Scam Squad

This week, Patti and Vicki are warning all of us about new scams to especially watch out for this year. As we know, scammers are getting more resourceful and convincing every day for three basic reasons. Patti and Vicki with explore in depth these three basic reasons and tell us how to guard ourselves against being scammed with these new scammer tricks and methods.

This is one of Scam Squad's most exciting and best episodes ever. The Fake Vince Gill Romance Scam. Patti and Vicki interview the daughter of a Romance Scam Victim who thought she was in an online romance with famous Country singer songwriter, Vince Gill. It turned out to be a Nigerian Romance Scam that swindled this 72 year old woman out of her life's savings of nearly a half million dollars. Run...

This week hosts Patti Teel and Vicki Johnson have special guest Criminologist Judy Yates tell us all about the latest technology that is causing huge increases in imposter scams with Social Security, Medicare, Banks, fake employers, and many common agencies and services. The gals will tell you how to protect yourself from these scams as well as what to do if you have been scammed by a fake employe...

Scam Squad's guest this week is Fraud Expert, Shawn Dyer, from Montecito Bank & Trust. In this episode you'll learn about the Tech Support Scam that is still being used to manipulate our computers and steal our money. Dyer also tells listeners about the Altered Check Scam. Learn how the scam is pulled off and what you can do to safeguard yourself. Runtime 21 mins

Summer is approaching and soon it will be time to go on vacations. The Scammers are out in full force, especially with the phony B&B booking scams. Learn how to avoid these scams and others in this week's episode of Scam Squad. Don't let a scammer ruin your summer vacation. Learn how to get you money back if you have been scammed by booking your B&B.

This week, Retried Senior Deputy District Attorney Vicki Johnson tells us about how many of the old scams that sort of died out awhile ago which are now making a comeback resurgence in a huge way. You won't want to miss this episode about these tricky Resurrected Scams.

This week's guest is Criminologist Dr. Judy Yates who tells us the ten most common lies that scammers tell their victims in order to drain out their entire life savings accounts and perform other devastating and heart wrenching scams. This is a super packed anti-scam episode you will not want to miss nor can afford to miss. Learn what the government is doing to stop scams and a clue as to why more...

This week, Doris Roof from Montecito Bank and Trust tells us all about the Tech Support Scam, the latest scam terrorizing and affecting the bank's customers, . Patti, Vicki, and Doris all join in to provide you with all you need to know about this very tricky and sneaky scam. Also, Vicki tell us how to get monetary restitution through the FBI if you've been scammed by a scammers that got caught. D...

This week, Vicki and Patti focus on the Scam Victims. We need to realize that people who have been scammed are "VICTIMS." All too often, American society treats Scam Victims as Idiots, Old Fools, Airheads, and Morons. The facts are that Scammers are generally highly skilled, trained and well experience professional thieves that prey upon honest, innocent victims. Too many Americans will blame and...

Criminologist Judy Yates is back this week with a whole load of dangerous new scams to tell us about such as the all new Apple products scam that is affecting all types of Apple devices and products. If you have Apple, you definitely should not miss this episode. Judy Yate is one of the best Criminologists in the USA.

This week Vicki talks about the Virtual Kidnapping Scam, which seems to be on the rise in our area. Essentially, a scammer calls you on your phone, claiming to have kidnapped a loved one of yours. They try to get you to pay ransom, but most often, the call is fake and your love one has not bee kidnapped. However, of course you don't want to take the chance of risking. Listen for full details.

This week, Vicki tells us all about the horrible destruction that Romance Scams play on entire families. It's not just the victims of Romance Scans that get their lives totally ruined. Even the most intelligent of people get sucked into these cruel scams and lose all their money, sometimes becoming homeless on the streets.

A.I., or Artificial Intelligence, is seriously increasing the success rate of many types of fraud and scams this year. Most people, especially seniors, do not know how Artificial Intelligence can easily fool them into being scammed out of thousands of dollars by a variety of old and new scams. In today’s episode, host Patti Teel and Senior Deputy District Attorney Vicki Johnson ask special guest s...

TAX SEASON SCAMS - This week we have one of our most popular returning Scam Squad guest, Criminologist Judy Yates. Because tax season is here, criminologist Judy Yates will focus on all of the latest new tax scams, as well as new changes in the old standard types of ruthless Tax Scams and frauds the scammers and fraudsters are throwing at us now. She will also give us sound tips on how to discover...

CONFESSIONS OF A NIGERIAN ROMANCE SCAMMAR. You really don’t want to miss this episode about a Reformed Nigerian Romance Scammer who once scammed fifty women out of more than $85,000.00 by using a 40 page bible especially for Nigerian Scammers titled “How to Make a White Women Fall in Love with You from Online Chat.” He spent five years as a romance scammer posing as an American Army man with rippl...

This week, Patti and Vicki explore the latest Scam Statistics and explain why these alarming numbers indicate we are so much more likely to be scammed this year, especially on Social Media, than in anytime in previous history. Deputy District Attorney Vicki Jonson will tell us why scammers are so much more sophisticated now because of technological advancements such as Artificial Intelligence. She...

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