{"id":11795,"date":"2023-10-09T06:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T04:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/09\/what-to-do-when-you-think-you-have-been-scammed\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T06:37:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T04:37:27","slug":"what-to-do-when-you-think-you-have-been-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/09\/what-to-do-when-you-think-you-have-been-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do when you think you have been scammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speed is of the essence, so here are some steps to follow if you suspect fraud<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2023\/oct\/07\/i-lost-240000-uk-victims-share-their-stories\">\u2018I lost \u00a3240,000\u2019: fraud victims share their stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2023\/oct\/07\/scams-six-of-the-most-common-tricks-and-how-to-avoid-them\">Six common scams \u2013 and how to avoid them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Martyn James, a consumer rights expert, says most scams involve getting you to transfer money directly or obtaining enough personal information to access your bank account, or using private details to start a new account under your name \u2013 also known as identity fraud.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2023\/oct\/09\/what-to-do-when-you-think-you-have-been-scammed\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/00dd4f779d4d551f82df72f71011c3c3a4edb4b3\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=49050da1713525ebc11a1f9dbcb0aa61\" title=\"What to do when you think you have been scammed\" \/>Speed is of the essence, so here are some steps to follow if you suspect fraud<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I lost \u00a3240,000\u2019: fraud victims share their stories<br \/>\nSix common scams \u2013 and how to avoid them<\/p>\n<p>Martyn James, a consumer rights expert, says most scams involve getting you to transfer money directly or obtaining enough personal information to access your bank account, or using private details to start a new account under your name \u2013 also known as identity fraud. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speed is of the essence, so here are some steps to follow if you suspect fraud \u2018I lost \u00a3240,000\u2019: fraud victims share their stories Six common scams \u2013 and how to avoid them Martyn James, a consumer rights expert, says most scams involve getting you to transfer money directly or obtaining enough personal information to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/09\/what-to-do-when-you-think-you-have-been-scammed\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What to do when you think you have been scammed<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}