{"id":203101,"date":"2026-03-23T23:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T23:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T23:02:14","slug":"cape-coral-warns-of-email-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203101\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Warns of Email Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The City of Cape Coral is warning residents and contractors about a fraudulent email scam impersonating the City\u2019s Planning Commission.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The scammer sends an email that appears to come from the City\u2019s Planning Commission, using the subject line to reference an \u201cinvoice settlement\u201d and sending the message from a non-government email address.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">These scams often use free domains such as \u201c@usa.com\u201d to appear official. Similar fraudulent activity has been reported targeting municipalities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The emails are designed to look legitimate and are sent directly to residents and businesses. Anyone receiving a suspicious message claiming to be from the City should avoid responding, refrain from clicking any links, and contact the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/departments\/development_services\/city_planning_division\/zoning.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City&#8217;s Zoning Team<\/a>\u00a0directly for questions about rezoning applications.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/302026-fakeemailscam.jpg\" alt=\"fake email scam screenshot\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 20, 2026 The City of Cape Coral is warning residents and contractors about a fraudulent email scam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-203101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}