{"id":216858,"date":"2026-03-12T19:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/216858\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:25:07","slug":"scammers-are-spoofing-alameda-pds-phone-number-heres-what-that-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/216858\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers Are &#8216;Spoofing&#8217; Alameda PD&#8217;s Phone Number. Here&#8217;s What That Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALAMEDA, CA \u2014 Police are warning Alameda residents of scammers pretending to call from the agency and trying to trick them into giving up personal information. <\/p>\n<p>The scammers are doing this through a process called &#8220;spoofing,&#8221; according to the Alameda Police Department. Spoofing is when a scammer manipulates their call ID system to make it seem as if they are calling from a legitimate source. <\/p>\n<p>Alameda police say the department received 75 reports on Wednesday from community members who were targets of the spoofing scheme. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Residents report that the caller will call multiple times, hoping that someone will eventually answer,&#8221; police said. &#8220;Once the call is picked up, the scammer impersonates a law enforcement officer, claiming they are investigating a case and need to verify the person\u2019s identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several people reported the scammer tried asking them for multiple pieces of information, police said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scammers rely on urgency and trust to trick victims,&#8221; police said. &#8220;Taking a moment to verify the call can help protect your personal information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Alameda Police Department offered the following tips to avoid becoming the victim of a scam: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALAMEDA, CA \u2014 Police are warning Alameda residents of scammers pretending to call from the agency and trying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-216858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216858","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=216858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}