July 8, 2025

Five signs you are being scammed

Five signs you are being scammed

This week, we will share top five telltale signs you are being scammed. • Someone you don’t know is calling you incessantly and creating a sense of panic. • Someone is telling you not to talk to anyone else. • If you are at your bank withdrawing cash...

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This week, we will share top five telltale signs you are being scammed.
• Someone you don’t know is calling you incessantly and creating a sense of panic.
• Someone is telling you not to talk to anyone else.
• If you are at your bank withdrawing cash while on the phone with someone who is coaching you what to say.
• If you ever find yourself putting cash into a Bitcoin ATM at a local store, you are doing something wrong.
• Someone is asking for remote access to your computer.

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legal advice. The podcast information was carefully compiled from vetted

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elderly cannot guarantee that you will not fall victim to

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a scam. Let's talk about scams. It's the must listen

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show for anyone who wants to protect themselves and their

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loved ones from scams. Every Tuesday, eight am Pacific time

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on K four HD Radio, Joyce Petrowski, founder of Rose,

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and her guests will provide valuable insights and practical tips

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on how to recognize and protect yourself from scams. And

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now here is your host, Joyce Petrowski.

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Good Morning, everybody, Welcome to Let's talk about Scams. My

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name is Brian Watson. I'm a community outreach specialist for

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Rose Resources Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly, and I'm filling

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in for Joyce Petrowski today. I'm actually filling in for

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Joyce for several weeks. She's giving me keys to the

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radio show and we've got a bunch of great episodes

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coming up, and today we are going to start. Today's

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topic is five Signs that you are being scammed. I've

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been working for Rose for almost two years now, and

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what's really struck me is the amount of extremely smart

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people that have been scammed. To be honest, there were

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I was expecting to run into a few people that

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had some cognitive decline, who were getting older just couldn't

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handle their finances, but that's not been the case. So

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I've seen a lot in the last two years, and

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I want to talk about just some patterns that I'm seeing.

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So we're going to talk about five signs that You're

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being scammed. We could have done ten or fifteen, but

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I wanted to keep it nice and tight, keep it

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at five. So let's talk about these trends. They're in

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no particular order, but let's start with number one.

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First sign that you.

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Are likely being scammed is someone you don't know is

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calling you on your phone incessantly. They're calling from different

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phone numbers. They're not giving you a break, they're telling

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you what to do. They're being bossy, they're being demanding.

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They're creating that sense of panic. That's just not normal.

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That's what scammers do. I've heard so many stories of

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scammers calling people up and just not letting them get

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a break because they don't want you to talk to

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someone else. They don't want you to, you know, get

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a second opinion. You know, the longer they have you

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on the phone, the more likely they're going to take

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your money. So the key is to disengage right away.

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Don't let them get to that point. Because they walk

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you down that path, and they have you at a

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certain point, it's hard to get off that path. You remember, remember,

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time is your friend. You don't have to act immediately.

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You need to end that conversation and ask for help,

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even if you have to lie, make something up. Say

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you know what, I have a family member coming over,

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I have another call coming in, but just break this cycle.

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What's going on? You know.

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Just to give you an example, I spent my career

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as a special agent with the IRS, and the IRS

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impersonation scam was going on years ago, and I was

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at the office one day with a coworker. We had

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just finished lunch, we're kind of hanging out. His phone

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rang and it was a scammer telling him he owed

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money to the IRS, which was kind of funny to

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think because we were both IRS special agents at the time,

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and they would just not let my friend have a break.

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They told him what to do.

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They said he needed to get in his car and

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drive down and buy a prepaid card to pay his bills.

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And even when my friend lied and said he didn't

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have a car and that he was handicapped, they didn't care.

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They kept him on the line. And that's the thing.

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You need to break that cycle, because if you're allowed

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to hang up or you stop talking to them, get

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your wits back and realize things aren't right.

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So that was number one.

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Someone you don't know is calling you incessantly from different

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phone numbers and not giving you a break. All right,

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Let's move on to number two. Someone is telling you

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not to talk to someone else. You know, why would

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they do that. You know, that's the kind of creepy,

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abusive language that child predators use and other victims. You know,

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they want to keep you isolated. The goal of financial

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predators is to control you, force you to make bad decisions,

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and then ultimately steal your money, because that's what all

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criminals do. They lie to you and they steal your money.

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This is why people tragically fall victim for the grandparent scam,

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because they will call you up, pretend to be someone

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calling from a jail, saying your grand in jail and

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that you need to send money right away. And this

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happened to someone I know here in Arizona, and this

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is what they told him. They said, the judge has

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put a gag order in place, and you aren't allowed

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to talk to someone else. So how convenient is that

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for the criminal? They're saying it's against the law to

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talk to someone else.

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So he didn't. He stayed on the line.

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He ended up wiring this fifteen thousand dollars and he

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never got it back. But if he had, if he

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had talked to someone else, they would have said, you know, dad,

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you're being scammed. That's a scammer. But that's what they

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want to do I want Speaking of the grandparents scam,

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I once heard a story from some law enforcement officials

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in northern Arizona. One of their residents in I think

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it was Yavapai County, he received the grandparents call and

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he was told the scammers told him that his grandchild

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was in Mexico, and he started driving from northern Arizona

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down to.

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Mexico.

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And because he believed it, and he didn't talk to

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anyone else, somehow, some way they were able to intercept him,

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talk to him, find him, and they broke that cycle.

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But so that was number two.

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If someone is telling you not to talk to someone else,

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that's a red flag. Anything that's legitimate, you should have

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time to think about. You should get a second You

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can have a second opinion. You know, sleep on it.

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Whenever you make a big purchase. You know, if you're

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going to go buy a car, you don't have to

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buy it immediately. You know, you can go sleep on it,

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you can go look at other places. So break that cycle.

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So that was number two, all right, Moving on to

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number three. If you find yourself at your bank with

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drawing cash while on the phone while someone is coaching

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you what to say. I guarantee you you are being scammed,

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and I hear this story all the time. Scammers obviously

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want money, and where's money. Money's at the bank, and

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you know, you can only take out so much cash

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from your ATM. Usually the daily max is around three

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hundred dollars. Well, scammers aren't happy with three hundred dollars,

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so to get more than three hundred dollars, you have

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to go inside the branch. And but if you go

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into a branch and ask to withdraw, you know, five

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thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, they're going to ask questions why,

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because that's their job. They take care of their customers.

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And the people at the bank are trained. They're trained

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to spot scams. And it's just not normal for someone

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to walk into a bank and ask for a lot

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of cash. So criminals are prepared, so they will coach you.

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They will tell you what.

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To say, they will stay on the phone with you,

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and so if the banker says, you know, why are you,

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sir or ma'am, why are you with drawing so much cash?

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They will have a lie prepared. One of the common

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ones is I'm buying a used car, and the person

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doesn't want to check.

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They want cash.

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Okay, sounds pretty legitimate, but they'll keep asking more and

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more questions. I mean, ultimately, it's your money and they

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can't stop you from withdrawing cash, but if they suspect

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a scam, they will try to stop you. Another one

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is I'm withdrawing cash to do some home improvements. So

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where I live here in Arizona, I have a banker friend,

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and she told me the story where this gentleman came

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in and was withdrawing a really large amount of of

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cash and he said it was for home improvements. Well,

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she knew where he lived. He lived in a retirement

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community where he rented, so there would be no reason

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in the world for him to do home improvements. So

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she knew her customers. She intervened. But that's what they do.

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Another thing they'll do. It's still talking about number three

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being at the bank and withdrawing cash the scammer. If

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things aren't going right with the teller, they will instruct

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you to go into the restroom for privacy and talk

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on the phone. They'll instruct you to go outside to

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your car, and you know, so they can coach you.

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But that's it. You know, once again, how do you

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break this cycle? You got to hang up and talk

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to someone else. And I know it's scary, but be

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prepared for that call and be prepared to hang up

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because who is your phone or friend? Joyce and I

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talk about this all the time. We all have to

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have a phone a friend. And that was from the

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show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? If you didn't

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know the answer to something, your best bet was to

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have your smartest friend on hold. So I'm not telling

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you you have to have that person on hold all

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the time because that's just not practical. But in your contacts,

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you should have a friend, and you should talk about

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this ahead of time. And you can have a friend

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where you help each other out. But I recommend a

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you know, a family member, someone you've known obviously a

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long time, or a family friend someone you've known since

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high school or college, and help each other out. You

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know what, Every friend I know, every person I know,

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would love to stop a scam in progress. So that

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was number three. If you were at a bank with

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drawing cash and someone's telling you what to do, I

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guarantee you you're being scammed, all right, So that leads

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in to the fourth side that you are being scammed.

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And if you ever find yourself putting cash currency into

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a bitcoin ATM at a local convenience store or smoke

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shop or mall, you are doing something wrong. Now let's

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just back up a second. What is a bitcoin ATM. Well,

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bitcoin is one of the thousands of cryptocurrencies, and bitcoin

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has the largest market share. They're at like sixty percent.

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So when I say bitcoin ATM, I'm not picking on bitcoin,

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but those are the most prevalent ATMs. So I've been

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to the Tucson Mall in Tucson, Arizona, and there is

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a Bitcoin ATM and it looks like an ATM automated

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teller machine that you would see at your local bank

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or credit union, and it says bitcoin on it, and

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you walk up to it, and what you do is

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you can log in into your account. Usually that's using

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one of those QR codes that black and white square

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and scammers will give you that. And so from now on,

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we'll just call it a cryptocurrency ATM. But let's say,

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why wouldes scammers send you there? So this is like

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a scenario. They'll say, you get a phone call and

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it's someone from the sheriff's department, sheriff's office or the

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police department, and they say you've failed to show up

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for jury duty and there's a warrant out for arrest.

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But they'll say, you know what, we can take care

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of this right now if you pay money. So how

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do you pay money? A variety of different ways, you know,

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they might ask for a prepaid card, you know, wire transfer, cash.

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you to go down to this cryptocurrency ATM and they'll

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tell you the location at this convenience store on this corner,

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and they will send you one of those QR codes

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on your phone. They'll text it to you so that

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what they want you to do, go to your bank first,

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withdraw all that cash. And if you're able to draw

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the withdraw the cash without the teller convincing you it's

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a scam, they have you drive down to that cryptocurrency ATM,

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scan the QR code right right in front of the

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little at at the bitcoin ATM, and then you start

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entering cash.

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Okay, if you're doing that, you are being scammed. Now.

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Are cryptocurrency ATMs illegal? No, absolutely not. It's just a

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way to invest in cryptocurrency, and some people do that.

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former law enforcement officer, and now being with Rose for

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almost two years, this is a scam. I don't like

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these machines because I see them as fraud receptacles or

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machines that allow fraud to take place, and they're just

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scam machines. So but this is what scammers do. The

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typical thing is they want people to pay in a

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way that they're not familiar with. You know, we were

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all familiar with cash in check in credit card, debit cards,

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things like that. But they want you to use those

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prepaid cards, they want you to use zell, they want

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you to use wire transfers and things like that. So

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just to you know, just as a quick example of

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putting cash into an ATM or a crypto ATM up

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in Phoenix, I met a lady. She received a phone

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call and they said it was her bank security department.

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She said there was an insider at the bank trying

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to take her money that she needed to move it

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somewhere safe. She went to her bank withdrew all the

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cash that she needed and again they told her to lie,

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which was number three on our scams that you were

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pulling out money to buy a car, and then she

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went down to a specific cryptocurrency ATM and deposited her cash.

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She did this thirteen times, lost two hundred thousand dollars.

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It's absolutely tragic. But that's one of the biggest scams

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we're seeing right now, is anything involving cryptocurrency ATM. So

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that was number four. If you ever find yourself putting

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cash into a cryptocurrency ATM in a local store, you

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were doing something wrong.

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You are being scammed, all right.

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Last one, number five, we're talking about remote access, and

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I'll explain what that is. But if someone is asking

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for remote access to your computer, you are being damned.

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Remote access is basically giving someone permission to be on

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your computer from somewhere else. Now, why would we need

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remote access. Let's say you work for a company and

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you have an IT person and you're having issues with

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your computer. You need to update a program. They will

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reach out to you. They'll send you a little message

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that pops up, Brian, can I have remote access to

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your computer? And you click yes, and then they do

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all this stuff in the background, totally legitimate. It's great technology.

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We unfortunately the criminals know how to do remote access.

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letting a criminal have unfettered access to all of your finances.

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And if you saw the movie The Beekeeper from twenty

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twenty four, in the movie, the criminals end up getting

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remote act access to the victim's computer and they were

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able to start moving money around. That's the way it

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happens in the real world.

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They do that.

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Now the scammers, here's the important thing. They're not going

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to say, mister Watson, I need remote access to your computer.

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They will say something like it'll all start with this

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scam where you're owed a refund, because you know, how

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can you be scammed if you're getting a refund. They

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don't do that, but you'll get an email or a

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text message saying we're from this company and we overcharge

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you and we need to.

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Pay you back.

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So you call them and say I'm calling about my refund.

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They say, okay, great, let's do this. And then you

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ask can I get a check or a credit on

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my account and they'll say no, no, no, our company

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policy requires you to request the refund. This is the

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only way it can be resolved here dread flag. So

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the scam will send you a little email or an email,

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but a little pop up on your computer, and then

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you end up clicking yes. And then let's say they

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owe you twenty dollars. You type in two zero on

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your computer, but then they add a number or two

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or three, so that twenty dollars becomes twenty thousand. And

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then they'll say, you know what, we just made a

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huge mistake. You need to pay us back. And the

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guy on the phone will say, if you don't pay

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me the money back, I'm going to be fired.

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You know.

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They pull on your heartstrings, and in the background, since

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you've given them remote access, they can move money from

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your checking account to your savings account to make it

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look like they actually did put that twenty thousand in

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your checking account, but they didn't. They're just it's a

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shell game. They're moving the money around, and then at

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that point they want the cash, so they take you

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back to number four on our list. Today they'll send

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you to that cryptocurrency ATM to deposit twenty thousand dollars.

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So all these scams are tied together, they're all related.

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It's that's just the way they work. So but this

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happened to my friend's mother in law here in Tucson.

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She had a Norton subscription. They said she was due

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a refund. She said, okay, little pop up came up

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and she said when she typed in the twenty dollars,

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it instantly became the twenty thousand. And they ended up

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having her go to her bank and wire transfer the

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money overseas and she lost that money. I tell you,

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she's a very smart lady. So that was number five.

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When asking someone is asking for remote access, don't give it.

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Stop the cycle, all right, So we always end with

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common sense advice. So when in doubt, you know, hang

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up your phone, turn op texting with someone, stop emailing

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with someone. Talk to that family member or trusted friend.

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You know.

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If it's technology, I know, I call my son because

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he's the technology wizard. But you know what, like I

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could call Joyce, you know, Joyce could call me from

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Rose because we see these scams. I can reach out

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to my parents. They can reach out to me, you

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know what. And if you don't have someone that's available

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at the moment, call your local police department, call your

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Sheriff's department, every law enforcement agency I know would gladly

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help someone on the front end and prevent a scam

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them trying to track down the money later. And just remember,

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scammers are financial predators that always use urgency to get

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their victims to make bad and poor decisions. They're better

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at this than you are. We're all rookies when it

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comes to scams. When it comes when compared to the

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scammers out there, they are at the PhD level and

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like we're still in kindergarten at times. So they're using scripts.

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They're basically actors reading from scripts, and they know exactly

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what to say and what to works, what works. So

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in the past two years working for Rose, as I

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mentioned at the top of the show today, everyone I've

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met has been smart, educated, financially independent. That's what surprised me.

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And if they can get all these smart, financially educated

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and independent people, they.

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Can get all of us.

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It doesn't matter how old you are, how young you are,

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how much money you have, They're coming after all of us.

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Our passion is that anyone seeing this radio show today

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won't get scammed. And we want you to share this

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with someone. Send the link to someone you know and love.

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You will be doing them a big favor. And please

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go to our website, Roseadvocacy dot org. There's the website

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scrolling across the screen bookmarket watch some of our videos

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on there. Share it with friends, and we really want

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you to sign up for our monthly email. It goes

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out at the beginning of the month. It's got all

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the latest scams and other techniques. And then as a bonus,

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every Tuesday morning, we send out a little tax tip.

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I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I used to work for the irs.

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I'm sorry, And it's early a little scam prevention tip

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and they're short and sweet. Share them with your friends,

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just really really really good advice. I will be back

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next week on July fifteenth. The title of the show

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is Don't Panic when your Computer Wails. And this is

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a story of a pop up that happened to my

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mom with a siren okay, and it was scary and

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I can't wait to tell the story, So please tune

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in on July fifteenth when we talk about pop ups.

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And what to do.

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And it's just a scary story, but it has a

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happy ending. I like good stories, and it's got a

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very good teaching moment that we can do. Thank you

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all for tuning in today. I appreciate your attention and

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we'll see you on July fifteenth. Thank you for watching

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Let's talk about Scams.

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Well that's all the knowledge for this episode. June in

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every Tuesday at eight am Pacific time on KFOURHD Radio

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at KFORAHD dot com as Joyce explores a variety of knowledge,

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so you have the power to make scam protection your

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healthy habit, and until then, feel free to reach out

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to Joyce and Let's talk about scams.