Tag Archives: Imposters

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSSYou — or someone you know and love — may be about to have a very UNhappy Valentine’s Day, if a “Romance Scammer” has been in touch. This kind of fraud is absolutely exploding today, because Artificial Intelligence makes it possible to write messages, and even create audio and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWhen bad weather hits — like what we’ve been having! — fraudsters are always happy if they can make it worse. There are several kinds of scams that get hot when the temperature falls, and here are some very good ways to insulate yourself from being buried in a …

Scammers have embraced Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake technology, which are making all the old scams much, much harder to spot. This is why you need to be more suspicious and skeptical than ever before. Seeing — and hearing — are no longer believing, and it’s time to ramp up your protections and your precautions.

Here is a whole list of things you shound NEVER do, if you want to stay safe from scams and swindles. These are basic rules for living in modern times, but too many people still don’t know them.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 5.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreDo you know who you are talking to? Someone who gets in couch with you over technology could be an imposter. This is a person pretending to be someone else to deceive others. Almost half of all American have been targeted by them, so watch out!