Better Beware!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSHere’s some more info about last week’s email hack at WFHB, including a timely headsup. Beyond that, there’s an urgent warning to everyone who uses the internet for anything, anytime: the internet is now a War Zone. That’s literally true. The attackers out there now include governments, as well …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis morning WFHB’s email got hacked! We all got a phony email that looked like it came from our Development Director — but it didn’t. And you may have gotten it, so here’s the warning. You may have already heard about that — but did you know …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFraud is continuing to grow, and grow, and grow — all over the world, and very much right here in the USA. Here’s a look at the latest statistics and some of the most dangerous con games that are “trending” today. We’ve been trying since 2007, but …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSSYou — or someone you know and love — may be about to have a very UNhappy Valentine’s Day, if a “Romance Scammer” has been in touch. This kind of fraud is absolutely exploding today, because Artificial Intelligence makes it possible to write messages, and even create audio and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWhen bad weather hits — like what we’ve been having! — fraudsters are always happy if they can make it worse. There are several kinds of scams that get hot when the temperature falls, and here are some very good ways to insulate yourself from being buried in a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSIP Cameras are very popular–and can be very dangerous. IP stands for “Internet Protocol” because these tiny video cameras send pictures, and sometimes sound, over the internet. More and more people use them for security, for convenience, and all kinds of things. But unless they’re installed and maintained properly, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSwindlers from halfway around the world can get their sights on local targets — and locally-based fraudsters can pick up on schemes that are being worked all over the country. Here are a couple of current examples: a con game from Somewhere Else that’s focused on people …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreToys that talk aren’t new, but the latest generation of them doesn’t have a string to pull, or some recorded responses on a circuit chip. Instead, they connect to an Artificial Intelligence chatbot, and some of them say things that are not at all what children should …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHere’s a headsup about “wrong numbers” that are only wrong if you respond to them! — and some reminders about staying safe when you shop for holiday gifts, or travel to see friends and family during the holiday season. All good to know, for you, for your …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSI got a couple of phone calls last week from scammers. Robocalls usually hang up, but these fraudsters actually left voicemails! Of course it was easy enough to record them and put them on the radio. Here’s two scams going around right now that you need to ignore. Hang …