Better Beware!
Series produced by WFHB
Consumer watchdog segment
Host Richard Fish helps keep listeners a step ahead of scammers and flim-flammers in WFHB's consumer watchdog segment, Better Beware!
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The 75th Anniversary of Orson Welles' "War Of The Worlds" broadcast is a good time to remember that there are lots of Halloween stories which aren'...
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 04:42
Ethnic minorities are far more likely to be victimized by scams and swindles; the numbers will surprise you. But there is help, and here's what you...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:00
There's been a lot of confusion as the Affordable Care Act kicks in, and a WHOLE lot of scams.
- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 04:53
Super-typhoon Haiyan has devastated the Philippines, and once again, thieves are trying to steal disaster-relief donations.
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 04:12
Checking out at a big store, especially when it’s crowded and you’re in a hurry, requires your full attention – but here’s one well-known danger yo...
- Added: Dec 04, 2013
- Length: 04:12
Just in time for the holidays, there’s a new kind of card skimmer that is impossible for you to spot, and allows a thief to empty your bank account...
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 04:51
Whether you’re shopping with pen and checkbook, or mouse and keyboard, there are lots of ways to get ripped off during the holidays, if you don’t k...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 05:00
Consumer watchdog Richard Fish exposes scams in south central Indiana.
- Added: Jan 08, 2014
- Length: 04:44
Our weekly consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware! discusses department store cyber-security.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 05:00
Our weekly consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware!
- Added: Jan 22, 2014
- Length: 05:01
Our weekly consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware!
- Added: Jan 29, 2014
- Length: 05:01
Our weekly consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware!
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 04:51
Phony charges, in relatively small amounts, can show up on your credit card or telephone bills. Here's the info on two current schemes, and a warni...
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 04:41
Your business is the Best! An outfit peddling meaningless "Best Of Your Town" certificates to small businesses has been outed by the Better Busines...
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 04:56
Scammers have reached a new low, by victimizing the neediest people - the homeless. So far, this frightening scheme is apparently NOT illegal -- so...
- Added: Mar 05, 2014
- Length: 04:34
Nineteenth-century technology can trump Twenty-first-century tech if you let a telephone caller convince you he's working for Microsoft. It could c...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 05:01
The telephone is now the most popular way for scammers to find you. Here are the biggest scams, and how to hang up on 'em.
- Added: Mar 26, 2014
- Length: 04:57
Every year, some people try to avoid paying at least some of the taxes they owe. It's always been stupid, and it's getting stupider every year. Her...
- Added: Apr 02, 2014
- Length: 04:55
The top scams to watch out for, according to the IRS: the ones most likely to hit you this year. Fraudsters have victimized hundreds of thousands o...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 04:44
Now it’s LIKELY — not just possible — that your identity has been stolen. A data breach involving Experian (the credit-reporting firm), plus the re...
- Added: Apr 16, 2014
- Length: 05:01
