{"id":3544,"date":"2018-02-08T16:08:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T21:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2018-02-08T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T21:08:05","slug":"wny-state-police-warn-of-a-scam-letter-in-western-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/02\/08\/wny-state-police-warn-of-a-scam-letter-in-western-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"WNY\/State Police warn of a scam letter in Western New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Police are investigating a scam letter that is being sent to residents of Western New York.<\/p>\n<p>State Police are warning residents about a scam letter purportedly issued from NatWest Bank in the UK, which promises an inheritance opportunity. Several residents within Erie County have reported receiving the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who receives such a letter is advised to refrain from providing any information; do not respond to the letter in any way.<\/p>\n<p>State Police are continuing to investigate.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3545\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/02\/08\/wny-state-police-warn-of-a-scam-letter-in-western-new-york\/scamletter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?fit=1224%2C1584&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1224,1584\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"ScamLetter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?fit=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3545\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?resize=116%2C150&amp;ssl=1 116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Scam20Letter.jpg?w=1224&amp;ssl=1 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE The New York State Police are investigating a scam letter that is being sent to residents of Western New York. State Police are warning residents about a scam letter purportedly issued from NatWest Bank in the UK, which promises an inheritance opportunity. Several residents within Erie County have \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/02\/08\/wny-state-police-warn-of-a-scam-letter-in-western-new-york\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3545,"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":[1],"tags":[791],"class_list":["post-3544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-wny"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-Va","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1835,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/25\/orleans-county-publishers-clearing-house-check-scam-reported\/","url_meta":{"origin":3544,"position":0},"title":"ORLEANS COUNTY\/ Publishers Clearing House check scam reported","author":"aka","date":"July 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"DOC072517-07252017111448 (Copy of letter) THE ORLEANS COUNTY MAJOR FELONY CRIME TASK FORCE ALONG WITH THE ORLEANS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY\u2019S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING A MAIL SCAM, WHERE AN ORLEANS COUNTY RESIDENT RECEIVED A LETTER INDICATING THEY WON $550,000.00 FROM PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE AND ACCOMPANIED WITH THE LETTER WAS A CHECK\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Orleans County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Orleans County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/orleans-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4984,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/06\/20\/batavia-police-warn-of-scam-checks\/","url_meta":{"origin":3544,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/Police warn of scam checks","author":"aka","date":"June 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Batavia Police have been notified of a scam currently going around. 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