{"id":136091,"date":"2026-01-16T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/136091\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:37:18","slug":"delano-police-alert-residents-to-virtual-kidnapping-scams-targeting-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/136091\/","title":{"rendered":"Delano police alert residents to virtual kidnapping scams targeting families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Delano Police Department is warning about virtual kidnapping scams that tricks the victim into paying a ransom to free a family member they believe has been kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>Delano police said the scams are designed to cause panic and pressure victims.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, police said, \u201cIn these cases, no one has actually been kidnapped. Scammers rely on fear and urgency to get money fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said if you receive a call like this, to hang up, try to contact your loved one directly.<\/p>\n<p>They said to call law enforcement immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaying calm and verifying information can prevent you from becoming a victim,\u201d said in the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Delano Police Department is warning about virtual kidnapping scams that tricks the victim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-136091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}