Tag Archives: Scams

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIt is a new year and there are new scams. Firstly, do not date any of your documents with the the abbreviation for 2020 (20). Secondly, don’t worry, there is no draft. Hear more on this episode of Better Beware!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (61.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreDo you have an Android Phone with the CamScanner app? You might want to rethink that download. Not only are there scam apps to look out for, but what about those reviews?!  Maybe you shouldn’t trust said about a product. Listen to find out more from WFHB’s Richard Fish.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSex is popular – and bad guys use it. These nasty scams can be scary, and that’s why they work way too often. But you aren’t in the kind of danger the con artists threaten you with! Here’s how to know what you should ignore.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:03 — 28.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe City of Bloomington and Indiana University are moving tonight’s Juneteenth celebration indoors; The Brown County Humane Society is raising money to construct a new animal shelter; City of Bloomington officials are pursuing plans for expanding the footprint of the new Fourth Street parking garage, but a …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere are several scams going around – not just in our area – that use the telephone, and they’re getting sneakier and sneakier. Here’s some heads-ups and ways to avoid getting taken.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere’s a phony phone call going around that claims to come from the Social Security Administration, and there’s some very interesting stats on who’s falling for swindles these days.

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 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreScammers and fraudulent contractors are in the area, following severe weather; and a million victims over the past three years have lost $1 billion by ‘love interests.’ Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:01 — 9.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreComputing in “the Cloud” is rapidly increasing – almost everyone is using it to some extent, whether they know it or not. But it’s getting more dangerous, and you should be aware. Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 9.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn even scarier followup on last week’s column, plus some effects of the government shutdown, and a new word that means somebody may have power over you. “Pwned” rhymes with “owned.” Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer …