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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSSLet’s face it – scammers and swindlers are out of control. You and I get hit on by fraudsters every day, usually several times in various ways, and there is no reason to think that’s ever going to stop. That’s the future — and we all have to live …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreInstead of focusing on a particular scam, we’ve compiled a list of the most important mistakes people make — things you should NEVER do, in order to stay safe in these days of massive fraud worldwide. Huge office buildings, mostly in places like India and China, employ …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSSHere are three scams that are prevalent right now — here in Indiana, and all over the country. They’re just a few of the many swindles that are costing Americans many billions of dollars these days, but they are ones that are most likely to hit on you.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePhone scammers who threaten you are now insisting you don’t hang up until you send the money; people have been getting mysterious packets of seeds in the mail, and phone apps from Presidential campaigns have big differences. Three things to watch out for!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 5.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePolice agencies around the country are reporting a gang of con artists who are working a fraud they call, quote, “far-reaching, complex, and well-organized.” Their most successful tactic to hook victims has been an email saying the sucker has won something – money, a trip, or something …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA couple of careless “apps” on Facebook have accidentally leaked secure data for millions of Facebook users. There’s no telling if you might be one of them, so here are some things you need to do.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreTwo scams are hitting right in our area, right now – a fake email about cancelling your email address, and fake postings that send strangers to your house, thinking it’s for rent! Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA 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 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSeveral items: A robocaller gets nailed, the EquiFax breach is even worse than we thought, ‘Congratulations!’ is now a dirty word, and let’s hope you don’t get Rowhammered.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSome “storm chasers” got caught; the Nigerian Prince Scam is doing better than ever; and here’s a look at what your stolen information is worth to fraudsters on the Dark Web.