Better Beware!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSSRomance scams are huge today, and all kinds of people are being targeted. This kind of fraud works all too well, and ripped off more than a billion dollars in 2022 alone. You may think you’re safe — but how about your family members and your friends?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSSHere are three scams that are prevalent right now — here in Indiana, and all over the country. They’re just a few of the many swindles that are costing Americans many billions of dollars these days, but they are ones that are most likely to hit on you.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (40.4MB)Subscribe: RSSDeepfake pictures and videos have suddenly become much more dangerous — and much more prevalent — because Artificial Intelligence can create them easily and cheaply. Here’s a great big headsup, and some ways to identify things you see (and hear) that are not real.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSTikTok has been a very popular social media over the last five years, but it may be on the decline — because there are a lot of reports about it which are very worrying. Here’s what we’ve found out.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSSI get phony scam emails just like you do.  Here are some of the more outrageous ones I’ve received, recognized, failed to fall for — and saved so I could give  you a laugh!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSSPhony websites that are exact imitations of real ones are popping up all over the place, more than ever before. Here’s how to spot a fake and avoid giving away your personal info or passwords — or letting crooks take over your computer.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSSDigital payment services like Venmo, Zelle and Cash App have become more and more dangerous. It’s not just hackers, it’s street criminals — this is a new way to assault and rob people in person! Watch out!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSSMore of the latest wrinkles in scams and swindles that have surfaced recently. It’s important to keep up and not let the scammers get ahead of you!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe bad guys are getting better — at being bad. This is the first part of our look at the most dangerous things going on today, and what you need to beware of most in 2024.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSSLet’s take a look at the best of the worst in the year we’ve just finished. Here are the nastiest and most successful scams of 2023.