{"id":3015,"date":"2015-11-29T16:11:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2015-11-29T16:11:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T16:11:43","slug":"100-dollar-bill-windshield-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/100-dollar-bill-windshield-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"If You See This On Your Parked Car, It&#8217;s Not Good Luck&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>St. Louis County, Missouri.<\/strong> What would you say to a free <strong>$100 bill left on your windscreen<\/strong>? Imagine coming back to your parked car to see a clean, crisp banknote there. What would you do? Take it, right? Right. But it could be a decision you immediately regret&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook post from woman in\u00a0Jefferson County has apparently &#8216;set off alarm bells&#8217; in the throughout the state and panicked some\u00a0holiday shoppers. The reason? She tells of being the victim of a unique scam which is tempting and catching out people across the state. When the driver opens their door to retrieve the $100, they&#8217;re jumped by car jackers and their vehicles are stolen.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Attorney General reports that the scam started in the north east around this time last year. And now it\u2019s happening in St. Louis. And spreading to the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3018\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/100-Dollar-Bill-Car-Jacking-Scam.png\" alt=\"$100 Dollar Bill Car Jacking Scam\" width=\"2872\" height=\"1570\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scary stuff. You shouldn&#8217;t be overly alarmed, but it is something that you need to know about. Watch this news report\u00a0video to find out more and stay safe this Holiday season:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Holiday Scam Tricks Drivers With $100 Bill\" width=\"801\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6wuFGk44IE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Louis County, Missouri. What would you say to a free $100 bill left on your windscreen? Imagine coming back to your parked car to see a clean, crisp banknote there. What would you do? Take it, right? Right. But it could be a decision you immediately regret&#8230; A Facebook post from woman in\u00a0Jefferson County<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,64],"tags":[78,672],"class_list":{"0":"post-3015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-money","8":"category-news","9":"tag-100-dollar-bill-scam","10":"tag-car-jacking","11":"post_format-post-format-video"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>If You See This On Your Parked Car, It&#039;s Not Good Luck... - Daily Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/100-dollar-bill-windshield-scam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If You See This On Your Parked Car, It&#039;s Not Good Luck...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"St. Louis County, Missouri. 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