Tag Archives: online shopping

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere’s a problem with your account! Oh yeah? Who are you, really? This scam has been ramping up lately, and getting more dangerous because the crooks are getting more sophisticated at impersonating retailers, utilities,subscription services — and banks. Here’s how to stay safe if you get any …

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 — 4.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere’s a sneaky scam going around lately that tries to fool customers of Amazon, Inc., the world’s largest marketplace. That probably includes you — so watch out!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePeople are getting things delivered that they never ordered — and it’s a scam. Unscrupulous sellers are padding their sales figures and posting fake reviews online. But There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreTis the season… to loose money to scammers! Porch pirates are out in force this year, snatching packages while you may not be watching. Watch out for them and others trying to  “unhappy” your holidays.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe holidays are coming and shopping online seems to be a popular option for buying gifts during a pandemic. But watch out for online pick pocketers ready to scam you out of your money.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 5.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGee, you think we’d be safe, staying at home all the time. Well, that does make it hard for a stranger to pull you into a dark doorway, or a pickpocket to stumble into you and lift your wallet. But ironically enough, it’s actually made it easier …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWell, 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIf 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 …