{"id":10797,"date":"2015-12-24T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=10797"},"modified":"2015-12-23T13:39:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T19:39:58","slug":"tennessee-consumer-affairs-says-be-wary-of-holiday-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2015\/12\/24\/tennessee-consumer-affairs-says-be-wary-of-holiday-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Consumer Affairs says be wary of Holiday Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-321814\" title=\"Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Tennessee-Department-of-Commerce-and-Insurance.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\" width=\"250\" height=\"88\" \/><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Don\u2019t let scammers steal the joy from your holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\u2019s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs urges consumers to be wary of holiday-themed scams during this season of giving.<!--more-->\u201cScammers use the holidays as a chance to prey on people\u2019s better natures,\u201d TDCI Deputy Commissioner Bill Giannini said. \u201cThey will use any means necessary to get what they want from you. Don\u2019t become a victim of scammers during the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Be on guard, be alert and be aware.<\/p>\n<h4>Fight back against scam artists by remembering some simple tips:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Be suspicious of anyone requiring you to send money with prepaid money cards.<\/li>\n<li>Pay as often as you can with a major credit card offering fraud protection.<\/li>\n<li>Before donating, check to see if the charity is registered with the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/charitable\" > Tennessee Secretary of State<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If contacted by phone about making a donation, avoid being pressured to make an immediate donation. Don\u2019t hesitate to ask questions to get more information.<\/li>\n<li>Donate to charities that you trust and are well-established.<\/li>\n<li>Never write out a check or give cash to an individual solicitor. Write out checks to the name of the organization or use a credit card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.<\/p>\n<p>For more consumer tips, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/consumer\" >www.tn.gov\/consumer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Don\u2019t let scammers steal the joy from your holiday season. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance\u2019s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs urges consumers to be wary of holiday-themed scams during this season of giving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[8486,43,284,3095,5128,2288],"class_list":["post-10797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","tag-bill-giannini","tag-charity","tag-nashville-tn","tag-scams","tag-tennessee-consumer-affairs","tag-tennessee-department-of-commerce-and-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10798,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797\/revisions\/10798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}