of the Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office, you can call the sheriff\u2019s office non-emergency number (209-533-5815) to verify they are who they claim. Please share this with your loved ones and friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonora, CA&#8230;From the Tuolumne Sheriff&#8217;s Office&#8230;&#8221;Thanks to a community member for alerting us of a phone scam. The resident told us she got a call from someone claiming to be a deputy with the Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office. The caller told the woman she had a warrant for her arrest and needed to pay a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-law-enforcement","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tcso.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}