Episodes
Scammers are pretending to be exorcists
Tell me what's on your mind. If you bought tickets to a pop-up taco museum restaurant in San Antonio, you got scammed. If someone wants to hook you up with a priest who does exorcisms, beware. But we ...
Scamming for hotel rooms with roaches and used condoms
Tell me what's on your mind. More than 60 hotels are conned by a man who dirtied rooms with roaches and condoms, and scammers are showing up at people’s doors to collect money they say they are owed. ...
How to stay safe from nearly all scams
Tell me what's on your mind. We're all vulnerable to scams, but we don't have to be willing victims. Today I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago -- tell you just what to do to thwart ...
New scam targets those who tap credit cards
Tell me what's on your mind. A new scam is moving across the country that can capture the information on your credit card's chips, plus Minnesota legislators are considering a law that would reimburse...
The Scopes trial was a scam -- but not necessarily a bad one
Tell me what's on your mind. What some of you may remember as the Scopes Monkey Trial is a scam. If you don’t know about the trial, you may know about the movie, “Inherit the Wind,” which – and I’m be...
Butcher scammed out of meat
Tell me what's on your mind. Alabama leads the nation in losses from online scams and a Massachusetts butcher shop owner says he was scammed out of $60,000 of meat. Plus, we'll update you on the Frye ...
The most notorius scammers
Tell me what's on your mind. There are con artists who have pulled off major cons. What they do is so ballsy, it’s hard to believe anyone would fall for them. Yet, in the annals of history, they live ...
Scammers begin work without authorization - and make the victim pay
Tell me what's on your mind. We'll tell you the story of con artists who preyed on the elderly with home remodeling scams. One was brazen enough to outright tell the homeowner what needed to be done a...
Using AI to build sucker lists
Tell me what's on your mind. Is this written by me or an AI? Will you hear my voice or an AI voice in this podcast? (Spoiler, you'll hear both) AI voices and images are so easy to create these days th...