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Next Tuesday is election day. If you are mailing in a ballot, time is running out! If you plan to vote in person, make sure you know where to go. Find out where to go online at Indianavoters.in.org. Listen for more voting information.

Police agencies around the country are reporting a gang of con artists who are working a fraud they call, quote, “far-reaching, complex, and well-organized.” Their most successful tactic to hook victims has been an email saying the sucker has won something – money, a trip, or something expensive like a car or even a boat. Or, recently, they’ve been sending …

I got an email saying people are needed to maintain fan Facebook pages – work from home and earn a hundred bucks an hour! So much for that. Then there’s a product being heavily advertised – like right up front on the Yahoo website – called OkoWatt. It’s a little plastic doodad that claims to reduce your electric bill just …

Do you know who you are talking to? Someone who gets in couch with you over technology could be an imposter. This is a person pretending to be someone else to deceive others. Almost half of all American have been targeted by them, so watch out!

Der Bingle and Satchmo – that’s Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, in case you’re culturally deprived – had a hit record about fishin’ back in nineteen fifty-one, but today the meaning of the term, and the spelling, have changed. Phishing, spelt with a “ph”, is a cybercrime on the rise. You get a fake message, on email, on your phone, …

It is a new year and there are new scams. Firstly, do not date any of your documents with the the abbreviation for 2020 (20). Secondly, don’t worry, there is no draft. Hear more on this episode of Better Beware!

Well, it’s that time of year again – the Holidays are fast approaching, and this year there’s less time than usual between Thanksgiving, right at the end of this month, and the gift-giving holidays in December. Chances are you are going to be doing at least some of your shopping on the internet. Here’s some things to watch out for.

If you’re younger than thirty years old, I’ve probably got a surprise for you. A surprising percentage of scam victims are millennials – young people. According to the Federal Trade Commission, millennials have reported being swindled out of almost four hundred fifty million dollars in the last two years.

Blue-green algae has been found in one of Lake Lemon’s overflow ponds; Indiana’s DNR asks bowhunters to keep track of any animals they spot; State law requires school employees to report suspected child abuse or neglect cases to Child Service or law enforcement before informing the school principal; A new scam involving requests for payment to redeem unclaimed property. FEATURE …