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Montecito Bank & Trust Fraud Specialist reports that one of their customers was taken in by a complicated scam. It started as the familiar Tech Support Scam. The victim believes she is speaking to Microsoft Tech Support. She is told her identity has been compromised and that she needs to take out $25,000, which she eventually was able to do. She meets a courier and gives the crook her money. She a...

This week, Scam Squad has a special Scam Fighter guest who has brilliant ideas for very unique and very promising anti-scam prevention methods. This type of prevention is the best hope against A.I. scams.

Fraudsters are luring customers into verifying their debit card and social security number and then running up fraudulant charges. Gift card scams and romance scams are also still taking place and Montecito Bank & Trust issued another warning.

The latest ICE report revealed that the number one complaint had to do with phishing or spoofing. The number of complaints was up almot 40% and the dollar losses were up almost 60%. The number one scam reported had to do with phishing and spoofing, number two was tech support scams.

This week, Scam Squad discusses further and in detail this New Sneaky and Dangerous Courier Scam, where the crooks send a courier to your house to pick up cash or gold. Very new and exciting scam.

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WARNING: There is an all new International bank scam trying to drain your bank accounts. It is done by phone, but is extremely sophisticated. You need to listen to this Scam Squad to help protect and alert yourself to this all new scam. It is very dangerous.

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This week, Scam Squad has a bank fraud expert explain the latest big wave of bank scams. Fraudsters are calling bank customers and pretending to be from the bank and asking customers for all of their banking information in order to drain their accounts. Learn how to protect yourself from this type of scam.

This week Scam Squad discusses the results of the three major A.I. software tools as to their resistance to creating scamware and scams to defraud us.

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Most recently, there has been a surge in fake and phony government emails and postal mail, containing invoices for all kinds of fake scams saying the recipient owes the government money. The invoices look very real nowdays, so be sure to listen to this weeks Scam Squad. Also, there has been a lot of A.I. fake search engines fooling people into calling fake numbers of agencies and companies and bei...

This week's guest is the Fraud Expert from Montecito Bank to update you on all the latest bank scams as well as holicay theft tricks. Listen and stay updated and informed.

This week Scam Squad talks about more Christmas scams as well as the Phantom tech scams that are sure to happen this Holiday Season., how to spot them and how to avoid them. Also, we have some success stories of scammers getting arrested and prosecuted.

THIS WEEK ON SCAM SQUAD, WE REVIEW THE YEARLY D.O.J. ANUAL STATISTICS ON SCAMS AFFECTING SENIORS AND THE ELDRLY AS WELL AS THE LATEST METHODS AND TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THESE TYPES OF SCAMS AS WELL AS HOW TO RECOVER MONEY ONE MAY HAVE LOST DUE TO DOMESTIC SCAMS.

Today Scam Squad talks about the world of Banking Fraud, specifically as it relates to tech support scams. There are several types of tech support scams that can easily go after your money, so be sure to listen to this informative podcast.

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