{"id":859,"date":"2017-07-10T20:57:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg.lareau.ca\/en\/?p=859"},"modified":"2018-05-11T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T13:16:34","slug":"phone-scams-dont-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/article\/phone-scams-dont-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone Scams: Don\u2019t Fall for Them!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been getting phone calls lately from unknown numbers or unusual places? There\u2019s a new, quickly spreading phone scam that\u2019s been very costly for victims. The scam is known as\u00a0<em>Wangiri<\/em>, which is Japanese for \u201cring tone.\u201d If you\u2019ve had a call from 678-559-4636 in Vanuatu, you\u2019ve probably been targeted by scammers. They call and let the phone ring once or twice and hang up. If you\u2019re at all curious about whose call you missed, you may be tempted to dial the number. If you do, you are charged huge rates for every minute you spend on the call. Naturally, the scammer tries by all means to keep you on the line for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What to do about this phone scam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Above all, don\u2019t call back! If you\u2019ve already done so, immediately contact your telephone service provider and explain the situation. They\u2019ll be able to advise you. Your phone company can block calls from scammers and notify the appropriate authorities. If you believe you\u2019ve been the victim of scam, feel free to contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Phone scams have been around for many years. Over time, we\u2019ve noticed that they occur in waves, so the best way to protect yourself is to spread the word and stay informed. Naturally, we don\u2019t want to live in constant fear. Instead, our goal is to be more alert so as not to fall for scams!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been getting phone calls lately from unknown numbers or unusual places? There\u2019s a new, quickly spreading phone scam that\u2019s been very costly for victims. The scam is known as\u00a0Wangiri, which is Japanese for \u201cring tone.\u201d If you\u2019ve had a call from 678-559-4636 in Vanuatu, you\u2019ve probably been targeted by scammers. They call and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[353,354,351,355,350,352],"class_list":["post-859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-calls","tag-phone","tag-phone-scam","tag-scammers","tag-scams","tag-wangiri","sector-personal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lareau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}