Better Beware!

Well, it’s April Fool’s Day, and if scammers and swindlers had a national holiday, this would be it. For the rest of us, let’s not give them anything to celebrate. At the moment, the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic is what the low-lifes are doubling down on, and their latest sideshow is fake tests for the Coronavirus. Also, what with the lockdowns …

Oh, life is wonderful. Gas is cheap, there’s plenty of parking, and nowhere to go. Ain’t it the truth. So while you’re staying home, or working from home, like me, here are some things you should think about doing.

For thousands of years, all kinds of people, sold all kinds of medicine, full of all kinds of stuff, and claimed their products had all kinds of benefits. But, back in the day they had to travel form town to town with a horse and wagon and could only afford to pitch to a few suckers at any one time. …

Okay, everyone’s heard about the Coronavirus epidemic that broke out in China and is spreading worldwide. It’s similar to influenza, and as of this writing, over eighty-seven thousand cases have been reported all over the world, and so far, it looks like almost ninety-seven percent of the victims recover. In the United States at this point, seventy-two cases have been …

The Coronavirus epidemic raging in China has given a lot of people cause to worry, and given some nasty opportunities to the scammers. People trying to buy face masks should be wary of any websites. But, it’s not just the masks… Also, be on the watch out for voicemails. New software has been found to be able to fake anyone’s …

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, …

The Motion Picture Academy Awards – the Oscars – get a lot of media attention this time of year for recognizing the best movies, as do the Golden Raspberry Awards, the Razzies, which warn you about the worst ones. But sometimes it’s the movie STARS you have to watch out for. In an earlier era this might have meant not …

Once upon a time, there was a saying most people had heard of, and everyone believed. It went, “pictures don’t lie” and it referred to photographs, which were accepted as evidence in a court of law. People did create fake photographs, starting very early on, but it was always possible to tell that a photograph had been tampered with or …

Beware of free trials found in the google play store. It may not be as easy to get out of the trial as you think. Hear about what you can do to avoid these scams with WFHB corespondent Richard Fish.

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!