{"id":165487,"date":"2026-04-14T15:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/165487\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:20:11","slug":"pennsylvania-state-police-warn-of-erie-otters-vendor-scam-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/165487\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Police Warn of Erie Otters Vendor Scam | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Treasury Department Warns of Text Scams\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public to an identity theft scam involving the Erie Otters Hockey Club.<\/p>\n<p>State police say they are investigating an identity theft and deception incident reported on April 8, 2026, in Waterford Township.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, unknown individuals allegedly used the name of a representative of the Erie Otters Hockey Club to contact potential vendors, claiming the team was seeking vendors for the 2026\u20132027 season. The suspects reportedly attempted to collect a deposit to \u201csecure\u201d a vendor spot.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the intended victim recognized the offer as a scam before sending any money, resulting in no financial loss. However, authorities are warning businesses and individuals to remain cautious, noting that similar fraudulent schemes may be circulating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Police are alerting the public to an identity theft scam involving the Erie Otters Hockey Club.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,17019,10716,4365,1224,74553],"class_list":{"0":"post-165487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news","11":"tag-erie-otters","12":"tag-fraud","13":"tag-identity-theft","14":"tag-pennsylvania-state-police","15":"tag-vendor-scam"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}