March 10, 2026

Do I Really Need This?

Do I Really Need This?
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Tune in as we talk with our guest, Martin, about his experience when his parents purchased a home security system.

"Do I really need this?" might have saved them some aggravation and money.

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from debted sources and references. However, Rose Resources outreach to

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safeguard the elderly cannot guarantee that you will not fall

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victim to a scam.

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Let's talk about scams. It's the must listen show for

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anyone who wants to protect themselves and their loved ones

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from scams. Every Tuesday am Pacific time on K four

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HD Radio, Joyce Petrowski, founder of Rose, and her guests

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will provide valuable insights and practical tips on how to

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recognize and protect yourself from scams. And now here is

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your host, Joyce Petrowski.

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Hi, everyone, welcome back to let's talk about scams. I'm

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Joyce Petrowski, founder and board president of Rose Resources Outreach

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to safeguard the elderly. I trust Brian took very good

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care of you guys last week.

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And.

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I'm back today with a cold, So hopefully I won't

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be sneezing or coughing too much during this episode. But

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I know we this episode was gonna it was titled

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do I Really Need This? And I was going to

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have a guest Martin, and due to some timing issues,

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that just didn't work out. But I'm still gonna to

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talk about his situation with with the scam that he

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encountered with his parents. But before I do that, yesterday

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I was made aware of a new scam that's going around,

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and so I just wanted to give you a little

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bit of information on that. So this one happens to

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be specifically targeting retired people because it's the scammers using

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the Sole Security Administration name to trick people with the email.

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So the email looks like it's coming from the official

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government notifications using Solid Security Administration. But if you hover

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your mouse over the name, you can see the actual

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email address and you'll see that the email address. The domain,

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which is everything after the ad sign does not end

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in dot g o V.

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Excuse me, it's uh, I'm.

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Not exactly sure what it ends in. It could be

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dot excuse me, dot com, dot net. You know, there's

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there's a bunch of different ones out there, but all

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government organizations their domains and in like the Sole Security

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Office is s S a Solid Security Administration dot gov,

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the I r S is i r S dot gov.

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Medicare is medicare dot gov, so it all ends in

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dot gov.

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That's g o V. So when you hover your cursor.

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Over the name, you're going to see that this email

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address is not coming from a dot gov email address,

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which would be the first clue. But if you know,

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if someone doesn't think to look at the actual email address,

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they actually get into the email itself. The scammers or

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you're using the urgent message again to grab your attention

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and to get you to act quickly. So they're like

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important disclosures or important regulatory information, and so the emails

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usually include a link or a file that looks like

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a standard PDF statement.

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It might have a.

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Name like Social Underscore Security Underscore Statements Underscore twenty twenty five,

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dot pdf. Now looking at that, you might look at

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it and go, okay, well that's my soile security statement.

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But it's not a normal document. So if you've ever

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had your trusted tech support person do any work on

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your system remotely, there's a good chance that they use

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a tool called RMM Remote Monitoring and Management. It's an

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actual legitimate tool and a lot of the IT experts,

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the tech support people use it to fix computers from

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a distance remotely instead of having to physically be there

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with you and your device. But scammers have turned that

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legitimate tool to their advantage and are using it as

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a weapon against you. So if the if whoever's looking

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at that email clicks on that link to view the document,

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it can install a trojan or a virus.

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Malware on your.

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Device and which allows the scammer to take full control

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of your device. And once they have that access, they

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can watch what you're doing and steal private data. If

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you're logging into your bank account, whatever you're doing, that

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they can see it, and then they're going to have

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all your logins. They can also say that there's a

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new document ready to review for a short time. Again,

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that's that urgency. If you don't do it now. You

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might not be able to see that document after a

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short time, and they might have a button called view

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document that they want you to click on, and it.

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Would do the same thing.

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It would take It would allow the scammer to take

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over your device, and that device could be your mobile

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phone because it is a mobile computer if you're doing

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if you're looking at this email on your mobile phone.

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So just just be careful out there, you know, just

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because it says it's coming from the Sold Security Administration,

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just hover over that that name and look at what

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the actual email address is. And just know that the

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Soil Security domain is s s A dot gov and

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you always want to look for that dot gov at

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the end of the domain in the email address. If

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I get any more information on this, I'll let you

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guys know over the next couple weeks. But just always

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go to your the verified source. So you're going to

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want to go to your social security account through the

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legitimate Social Security website and you can find all of

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your information there. So to get on with what today's about,

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the title was do I really need this?

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And this situation?

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A supporter Martin had given us this information that had

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happened a number of years ago to his parents. They

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were when this happened, they were probably in their mid

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to late seventies, and somebody was, you know, trying to

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sell them a home security system. And it very well

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could have been a legitimate home security system company. They

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were just you know, possibly using some aggressive sales tactics,

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and just I want to preface this conversation with whatever

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company it is selling whatever product or service. There's a

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lot of legitimate companies out there.

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And I'm not saying.

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Because of this situation or because of another situation you

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might have heard about, that all of these companies are

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not good. This is where doing your research will will

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really help you. So to get back to this situation.

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In addition to the hardware and the installation, it also

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had a monitoring contract with a monthly subscription fee, which

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is normal. I mean, you have a security system, but

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you want to have it monitored so if something were

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to happen, you know, the emergency people would be.

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Notified right away.

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But apparently once the system was installed, it never really

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worked properly and the company was never able to make

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the system work. Now, maybe they had come out a

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few times to try to get it to work. Maybe

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it was just once, or you know, maybe they for

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whatever reason, never came out.

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I don't know that part of the story.

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But after you know, a number of months, and you know,

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it could be could have been you know, a year,

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two years, three years of paying this monthly subscription and

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then they had already paid, you know, for the hardware

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and the installation, but they had that ongoing monthly subscription

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fee that was continuing to be paid. They finally Martin

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just suggested them, you know what, why don't you just

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stop paying the subscription fee. This thing doesn't work. We

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can't get anybody out here to help us with it.

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And so they stopped paying it and no one ever

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came back after them for any back charges. Which is

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a risk you take right if you've if you've committed

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to this contract of paying this monthly subscription fee for

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what it is, for whatever product or service it is,

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and then you all of a sudden stop paying it,

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well you run the risk of am I going to

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have to then? Are they going to come after me?

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Are they going to send me to collections? Am I

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going to have to go through some legal battle with him?

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That's a risk you take this is just in this instance,

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the company never came back after his parents. The company

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had probably folded, or maybe it just wasn't a legitimate

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company to begin with. We don't know the exact answer

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to that question. But unfortunately, by the time they stopped

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paying the monthly subscription, they were out several thousand dollars

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for the hardware, the installation, and the monthly subscription fee.

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And so, you know, Martin was like, the moral of

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this story is you need to step back, which is

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pause And that's the first tip we give everybody pause

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and think about the situation. And in this instance, ask yourself,

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do I really need this? Do I need this home

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security system? And if I, if I was actually looking

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for a home security system, have I done my research

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to determine that this is a legitimate company that sells

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legitimate products and services? Have I? You know, you can

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actually get on and put the name of the company

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in your Internet search bar and put fraud or scam

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after it and see what comes up, or just say

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is and then the name of the company a legitimate company.

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Different ways you can You can also look up customer

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reviews and see what comes up on customer reviews. You know,

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for the company. If you know somebody that already uses

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this product, you can talk to them about how they

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like it. Excuse me, so doing your research in this instance,

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after you've determined that yes, this is something I really

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do need and or want and I can afford to

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pay for the installation, and you know, that's another question

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is asking yourself, excuse me, asking yourself if this contract

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were to go sour like in this situation, that the

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product never worked and I had already paid all that

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money and I was paying for the subscription, can I

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afford to lose this money? Because what if the company

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does end up folding? A lot of companies end up

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getting bought out, and then the new company, you know,

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we'll take over and service the subscriptions. But you know,

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just it's another question to ask yourself, not only do

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I need this? You know, do I want this? Can

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I afford to lose this money should something happen where

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I can't recover it? It's another valid question, And then

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to do your research.

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There are.

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Companies out there, real companies that use aggressive sales tactics

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to get you to buy.

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Their product or services.

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And there's a wide variety of aggressive sales tactics. Yes,

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you know, they can come to your door. And you

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know those of us that were you know, taught to

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you answer your door. You don't shut the door on someone.

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When you talk to them, you invite them in. You

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be hospitable. We can't do that today. You know, peek

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out the window. If you don't know the person and

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you have an appointment, you don't have to answer the door.

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But then also remember, you know, they could call you

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and they could talk you into setting up an appointment

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where they come over to your house. And so you're

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expecting the appointment. You're expecting them to show up and

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they actually work for the company. They might have a

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name tag, I don't you know, maybe they have a

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shirt that has the name on it.

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Maybe you've already verified.

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Through the company's official channels that yes, this person does

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actually work for them. But then they come over and

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for the appointment, and they just start throwing a lot

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of information at you very quickly, and your mind is

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just spinning, like I can't keep track of all this.

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And but then it's like they want you to sign something.

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Maybe they say it's an estimate, but it's actually a contract,

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or maybe they you know, say you know, and these

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are just these are examples. They might also say, oh, well,

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you know, you can sign the contract and then you know,

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you can get out of it at a later date,

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you know, if you don't like it or whatever. But

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you really have to read the fine print. And a

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lot of I've heard a lot of people tell me

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that after they've gone through one of these situations using

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these aggressive sales tactics, they've been mentally exhausted, and they've

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taken that paper that they've signed and they just put

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it in a drawer and you know, they take a

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nap and then they get up, they go about their

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day and they might not pull that contract out for

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a week or two and.

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Actually review it and read it. And while there is.

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There are laws in Arizona regarding contracts and cancelation laws,

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and there's a consumer fraud protection and there are certain

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I'm trying to remedies you have, is what I wanted

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to say. You know, because contracts are legally binding agreements,

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but Arizona law does provide consumers with the right to

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cancel specific types of contracts within set timeframes. These protections

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are designed to help individuals who may have been subjected

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to high pressure sales or deceptive practices. But these rights

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don't apply to every contract. It's important to understand which

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specific transactions allow for a penalty free cancelation. What are

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those timeframes? How do you know what type of contract

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it would apply to. So it's the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.

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It prohibits the use of deception, fraud, false pretenses, or

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the concer the ealment of important facts during the sale

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or advertising of goods and services.

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While it defines unlawful.

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Behavior, other specific state and federal laws provide the actual

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right to cancel certain financial and sales agreements. So there's

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also the federal law. There's one specifically called the Truth

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and Lending Act that provides the right to rescind certain

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credit transactions. Depending on what contract it is with whatever

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product or service that you're getting into. Is there a

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specific federal law that applies to that. Is there a

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specific state law that applies to that in addition to

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the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act. That timeframe is usually three

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days from when you sign it. And I say usually

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because it's not All contracts are different, and we.

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Already said that.

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It deals with specific types of transactions, So your type

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of transaction or product or service contract might not apply

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to this three day So what I'm getting at is

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there's a lot of different laws that.

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Are out there to protect you.

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But once you get into the contract and let's say

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you do open it up, you know, you take it

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out later that same day and start reading through that. Well,

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now you've got to then research what are my rights

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for this specific type of contract. What are my rights

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to cancel it? Is it federal, state, local, combination thereof?

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And so now you're involved in doing all of this

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research to then go you know, and then also determining, well,

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by law, how do I show I that I canceled

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this contract legally within my rights? So what do you

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need to have for documentation? What all does that cancelation include?

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Do you have to send multiple cancelation letters signed by

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you in the mail, you know, to a specific address

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within the company, And then how do you know that

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they got it? Are you going to have to send

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it certified return receipts so you know it was delivered,

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you know, with maybe a signature. There's just a lot

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of a lot of things that can go into canceling

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a contract. So the better thing to do here is

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before you even sign anything, do your research. Pause, talk

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to your family or friends, your trusted person about what

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this product is and what are the reasons why you

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think you really need to have this or maybe it's

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a want. Can I afford to lose this money? You know,

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if whatever product service is going to cost you five grand,

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ask yourself if this thing goes sour? Can I afford

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to lose five thousand dollars? And do all of this

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up from so you're not having to do this tenfold

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a day later after you've signed the contract, and just

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because someone has all of this and they have a

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contract and they're trying to get you to sign it,

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they can leave you a copy of the contract without

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you signing it, and you can have time to review

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it and go through everything and make sure that you

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are understanding exactly what all is involved.

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Is there a subscription fee?

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Okay, I thought the subscription fee was for twelve months,

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but it says in the contract it's for five years.

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If I cancel it within five years, I'm going to

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be penalized. These are things you need to know. What

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happens if the company closes, What happens if the company

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is sold and the contract goes to the new company.

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There's a lot of different things that are in contracts.

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Some of them are there to protect the that are

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there to protect you, and some of them are there

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to protect the company. So it's imperative that you read

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through and understand everything that's in the contract, which is

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you know why you can have your trusted person there.

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You don't necessarily always need to consult an attorney. That's

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your choice if you If you have an attorney and

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you want to send it to them and say, hey,

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tell me what's in here I need to be concerned about.

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That's your choice to do that.

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Some people are comfortable just reading through it on their own.

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Other people are like, I don't understand this legal jargon.

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I'd rather pay for an hour's worth of my attorney's

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time to have them review it and let me know

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what's going on. But these are all things that you

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can do to protect yourself instead of just signing a

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contract and going off of what someone told you. Okay,

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because when push to shove, what's going to matter is

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what's in the contract, not what someone told you.

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So this is a short one today.

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This is all I have I've already been sneezing three

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or four times, so I am going to cut this

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