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Better Beware!

Consumer watchdog series exposing scams in south central Indiana

Better Beware – Gifts That Give Too Much

Insecure Products, on Better Beware: This year, some very popular (and some very unexpected) gift items can turn out to be spies that give manufacturers and hackers your personal information! Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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Better Beware – Robocalls In Any Language

A spate of robo-calls in Chinese have been plaguing our area code lately, and the whole robo-call problem is exploding. Here are the facts – and some things you can do about it. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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Better Beware – Online Goofs and Crimes

The importance of checking your credit card bill – how one listener discovered a charge that saved her hundreds. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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Better Beware – Halloween

Halloween is actually one of the most dangerous nights of the year, especially for kids. As Better Beware’s Richard Fish points out, some of the risks aren’t nearly as obvious as you’d think. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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Better Beware – Parents Beware

Internet applications can be used to track your children’s movements, finances, and whereabouts. Dangerous apps for your teenagers, on a new edition of our consumer watchdog segment, Better Beware! Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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Better Beware – Checks and Unbalances

So-called “Congressional Checks” are a misleading and deceptive attempt to get you to sign up for something, and robocalls from Social Security are dangerous fakes. Two scams with opposite techniques!

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Better Beware – Hate Groups

The Southern Poverty Law Center has identified 31 hate groups in the state of Indiana, and here they are. Beware! Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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Better Beware – Gwynneth Paltrow

The actress has a very controversial – not to say “shady” – website called Goop, which makes some incredibly weird claims and sells some very questionable products. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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A nasty scam targeting Social Security recipients is making the rounds, but an equally nasty fraud ripping off people who want to support our Armed Services has been taken down. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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Better Beware: Some Good News

There are a couple of things that are getting better, in the world of frauds and scams – better from our victims’ viewpoint, that is. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

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