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SKIMMING, MALICIOUS QRC CODES & UNWITTING MONEY MULES...OH MY!
Special Guest, Dayton Aldrich, discusses victim restitution before describing Skimmers & Malicious QR codes. These days, skimmers are harder to spot than ever before, because they may be miniscule c…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Thai Nationals Enslaved and Forced to Work in Scam Call Centers
Workers are drawn to Cambodia through social media advertisements promising high-paying jobs. As soon as they arrive in the country, their travel documents are seized and they are held and forced by …
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Scammers Intercept Verification Codes
Doris Roof, Senior Fraud Specialist from Montecito Bank & Trust warns us about fraudsters who work in pairs to intercept the verification code sent by your bank. Here’s how it works: One crook (who…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
The Good Neighbor
Jeanne never thought she'd be taken in by a scam. But when she received an email from her elderly neighbor, asking her to purchase gift cards for her, she never thought that it might really be a sca…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
PART TWO OF INTERVIEW WITH FBI VICTIM ADVOCATE DEBBIE DEEM
Don’t miss this special episode with dynamo, Debbie Deem, who formerly worked as an FBI Victim Specialist. Rather than calling herself retired, Debbie prefers the term UNLEASHED, as she continues to …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
FBI VICTIM ADVOCATE DEBBIE DEEM INTERVIEW PART 1
Two scams that former FBI Victim advocate Debbie Deem talks about in this episode are the Sim Swap, where scammers get your personal information and are able to get your mobile phone carrier to trans…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
When a Job Seems too Good to be True
Patti - In this episode, I describe a part-time job solicitation and offer that I received via email. In some ways it seemed legitimate. The email said that they would not ask for any money from me…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
FAST ONLINE LOAN SCAMS
Shawn Dyer from Montecito Bank & Trust says that several of their customers have been scammed out of money just when they needed it the most. They went online searching for fast cash and unfortunate…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Scammer Targets College Student & Threaten to Arrest her
Don't miss this episode! A brave college student, (who we'll call Mary), shares her story to help others. Mary had just moved out of her family home when she received a phone call from a woman who …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Jamaican Teens Seduced into a Life of Scamming
In this insightful episode, we'll gain an understanding of why young people become scammers in Jamaica. A woman (who called herself Candance) told her story in the Jamaica Gleaner. She describes ho…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago