Scams & Cons

Someone in St. Louis is channeling my thoughts

Tell me what's on your mind.It's time for our summer break so I can prepare new episodes for season 9. Listen in as I give you the details and respond to some listener notes.Have a great summer and make some time away from the news to have some fun. You deserve it!

Scammers are pretending to be exorcists

Tell me what's on your mind.If you bought tickets to a pop-up taco museum restaurant in San Antonio, you got scammed. If someone wants to hook you up with a priest who does exorcisms, beware. But we begin with the story of a brand new scam called call merging. It involves merging your phone call with a scammer and a bank’s two-factor authentication system, stealing your secret code.

Scamming for hotel rooms with roaches and used condoms

Tell me what's on your mind.More than 60 hotels are conned by a man who dirtied rooms with roaches and condoms, and scammers are showing up at people’s doors to collect money they say they are owed. And I want to tell you the tale of a gambit that I can't call a con, but it's a great way to lose your money.

How to stay safe from nearly all scams

Tell me what's on your mind.We're all vulnerable to scams, but we don't have to be willing victims. Today I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago -- tell you just what to do to thwart scammers.

New scam targets those who tap credit cards

Tell me what's on your mind.A new scam is moving across the country that can capture the information on your credit card's chips, plus Minnesota legislators are considering a law that would reimburse victims of scams.