{"id":7013,"date":"2012-07-23T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T01:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2021-02-01T10:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T00:04:16","slug":"dont-worry-its-just-a-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/07\/23\/dont-worry-its-just-a-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Worry &#8230; It&#8217;s Just A Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>July 23, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police are warning of the resurgence of scam texts and emails that have recently re-emerged and are doing the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The text\/email warns people they must deposit $5000 into a bank account or they will be killed.<\/p>\n<p>This is a scam, commonly referred to as the &#8220;Hitman Scam&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Police advise that people should delete the text or email immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important that members of the public are not alarmed and understand that such communications are distributed en masse and are not specifically targeting the individual,&#8221; a police spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do not forward the message on and do not respond in any way to the message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If any member of the public has transferred any money it is vital they contact police and their bank immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"740\" height=\"440\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vuKO-elpDDY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"740\" height=\"440\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vuKO-elpDDY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are warning of the resurgence of scam texts and emails that have recently re-emerged and are currently doing the rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don&#039;t Worry ... 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