[00:00:00] This is Scams & Cone's News with Jim Brinstad.
[00:00:10] In today's news, another Florida school district is hit by scammers with this one losing $700,000.
[00:00:18] And a British Columbia band nearly lost $1,000 after being asked to write a birthday song
[00:00:23] for a fan. had to get involved. He's cases before and he says to get the money back. The employee with the Flagler started working with a con with construction at Mat Last month they got an ea so they sent it over $700
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[00:01:45] heard from the contractor
[00:02:45] bus and Boeing planes. An investigation found that thousands of parts were sold without an airworthiness certificate. Carriers included United, Southwest, Delta, and American, and
[00:02:52] all have since identified fraudulent parts on their passenger jets.
[00:02:56] American Delta and Southwest told Insider that a small number of aircraft contained
[00:03:00] the falsified parts, and each has been taken out of service for replacement. United confirmed could be a scammer using an AI voice to scare you into paying the money. If it is a scam, your loved one is in no danger at all. In BC's Emily Ikeeta looked into the problem and found families who got some frightening calls. So she tried it out herself on a co-worker. Hello, it was busy. I forgot my corporate card. Oh no!
[00:04:20] Can I borrow yours real quick? I just need to pay for a few things. I'll get the receipts.
[00:04:23] It wasn't perfect. There were delays and some sentences sounded more genuine than others, but...
[00:05:23] The woman who called herself Sandra said the song was so good they would pay five hundred dollars instead Sandra said her secretary would take care of the
[00:05:28] deposit but when the deposit arrived it was for fifteen hundred dollars instead
[00:05:32] of five hundred Sandra called and said her secretary made a mistake and could
[00:05:37] they send the extra one thousand dollars back to her they were about to do that
[00:05:42] but decided to check out the business first it became clear the business didn't