{"id":41880,"date":"2023-02-02T02:58:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=41880"},"modified":"2023-02-01T20:08:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T01:08:21","slug":"officials-warn-of-email-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2023\/02\/02\/officials-warn-of-email-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Warn Of Email Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/10\/24\/bbb-warns-of-charity-scams\/scam-alert\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scam-alert.jpg?fit=256%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"256,197\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"scam alert\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scam-alert.jpg?fit=256%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scam-alert.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scam-alert.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scam-alert.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=125%2C125 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Hardin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is investigating an email scam that is spreading in the area.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scammers are sending messages via email posing as reputable banks or businesses claiming that your accounts have been compromised and offer virus or malware services.<\/p>\n<p>They have enough information about your accounts to appear believable.<\/p>\n<p>These criminals will ask for access to your computer and remotely make changes to your accounts.  Moreover, the scammers will trick the victims into removing money from their accounts and depositing cash into BitCoin ATMs.   <\/p>\n<p>The Hardin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office opened two separate criminal investigations regarding these scams on 01\/31\/2023.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Sergeant Mac Slack at 270-765-5133 with any information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hardin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is investigating an email scam that is spreading in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"","_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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-news","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/scam-alert.jpg?fit=256%2C197&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-aTu","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 22:27:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41881,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41880\/revisions\/41881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}