Catching Scam Callers Isn’t So Easy
Derek has the silliest ring tone I’ve ever heard.
…Derek has the silliest ring tone I’ve ever heard.
…I thought I was a better actor! I tried to scam a scammer and I may have poured it on a little too thick. On a positive note, that means I’d probably fail as a scammer. It’s a good thing I have no plans to try it.
…Let’s see what people who don’t want to live honest lives are up to this week, shall we? The delivery scam is a new one making the rounds in the UK, so it’s a matter of time until we hear about it on this side of the pond because it works.
…Mail delivery resumed last week and with it came an ongoing, scammy letter that had me going for a few minutes. …
Longtime readers might remember references to Cousin Kim. She’s Derek’s cousin by DNA but I’ve definitely claimed her too! With permission of her daughter, Kristina, I’m sharing their story today. It’s a scam I’d never heard of but it’s more common than we might think. A frustrated Kristina told her story on the Mastercard Facebook page: …
When I read about the latest successful telephone scam, I didn’t believe it. When I saw the lips of actual Windsor police officers move to tell the story, I had to admit it was true. These scammers must have a patter that’s awfully effective, or it’s just a matter of numbers before they hit someone exceptionally gullible, because it’s hard to imagine this one working as well as it has. …
A pal who was downsized from her radio job is looking for work. She’s casting a wide net, because broadcasting is getting smaller all the time. So wasn’t she surprised to get a job offer via email, having never interviewed for the position. …
You may have heard of the Canada Revenue scam, the grandparent scam, the Nigerian prince scam, the Microsoft scam, the Ebay scam and the other brazen and ugly attempts to get you to give up your sensitive financial information online. Â …
I tried to total up the number of passwords I need to remember and I ran out of fingers and toes. Â Facebook, Twitter, Apple, work, home, gmail, hotmail, kobo, kindle…it goes on and on. …
You hear about these Facebook scams.  We talk about them on the air because we know they are happening but until last weekend, it had never happened to me.  I was the intended victim. …
I really wish my “friends” on Facebook would be a little more skeptical.  And that’s what launched Friday’s Brandt’s Randt. …
At the bottom of virtually every media release from police there is a paragraph where they act like the teacher who makes the whole class stay after school because one kid was chewing gum. Â …
I’ve been following the story of the “butt plumper” for a while now. Â It’s real, it’s true, it’s not an urban legend. Â It’s what happens when an idiot opportunist and vain bargain-hunting women collide. Â …