{"id":2783,"date":"2014-11-04T15:07:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T23:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taraval.org\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2014-11-23T23:19:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T07:19:59","slug":"beware-of-the-blessing-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/?p=2783","title":{"rendered":"Beware of the &#8216;Blessing&#8217; Scam&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The &#8216;Blessing&#8217; Scam has surfaced again in the SF Chinese neighborhoods. Suspects prey on the elderly and vulnerable members of the Chinese Community in this particular scam. Victims are approached and are told their valuables can be blessed with good fortune. Of course the victims must surrender their valuables to the suspects in the first place.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.taraval.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/blessing_scam_flyer.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taraval.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/blessing_scam_flyer.gif\" alt=\"blessing_scam_flyer\" width=\"642\" height=\"832\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Be aware of strangers<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Be aware of strangers who ask for what appears to be legitimate<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Be aware ESPECIALLY when a stranger asks for money<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Do not follow a stranger anywhere<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Do not bring a stranger home<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Do not bring a stranger to your bank to withdraw money or take out valuables<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Discuss with family member when taking out large sum of money and valuables<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Stay calm if there is any suspicious activities<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Dial 911 immediately<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If you require language access, please use English to tell the dispatcher \u201cCantonese\u201d or \u201cMandarin\u201d, a translator will be provided to you.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blessing Scam\/ Asian Scam Chinese tip line: 415-553-9212 (voicemail only)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The above important crime prevention message is brought you by SFPD and SAFE.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Blessing&#8217; Scam has surfaced again in the SF Chinese neighborhoods. Suspects prey on the elderly and vulnerable members of the Chinese Community in this particular scam. Victims are approached and are told their valuables can be blessed with good&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime_tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2783"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taraval.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}