{"id":17447,"date":"2020-06-09T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=17447"},"modified":"2020-06-09T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T16:09:00","slug":"wyoming-county-payroll-scam-involving-direct-deposit-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/09\/wyoming-county-payroll-scam-involving-direct-deposit-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Payroll scam involving direct deposit reported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheriff Gregory Rudolph reports, \u201cThe Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Village of Attica Police Department have been receiving fraud complaints involving a payroll scam in both the public and private sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The perpetrator(s) of these crimes is reaching out to the human resource departments or payroll clerks of the respective sector through bogus email accounts utilizing an employee\u2019s name and then requesting a change to the payroll direct deposit to a different bank and account that the perpetrator has access to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is recommended that businesses be aware of this scam, and be cautious of changing direct deposits without verifying the change with the employee through a secure means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone with information or victim of this scam, please contact Investigator McGinnis at 585-786-8989.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Sheriff Gregory Rudolph reports, \u201cThe Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Village of Attica Police Department have been receiving fraud complaints involving a payroll scam in both the public and private sectors. The perpetrator(s) of these crimes is reaching out to the human resource departments or payroll clerks of \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/09\/wyoming-county-payroll-scam-involving-direct-deposit-reported\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attica","category-wyoming-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-4xp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3412,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/01\/23\/wyoming-county-attica-geek-squad-scam-averted-thanks-to-an-alert-victim-and-local-bank-branch\/","url_meta":{"origin":17447,"position":0},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Attica &#8220;Geek Squad Scam&#8221; averted thanks to an alert victim and local bank branch","author":"aka","date":"January 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release\/Attica Police Department Over the weekend, an attempted scam of an elderly resident was avoided due to the quick actions of the resident and the Attica Branch of Key Bank. The resident received a call from a reported representative of the well-known and respected internet based computer service company\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Attica&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Attica","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/wyoming-county\/attica\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":66333,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/wyoming-county-sheriffs-office-warns-of-us-customs-phone-scam\/","url_meta":{"origin":17447,"position":1},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Sheriff&#8217;s Office warns of US Customs phone scam","author":"aka","date":"July 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release On July 23rd, 2025 a Wyoming County resident received a phone call with the caller claiming tobe a United States Customs official. The caller advised the Wyoming County resident they werebeing investigated and needed to talk to the County Sheriff, and the caller then transferred thephone to another\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wyoming County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wyoming County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/wyoming-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17280,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/04\/wyoming-county-sheriff-warns-public-of-a-phone-scam\/","url_meta":{"origin":17447,"position":2},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Sheriff warns public of a phone scam","author":"aka","date":"June 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release Sheriff Rudolph is warning the public regarding a new style of an old phone scam targeting our aging population. Phone calls are being received with the caller claiming to be a grandchild and involved in a motor vehicle accident. The caller indicates that \u201ctheir friend\u2019s father is an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wyoming County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wyoming County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/wyoming-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7969,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/wyoming-county-sheriffs-report-allegany-county-woman-charged-in-banking-check-scam\/","url_meta":{"origin":17447,"position":3},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S REPORT\/Allegany County woman charged in banking check scam","author":"aka","date":"February 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"An Allegany County woman was arrested on a warrant for grand larceny 4th following an investigation of a banking check scam at a financial institution in the Town of Warsaw on February 15, 2019 Jessica Ackerman, 35, of Fillmore, N.Y., was arrested on a warrant and was arraigned before Warsaw\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wyoming County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wyoming County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/wyoming-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ackermanjessica.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ackermanjessica.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ackermanjessica.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ackermanjessica.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3583,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/02\/13\/wyoming-county-phone-scam-spoof-using-wyoming-county-sheriffs-department-phone-number\/","url_meta":{"origin":17447,"position":4},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Phone scam spoof using Wyoming County Sheriff&#8217;s Department phone number","author":"aka","date":"February 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release Sheriff Gregory Rudolph would like to alert the community of a complaint that was received by the Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Office on February 13, 2018 regarding a telephone call to Wyoming County residents from an individual claiming to be a representative from the Civil Division of the Wyoming\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wyoming County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wyoming County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/wyoming-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55202,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/wyoming-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-credit-card-scam-affecting-many-area-businesses\/","url_meta":{"origin":17447,"position":5},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Sheriff&#8217;s Office investigating credit card scam affecting many area businesses","author":"aka","date":"July 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"From provided press release The Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Office has received multiple complaints from area businesses of a scam. 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