Bonus: Six Scams on the Rise
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 980 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Amid quickly changing technology and social trends, criminals are constantly developing new methods of defrauding consumers. In this bonus episode, Bob talks with Amy Nofziger of the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline to discuss six of the fastest-growing scams. These include new forms of check fraud, celebrity impersonation, sweepstakes and grandparent scams, along with the technology of voice printing and scams related to the upcoming summer Olympics.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on The Perfect Scam. |
| 0:04.0 | They're like, oh, you know, Saline Dion, she just loves your comments so much. |
| 0:08.0 | She's starting this charity and she really could use your help supporting it. |
| 0:11.0 | Would you be able to Venmo her $5,000 to start up her charity? |
| 0:15.0 | And that's how these start. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome back to the Perfect Scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan. |
| 0:25.0 | Voice printing. Delayed action sweepsticks. Check cooking. Criminals are always cooking up new ways to steal money from you, and we here at the perfect |
| 0:36.2 | scam are devoted to making sure you know about these new scams as soon as possible. |
| 0:41.4 | So today, we bring you a special bonus episode with Amy |
| 0:44.8 | Nofsiger who runs the AARP Fraud Watch Network's toll-free helpline. |
| 0:49.5 | Stapped by professionals and volunteers, the helpline takes thousands of calls every year from consumers |
| 0:56.0 | who are worried they might be the target of a scam, or someone they love is the target of a scam. |
| 1:02.2 | All those calls can act like a canary and a coal mine, an early warning system about new |
| 1:07.0 | fraud trends. |
| 1:08.6 | So Amy is here today to discuss six disturbing fast-growing scams she's heard about from |
| 1:14.2 | helpline callers and of course tell us what we can do to protect ourselves. |
| 1:19.6 | We begin with Amy telling us just a bit more about the Fraud Watch Network and the work of our |
| 1:24.4 | volunteers there. |
| 1:27.0 | The Fraud Watch Network is a free resource for anyone of any age and you do not have to be an AARP member to utilize any of the fantastic resources that we have. |
| 1:38.0 | We have our perfect scam right here right now, the best podcast out there to talk about the latest |
| 1:44.2 | frauds and scams. We have a scam tracking map you can go on and dig into your |
| 1:48.6 | community and find out what scams are happening. We have watchdog alerts that |
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