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Scammers don't steal your money, they create a world where it makes perfect sense to hand your cash over to them. Three-card-monte, the longest running show on Broadway, seems easy. You're watching the tosser and you always see the queen. What you don't see is a group of shills working you into the gate where you'll lose everything you have.Sometimes a large sum of money is accidentally sent to you and the sender asks for the additional cash to be sent back. In the meantime, they empty your bank account.We'll tell you all about the scams, how they work and why people fall for them. Don't become a sucker. Listen in.
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Tell me what's on your mind. Nearly all scams are impersonation scams. They need you to believe they are someone else in order to get you to hand over your money. In this episode, we tell you about some of the new ways scammers are using impersonation techniques to rob you and why it's only going to get worse in the future.
Tell me what's on your mind. In our last episode, I told you about social engineering -- how a con artist's patter can convince you to do anything. But sometimes props are needed to make that tale seem more real. In this episode we talk about the devices and distractions tricksters use to keep you from noticing your money is slipping from your fingers.
Tell me what's on your mind. Nearly all scams are built around the technique of social engineering. Con artists know how to manipulate you, what buttons to push and allow you to believe you made a choice you never had. In this episode, we explore the techniques of social engineering and why we're all vulnerable to them. And you'll hear a scammer confess to her crime and said she took advantage of an elderly couple because they were "good people."
Tell me what's on your mind. We're ready to go back to school with Scams & Cons classes that begin Sept. 11. Enjoy the long weekend, then it's back to the fun!
Tell me what's on your mind. It's time for our summer break so I can prepare new episodes for season 9. Listen in as I give you the details and respond to some listener notes. Have a great summer and make some time away from the news to have some fun. You deserve it!
Tell me what's on your mind. If you bought tickets to a pop-up taco museum restaurant in San Antonio, you got scammed. If someone wants to hook you up with a priest who does exorcisms, beware. But we begin with the story of a brand new scam called call merging. It involves merging your phone call with a scammer and a bank’s two-factor authentication system, stealing your secret code.
Tell me what's on your mind. More than 60 hotels are conned by a man who dirtied rooms with roaches and condoms, and scammers are showing up at people’s doors to collect money they say they are owed. And I want to tell you the tale of a gambit that I can't call a con, but it's a great way to lose your money.
Tell me what's on your mind. We're all vulnerable to scams, but we don't have to be willing victims. Today I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago -- tell you just what to do to thwart scammers.
Tell me what's on your mind. A new scam is moving across the country that can capture the information on your credit card's chips, plus Minnesota legislators are considering a law that would reimburse victims of scams.
Tell me what's on your mind. What some of you may remember as the Scopes Monkey Trial is a scam. If you don’t know about the trial, you may know about the movie, “Inherit the Wind,” which – and I’m being charitable here – took poetic license with the truth. Today, as we near the 100th anniversary of the trial, I tell you why. Scopes 100 Celebration
Tell me what's on your mind. Alabama leads the nation in losses from online scams and a Massachusetts butcher shop owner says he was scammed out of $60,000 of meat. Plus, we'll update you on the Frye Festival scheduled for Mexico, but who knows where in that country it will be?
Tell me what's on your mind. There are con artists who have pulled off major cons. What they do is so ballsy, it’s hard to believe anyone would fall for them. Yet, in the annals of history, they live on. Today on Scams And Cons, we'll tell you their stories.
Tell me what's on your mind. We'll tell you the story of con artists who preyed on the elderly with home remodeling scams. One was brazen enough to outright tell the homeowner what needed to be done and begin work.
Tell me what's on your mind. Is this written by me or an AI? Will you hear my voice or an AI voice in this podcast? (Spoiler, you'll hear both) AI voices and images are so easy to create these days that it's easy to throw someone into a money-gushing panic if they get a phone call from a friend claiming to be in trouble. The key is not to try and recognize the voice, but to recognize the scam. We'll tell you how and it's not that difficult to learn.
Tell me what's on your mind. In this week's news, Thailand takes the unusual step of cutting off electricity to 500,000 people to stop scammers and con artists are staging car crashes to collect insurance money. Plus, Georgia exempts banks from protecting customers from scammers even though they say they want a law requiring them to do so. Listen at ScamsAndCons.com or wherever you get podcasts.
Tell me what's on your mind. Is this written by me or an AI? Will you hear my voice or an AI voice in this podcast? (Spoiler, you'll hear both) AI voices and images are so easy to create these days that it's easy to throw someone into a money-gushing panic if they get a phone call from a friend claiming to be in trouble. The key is not to try and recognize the voice, but to recognize the scam. We'll tell you how and it's not that difficult to learn.
Tell me what's on your mind. A man got taken by a scammer and called a local TV station for help. The scammers weren't caught, but they later called the man back, pretending to be the anchor and tried to shake him down again. It didn't go well for the scammers. Hear this story and more on Scams & Cons News
Tell me what's on your mind. Groups of con artists roam the country, sweeping into a community and taking it for all they can until the police get wise. They're called Travellers and we'll tell you how they work and why they are different from other scammers.
Tell me what's on your mind. Your child is safe at home, but scammers are calling to get info about them to put into a state "registry." It's a scam ... don't fall for it. Hear this story and more on Scams & Cons News.
Tell me what's on your mind. It's easy to think of a scammer as a slick, sophisticated character, ready to outsmart your every move. Not so fast. Scammers do stupid stuff too, and we're here to tell you about them. Listen in for a good laugh and relief that they aren't as clever as we think they are.
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