{"id":1549,"date":"2023-03-10T09:59:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:04:30","slug":"help-stop-scams-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/help-stop-scams-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Stop Scams Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Closing out National Consumer Protection week, a week dedicated to understanding consumer rights and avoiding scams, it is fitting to highlight the Stopping Scams Together initiative announced this week by the Vermont Attorney General. The effort encourages our community of Vermonters to identify scams and share success stories of stopping scams together. Many Vermont partners and individuals are already doing the work to understand scams so that they can help in the prevention effort. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2023\/03\/StoppingScamsTogether.png\" alt=\"Stopping Scams Together - #StopScamsVT - With trophy graphic on blue-green background\" class=\"wp-image-1587\" width=\"290\" height=\"245\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Share stopping scams stories on social.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can help stop scams by learning about scams and sharing information with your community. To start learning about scams today, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/?s=scam&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog<\/a>, sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.vermont.gov\/cap\/scam-prevention-through-awareness-and-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scam alerts<\/a>, connect on social media (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VTAttorneyGeneral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VTAttorneyGen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/agcharityclark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@vermontattorneygeneral4827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>), watch and share our imposter scam prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.vermont.gov\/cap\/scam-prevention-through-awareness-and-education\/imposter-scams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">videos<\/a>, and practice the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/the-slow-method-to-stop-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SLOW method<\/a> in all consumer transactions. Visit the Scam Prevention Through Awareness and Education <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.vermont.gov\/cap\/scam-prevention-through-awareness-and-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page<\/a> for detailed scam prevention strategies. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you, or do you know someone who has a stopping scams story? Share your story and your good news of stopping a scam today. Learn more on the Stop Scams VT <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.vermont.gov\/stop-scams-vt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">webpage.<\/a> There you can access a stopping scams graphic that you can use when sharing your stopping scams stories. Or, we will she your story for you, if you fill out our intake <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=O5O0IK26PEOcAnDtzHVZxntDFkSi3aNBn3lnzyRW2JVURDA1NFlENTBGSlczUDcxT0o3VDYwUjNQMy4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">form<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep Vermont safe from scams, we must continue to work together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stopping Scams Together initiative encourages our community of Vermonters to identify scams and share success stories of stopping scams together. Many Vermont partners and individuals are already doing the work to understand scams and stop them. You can help too. Share your success story of stopping a scam on social and use #StopScamsVT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4480,"featured_media":1592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[642535,704916,639468,704915,639477,402199,481474,482450,639489],"class_list":["post-1549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ncpw","tag-ncpw2023","tag-stopscams-2","tag-stopscamsvt","tag-takestepstoverify","tag-cap","tag-consumer","tag-scams","tag-slow-method","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1591,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions\/1591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}