{"id":394003,"date":"2026-09-08T20:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394003\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T20:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:20:14","slug":"cape-coral-warns-of-email-scam-impersonating-city-department-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394003\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Warns of Email Scam Impersonating City Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, 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 department.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The scammer sends an email that appears to come from &#8220;City of Cape Coral Planning and Zoning Commission&#8221;, using the subject line to reference an \u201capplication approval\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. The emails are designed to look legitimate and are sent directly to residents and businesses.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">Residents are advised to:<\/p>\n<p>Avoid clicking any links or downloading attachments in suspicious emails.<br \/>\nVerify sender addresses carefully. Legitimate City departments will not send messages from &#8220;USA.com&#8221; domains.<br \/>\nContact the City directly and do not use any contact information provided in suspicious emails.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">For questions about rezoning applications, 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.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9426-Fake Email Scam.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Screenshot of a fake email from planing.capecoral.gov@usa.com with the subject of &quot;Application Approval&quot; directing the recipient to pay a fraudulent fee immediately\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September 4, 2026 The City of Cape Coral is warning residents and contractors about a fraudulent email scam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-394003","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\/394003","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=394003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}