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This is one of Scam Squad's most exciting and best episodes ever. The Fake Vince Gill Romance Scam. Patti and Viki 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 scammed this 72 year old woman out of her life's saving of around $450.000.00, nearly a half million dollars. Runtime: aprox 21 mins
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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 employer or imposters pretending to be from Social Security, Medicare, Sherriff's Office, and other agencies and businesses. You won't want to miss this episode.
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Scam Squad's guest this week is Fraud Expert, Shawn Dyer from Montecito Bank in Santa Barbara who, along with Senior Retired Deputy D.A. Vicki Johnson and host Patti Teel. These gals will tell you all about the major Tech Support Scam that is used to manipulate your computer all steal all your money or life savings from your own bank accounts. The gals will tell you all about the Altered Check Scam. Learn how the scam is pulled off and what you can do to safeguard yourself against this form of Tech Support Scams and Altered Chuck Scams and why the banks and law enforcement usually cannot do too much to stop it, unless you know today's information. Runtime 21 mins
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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.
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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.
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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 victims are needed to report scams to law enforcement to help make a difference.
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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. Don't miss it.
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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 criticize the poor Victim for being scammed. They will say things like, "How could you ever be so stupid to fall for a scam like that," or "You Idiot, you moron, how could you believe and be taken in by a scammer." or boast, "I'd never ever fall for an obvious scam like that. Victims need to be treated like Victims and not be lectured to by critical family members and friends.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 scam fighter Shawn Dyer from Montecito Bank about how A.I. scams and frauds can fool you into losing huge amounts of money and how to help prevent it. RUNTIME aprox 14 mins
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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, prevent, and resolve these frauds.
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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 rippling biceps, short blond hair, and a military uniform. He now works as a consultant at a fraud busting group called, Social Catfish. He tells the whole shocking story about his exploits and adventures as a Nigerian romance scammer in South Africa.
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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 will alert us as to why it is almost impossible to tell whether a person is a scammer or a family member, friend, or the person they claim to be. What are the chances you will be scammed this year? Is there anything you can do to protect yourself? Have police and law enforcement totally lost the War on Scams? Find out this week on Scam Squad’s Latest Scam Statistics episode.
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