This week Scam Squad looks at a couple of types of bank scams. Very sophisticated tech support scams on local customers bank accounts have recently been happening . Local bank customers recently had a received phone call scams in the form of a fake tech support scam. Some customers are receiving the scam in the form of a popup. Scammers tell the customers that all their bank funds are in jeopardy and they had to be transferred to a special account for protection, which of course are phony accounts of the scammers. A second scam hitting banks recently is the FBI Imposter Scam. The bank customers receive calls from scammers saying that are the FBI and are monitoring ATM use at local branches and that one of the tellers inside the bank is potentially committing fraudulent activity and is being investigated. The scammers con the bank customers into participating in phoney sting operations that steals the customers money. Learn more about these types of scams and how to avoid them.
Jul 28
15 min
This week, Patti and Chief Investigator Kristina Perkins of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's office nterview criminologist, Judy Christman Yates about hacking and related online crimes currently affecting us. Learn all about hacking, what it is, how to detect it, guard against it, and what to do if it happens to you. Other issues such as the liklihood of being scammed when you receive invitations from old friends you haven't been in contact with for years are also addressed. Don't miss this informative Scam Squad episode!
Jul 7
23 min
Montecito Bank & Trust Fraud Specialist reports that one of their customers was taken in by a complicated scam. It started as the familiar Tech Support Scam. The victim believes she is speaking to Microsoft Tech Support. She is told her identity has been compromised and that she needs to take out $25,000, which she eventually was able to do. She meets a courier and gives the crook her money. She also has money at an investment brokerage. She followed the scammers directive and withdrew more cash- before handing it over to the crooks.
May 27
16 min
This week, Scam Squad has a special Scam Fighter guest who has brilliant ideas for very unique and very promising anti-scam prevention methods. This type of prevention is the best hope against A.I. scams.
May 13
12 min
Fraudsters are luring customers into verifying their debit card and social security number and then running up fraudulant charges. Gift card scams and romance scams are also still taking place and Montecito Bank & Trust issued another warning.
Apr 29
10 min
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