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1 watching now Premiere in progress. Started 3 minutes ago Subscribe Today so you Don’t Miss any Important Warnings! With Doris Roof, Senior Fraud Specialist from Montecito Bank & Trust. The IRS and California Franchise Tax Board extended the federal and state tax deadline to Oct. 16, 2023, for most California counties. Because of this, many people who are filing their taxes now are finding out th...

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With Special Guest, Criminologist & Financial Exploitation Specialist, Judy Christman Yates, DPA RESOURCES What to Know about the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/03/what-know-about-us-census-bureaus-american-community-survey?utm_source=govdelivery, 3/7/2023. • Check to see if American Community Survey (ACS) is legitimate: Californ...

In this episode, Deputy District Attorney, Vicki Johnson, reviews the top text scams. Generally, text scams will offer you a reward/prize or pretend to notify you of a serious problem. Don't fall for them! Here are some of the most common text scams: 1. Fake Package Delivery Text Scams: The text will look like it's coming from UPS, Fed-X, USPS, or other delivery services. The texts says there has...

Senior Fraud Specialist, Doris Roof, warns about Tax Refund Scams, which are one of the most costly scams--with 5.7 billion in losses. Fraudsters sometimes manage to steal their victim's refunds or they contact people with aggressive tax collection tactics--convincing people that they need to pay their taxes immediately. Here's How to Spot Tax Scams: - Fraudsters pretend to be IRS agents and conta...

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BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE TO SCAM SQUAD TODAY SO YOU DON'T MISS A SINGLE WARNING! Shawn Dyer, Senior Fraud Specialist from Monteciot Bank & Trust warns of four basic signs or a scam: 1. Scammers pretend to be from a familiar organization or agency, like the Social Security Administration, or Internal Revenue Service. They may email attachments with official-looking logos, seals, or signatures. 2. Scamm...

Scmsqd - 2023 - 07 - 01 - Scam Fighters by Hub for Podcasting

Dayton Aldrich, Victim Advocate for the County of Santa Barbara reports about scammers who forge a phony deed and use the home owner's property as collateral to get loans, lines of credit, etc. In the most horrendous cases, they sell a person's house right out from under them. Recognize the red flags and steps you can take to protect your home.

A gentleman almost falls for a sophisticated Jury Duty Scam. Randy, a gentleman from Santa Maria, received a threatening call from authorities who told him that he had missed Federal Jury Duty. At the time, Randy was returning from a grocery shopping trip. The authorities told him that he had to immediately drive from Santa Maria to Santa Barbara to pay $4,500 and that if he didn't, they would pin...

Scmsqd - 2023 - 06 - 10 - Vacation Scams by Hub for Podcasting

Today's Expert Guest - Dr. Judy Christman Yates, DPA, Criminologist & Financial Exploitation Specialist On past shows we have talked about Artificial Intelligence. Now there seems to be something new that has world attention called ChatGPT. But first, Judy explains what ChatBot is before explaining how ChatGPT works and what we can do with it. While ChatGPT can be an amazing tool, scammers also us...

Scmsqd - 2023 - 05 - 24 - Drained Giftcards by Hub for Podcasting

With Special Guest--Shawn Dyer, Montecito Bank & Trust Fraud Specialist Rental scams have been around for a long time. However, as college lets out for the summer, they are on the rise. Here's how the Scam Works: You see a great rental listing on Craigs List. The price is likely to be better than other similar properties. When you respond to the ad, the person who posted it tries to get you off th...

Thanks for tuning into Scam Squad. If you'd like to support this channel and our effort to work together to stop scammers. please consider making a donation. Just click on the donate button on the banner--or click here. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2NUJKFFC4RPNY Scams you May Not Have Heard of: Ooops - Wrong Number Scam: You receive a text that was obviously sent to you by mista...

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With Special Guest, Santa Barbara DA's Victim Advocate, Dayton Aldrich. After a warning about spoofing, Dayton discusses Artificial Intelligence (AI) Voice Cloning, which scammers are using it to impersonate people. Scammers often obtain a sample of someone's voice from social media, videos or podcasts. AI can clone a voice with a recording of a dialogue that's only three seconds long. Scammers ca...

Scmsqd - 2023 - 04 - 08 - Dark Web by Hub for Podcasting