Better Beware!

“Sleigh-bells ring, are you listening?” goes the opening lyric of one of those Christmas songs that you can’t avoid hearing anytime you go into a store these days. But now, the question is, “who’s listening?” The Federal Trade Commission has issued an urgent warning about the toys you may be buying for your favorite children – toys connected to the …

This time, instead of warning about things that can hurt you, we’re going to concentrate on things that can help you. You might want to take notes! For all of the info we don’t have time to give you, go online to scambusters.org or consumer.ftc.gov to learn more!

The holidays are here! Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday have all come and gone, and the gift buying season is well underway. It’s the biggest money maker of the year for businesses, and for the swarms of scammers out there.

Triple Trouble this time! Con games are appearing on the internet, on the phone, and in the mail. First off, a lot of people use the internet to keep up with their favorite celebrities, and in some cases, that turns out to be very dangerous. Then, up in New Castle, Indiana, people are getting bogus text messages on their phones, …

Well, it’s that time of year again – the Holidays are fast approaching, and this year there’s less time than usual between Thanksgiving, right at the end of this month, and the gift-giving holidays in December. Chances are you are going to be doing at least some of your shopping on the internet. Here’s some things to watch out for.

People who try to predict the future have been focusing on things like the climate and politics but one of the most influential things, on our foreseeable future, is what’s call “The Internet of Things”. All kinds of gadgets are being invented which use the internet to talk to you, but if you can talk to them so can anyone …

If you’re younger than thirty years old, I’ve probably got a surprise for you. A surprising percentage of scam victims are millennials – young people. According to the Federal Trade Commission, millennials have reported being swindled out of almost four hundred fifty million dollars in the last two years.

Has your voicemail been as busy as ever? The robocall scammers are leaving all sorts of messages to trick people. Hear some scam messages and what WFHB’s Richard Fish has to say about them!

Do you own a cell phone? Most everyone has an iPhone or an Android, but did you know there are con artist all over the world trying to use your phone to rip you off? Those who own Android phone are at an even higher risk than others. Most of the risk is found in apps in the Google Play …

How do you know what fake news is fake? try out the website fake-news.research.sfu.ca. It’s a fake news detector that will tell you whats what and where to get more information. Also, watch for hackers in your google home, social security, and protect yourself with a password. Hear more on this segment of Better Beware!