{"id":4373,"date":"2025-12-03T13:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcfcu.org\/wph\/workarea\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:21:37","slug":"watch-out-for-mobile-phone-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lcfcu.org\/wph\/workarea\/watch-out-for-mobile-phone-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Out for Mobile Phone Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stay Aware, Protect Yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What happens:<\/strong> Scammers are approaching people in parking lots, asking to borrow their phone because theirs is <em>\u201cdead\u201d <\/em>or they <em>\u201cneed help.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How the scam works: <\/strong>They secretly copy information and then take out a personal loan in your name and transfer the money.<br>how to protect yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u0007Never hand your phone to a stranger\u2014especially in public places.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u0007If you suspect you\u2019ve been targeted, contact your local police department and\/or LCFCU immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\t\t\t<a  class='btn btn-1' href='https:\/\/www.lcfcu.org\/resources\/resources-2\/member-security-education-center\/' target='_self' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Click to Read Additional Ways to Protect Yourself<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stay Aware, Protect Yourself What happens: Scammers are approaching people in parking lots, asking to borrow their phone because theirs is \u201cdead\u201d or they \u201cneed help.\u201d How the scam works: They secretly copy information and then take out a personal loan in your name and transfer the money.how to protect yourself:","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":4374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","attr_subtitle":[""],"attr_date":[""],"attr_excerpt":[""],"attr_secondary_image":[""],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,93,94,77],"class_list":["post-4373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories-from-the-stacks-blog","tag-identity-theft","tag-phone-fraud","tag-protect-yourself","tag-scam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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