{"id":339,"date":"2020-10-06T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraud.flywheelsites.com\/?page_id=339"},"modified":"2020-10-30T11:52:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T11:52:14","slug":"identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/common-scams\/identity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity theft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f\">\n.avia-section.av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/urban-438393_1920.jpg);\nbackground-position:center center;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kfff1mue-75e3fac710c20c5b684acbdd8733a89f main_color 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itemprop=\"headline\"  >Identity theft<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border'><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Identity theft is one of the most common types of fraud, and also one of the most potentially devastating in terms of consequences. Once your personal information is breached, it may be difficult to tell where it can end up.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-kfgrq8u6-bfe423cea2120db27e9ce6b01bf287cf\">\n.hr.av-kfgrq8u6-bfe423cea2120db27e9ce6b01bf287cf{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:30px;\n}\n.hr.av-kfgrq8u6-bfe423cea2120db27e9ce6b01bf287cf .hr-inner{\nwidth:100%;\nborder-color:#6ea6bd;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kfgrq8u6-bfe423cea2120db27e9ce6b01bf287cf hr-custom  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  hr-center hr-icon-no '><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-fat'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-97nan-ab54350f1ce54d9e8d979042db78442e\">\n#top .flex_column.av-97nan-ab54350f1ce54d9e8d979042db78442e{\nborder-radius:0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px;\npadding:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column 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itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1407765966-180x180.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2868 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2868 attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1407765966-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1407765966-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/iStock-1407765966-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><span class=\"iconfont\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue836' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/fraud.org\/speak-up-about-fraud\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Let\u2019s all speak up about fraud'>Let\u2019s all speak up about fraud<span class='post-format-icon minor-meta'><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class='post-meta-infos'><time class='date-container minor-meta updated' >February 28, 2023<\/time><span class='text-sep text-sep-date'>\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/fraud-against-older-adults\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fraud against older adults<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fraud Alerts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/identity-theft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Identity theft<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/money-making-scams\/\" rel=\"tag\">Money-making scams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/phony-prizes-and-sales\/\" rel=\"tag\">Phony prizes and sales<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/tech-scams\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tech scams<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"text-sep text-sep-cat\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/author\/fraud-org-staff\/\" title=\"Posts by Fraud.org staff\" rel=\"author\">Fraud.org staff<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Whether via Instagram direct messaging, Facebook Messenger, or Twitter \u201cDMs,\u201d scammers often seek to capture a victim\u2019s sensitive information through these avenues because they allow private, one-on-one conversations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/speak-up-about-fraud\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class='post_author_timeline'><\/div><span 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staff<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-02-28T20:13:25+00:00\" >2023-02-28 20:13:25<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2023-03-01 14:49:04<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Let\u2019s all speak up about fraud<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class='post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-1131 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-small with-slider post-1131 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-identity-theft'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class='blog-meta'><a href='https:\/\/fraud.org\/tax-id-theft\/' class='small-preview'  title=\"tax_id_theft-small\"   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax_id_theft-small-180x180.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-929 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-929 attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax_id_theft-small-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax_id_theft-small-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax_id_theft-small-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><span class=\"iconfont\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue836' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/fraud.org\/tax-id-theft\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Tax ID theft'>Tax ID theft<span class='post-format-icon minor-meta'><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class='post-meta-infos'><time class='date-container minor-meta updated' >October 23, 2020<\/time><span class='text-sep text-sep-date'>\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/identity-theft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Identity theft<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"text-sep text-sep-cat\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/author\/fraud-org-staff\/\" title=\"Posts by Fraud.org staff\" rel=\"author\">Fraud.org staff<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Tax day may be a date that few consumers look forward to. However, there is one group that uses the day to scam their victims: identity thieves. Stay safe. Be Informed. Tax ID fraudsters file early because they have a treasure trove of stolen personal information (names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers), and they\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/tax-id-theft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class='post_author_timeline'><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tax_id_theft-small.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>666<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>1000<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Fraud.org staff<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FraudOrgLogo_gradientcolor.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Fraud.org staff<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2020-10-23T17:40:15+00:00\" >2020-10-23 17:40:15<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2020-11-09 07:30:41<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Tax ID theft<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class='post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-1128 post-loop-3 post-parity-odd single-small with-slider post-1128 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-identity-theft'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class='blog-meta'><a href='https:\/\/fraud.org\/medical-id-theft\/' class='small-preview'  title=\"medical_ID_theft-small\"   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medical_ID_theft-small-180x180.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-928 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-928 attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medical_ID_theft-small-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medical_ID_theft-small-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medical_ID_theft-small-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><span class=\"iconfont\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue836' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/fraud.org\/medical-id-theft\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Medical ID theft'>Medical ID theft<span class='post-format-icon minor-meta'><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class='post-meta-infos'><time class='date-container minor-meta updated' >October 23, 2020<\/time><span class='text-sep text-sep-date'>\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/identity-theft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Identity theft<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"text-sep text-sep-cat\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/author\/fraud-org-staff\/\" title=\"Posts by Fraud.org staff\" rel=\"author\">Fraud.org staff<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Medical identity theft is a lesser known form of identity theft, but the consequences can be just as devastating. It not only affects the patient or consumer, but also has ramifications on healthcare and insurance providers. Stay safe. Be Informed. Medical identity theft occurs when a fraudster illegally obtains and uses a patient&#8217;s Personally Identifiable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/medical-id-theft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class='post_author_timeline'><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medical_ID_theft-small.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>667<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>1000<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Fraud.org staff<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FraudOrgLogo_gradientcolor.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Fraud.org staff<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2020-10-23T17:35:48+00:00\" >2020-10-23 17:35:48<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2020-11-09 07:30:41<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Medical ID theft<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class='post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-1125 post-loop-4 post-parity-even post-entry-last single-small with-slider post-1125 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-identity-theft'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class='blog-meta'><a href='https:\/\/fraud.org\/identity-theft\/' class='small-preview'  title=\"id_theft_general-small\"   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/id_theft_general-small-180x180.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-927 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-927 attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/id_theft_general-small-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/id_theft_general-small-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/id_theft_general-small-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><span class=\"iconfont\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue836' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/fraud.org\/identity-theft\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Identity theft'>Identity theft<span class='post-format-icon minor-meta'><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class='post-meta-infos'><time class='date-container minor-meta updated' >October 23, 2020<\/time><span class='text-sep text-sep-date'>\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/category\/fraud-alerts\/identity-theft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Identity theft<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"text-sep text-sep-cat\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">by <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/author\/fraud-org-staff\/\" title=\"Posts by Fraud.org staff\" rel=\"author\">Fraud.org staff<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Identity fraud (also known as ID fraud or ID theft) refers to types of crime in which someone wrongfully uses another person\u2019s personal data fraudulently or deceptively. Identity fraud is typically used for economic gain by the fraudster. Stay safe. Be Informed. If you know that your identity has been stolen as a result of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fraud.org\/identity-theft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class='post_author_timeline'><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/id_theft_general-small.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>563<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>1000<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Fraud.org staff<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FraudOrgLogo_gradientcolor.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Fraud.org staff<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2020-10-23T17:31:17+00:00\" >2020-10-23 17:31:17<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2020-11-09 07:30:41<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Identity theft<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":115,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2128,"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339\/revisions\/2128"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraud.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}