{"id":40560,"date":"2025-09-03T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/lost-pet-scams-on-the-rise-how-scammers-are-preying-on-desperate-pet-owners\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:01:09","slug":"lost-pet-scams-on-the-rise-how-scammers-are-preying-on-desperate-pet-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/lost-pet-scams-on-the-rise-how-scammers-are-preying-on-desperate-pet-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Pet Scams on the Rise: How Scammers Are Preying on Desperate Pet Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/woJUvwp2vs8?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Scammers are targeting heartbroken pet owners by pretending to have their missing animals\u2014only to demand cash, gift cards, or app payments. In this 7 News consumer alert, Diane Lee investigates how scammers are exploiting local lost pet forums and shares real stories from victims in the Upstate.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc3e Learn the warning signs, hear from local experts, and get tips on how to protect yourself and your furry family members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scammers are targeting heartbroken pet owners by pretending to have their missing animals\u2014only to demand cash, gift cards,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}