{"id":22374,"date":"2026-08-18T16:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/?p=22374"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:50:00","slug":"social-media-identity-theft-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/2026\/08\/18\/social-media-identity-theft-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Identity Theft Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is warning the public about a recent Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) identity theft scam circulating on social media.<br \/>CDSS has identified fraudulent advertisements claiming to offer \u201cfree government smartphones\u201d on online marketplaces, including Facebook Marketplace. Users are asked to provide personal information such as EBT card photos and full Social Security Numbers (SSN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>These scams have resulted in unauthorized Personal Identification Number (PIN) changes and transactions on affected EBT accounts.<br \/>Do NOT share personal or EBT information in response to social media postings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the CDSS EBT Card webpage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/ebt-card \">https:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/ebt-card <\/a>for EBT theft prevention tips and additional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a victim of an EBT scam in California, immediately call the California EBT Customer Service Helpline at 1-877-328-9677.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is warning the public about a recent Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) identity theft scam circulating on social media.CDSS has identified fraudulent advertisements claiming<span class=\"ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1060,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notifications"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22380,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374\/revisions\/22380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sbcounty.gov\/tad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}