Better Beware!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.2MB)Subscribe: RSSSuperman wasn’t the first superhero (a quick search will turn up other earlier characters with special powers) but he was the first one that came from another planet, and probably the most famous. Today we all have to do what he did — fight a constant, never-ending battle against …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSSlavery in the United States did not end with the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865. Today it’s called “Human Trafficking” and it’s going on — and growing — all over the world, including every state in our country. Slaves today aren’t being held in chains; they live …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.5MB)Subscribe: RSSOnline shopping is huge — and can be hugely dangerous. Fraud in e-commerce is one of the biggest and most lucrative (for the swindlers) problems today, all over the world. If you shop on the internet (and most of us do), you need to be more careful than ever. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSSales of drugs are one of the most common — and most successful — scams today, just as they have been for centuries. This is not about “recreational” drugs or prescription medicines — the fraudsters peddle all kinds of concoctions, claiming they’re safe, offering phony testimonials, and skirting the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHere are two more “classic” scams that have been practiced since time immemorial, and are still very much in use today — because they still work, in one variation or another. Both are “team” scams, and need at least two crooks to make them work. The victim …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere are millions of scams going around all over the world today, but they are really variations on a small number of “con games.” If you know the basic ways in which fraudsters push your fear button, or your greed button, you can learn to spot a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePhony messages coming in as emails or texts are getting harder to spot, because they no longer have funny language or bad spelling, thanks probably to Artificial Intelligence programs used by crooks. And there’s bad news for people who use “digital wallets” like Apple Pay or Google …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere’s a new scam going around that’s very scary, because it contains a lot of your personal information — harvested on the Dark Web — and even a photograph of the house you live in! The scammer makes frightening threats and demands payment…or else. It’s not really …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere are a lot of scams coming from Russia today, especially on the internet. Regardless of who’s doing them or why, you need to be aware and on the alert for attempts to steal your personal information, break into your credit card accounts, or fool you into …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana University Credit Union customers are being hit by telephone scammers — do you have an account there? Do you know someone who does? Telephone phonies and email scammers are running rampant these days. You need to understand what they’re trying to do — and we need …