{"id":237953,"date":"2026-05-01T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace-local-state-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:10:08","slug":"lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace-local-state-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace-local-state-news\/","title":{"rendered":"LPD warns of fake iPhone sales on Facebook Marketplace | Local &#038; State News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starcitytv.com\/news\/local\/lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace\/article_b2261ba9-41ba-46be-8c13-583b304e1ece.html\">LPD warns of fake iPhone sales on Facebook Marketplace | Local &#038; State News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starcitytv.com\/news\/local\/lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace\/article_b2261ba9-41ba-46be-8c13-583b304e1ece.html\">https:\/\/www.starcitytv.com\/news\/local\/lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace\/article_b2261ba9-41ba-46be-8c13-583b304e1ece.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-01 13:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.starcitytv.com\">www.starcitytv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From iPhone scammers targeting your personal data to a change that could impact your weekly routine, Lafayette police are warning of scams involving fake iPhone sales online.<\/p>\n<p>Police say scammers on sites like Facebook Marketplace advertise newer models like the iPhone 17, but in reality, the devices are disguised to look newer and more functional than they actually are.<\/p>\n<p>LPD cautions against sellers with limited profile activity, deals that seem \u201ctoo good to be true,\u201d and rushed meetings in private locations. Police also advise buyers to ask for phone serial numbers and verify that devices are operating.<\/p>\n<p>                                Connect with Us:<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Want to Share Something with Our Team?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starcitytv.com\/news\/local\/lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace\/article_b2261ba9-41ba-46be-8c13-583b304e1ece.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LPD warns of fake iPhone sales on Facebook Marketplace | Local &#038; State News https:\/\/www.starcitytv.com\/news\/local\/lpd-warns-of-fake-iphone-sales-on-facebook-marketplace\/article_b2261ba9-41ba-46be-8c13-583b304e1ece.html&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/starcitytv.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/b\/90\/b90f8526-e76d-5bf7-916c-7fb3478813c1\/659c882551152.image.png?crop=1280%2C672%2C0%2C23&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-237953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237955,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237953\/revisions\/237955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}