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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Our weekly consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware!
- Added: Apr 23, 2014
- Length: 04:58
Authors — especially academics who need to publish — are being hit by fake publicists who promise all kinds of publicity and book-sales. Then they ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2014
- Length: 04:56
People in the service, and their families, and their friends -- and now, a lot of ordinary civilians as well -- are at serious risk from nasty, sav...
- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 05:01
A new edition of our consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware!
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 04:40
Scammers get in touch with you in different ways, but they’re always after the same thing: your money. Here are three classic and timely examples.
- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 2
Radio Frequency ID is now coming into use in America, and a woman in Georgia has already had her identity stolen...just by hugging a stranger. Here...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 04:50
Going away to have some fun? Don't let a dream vacation become a nightmare. Here are some tips on the latest ways fraudsters are trying to separate...
- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 05:01
Fraudsters are always coming up with new ways to rip you off, and here are some of the weirdest and scariest scams that have popped up recently.
- Added: Jun 18, 2014
- Length: 04:53
Identity theft is not just increasing, it's exploding...and people are starting to think it's inevitable. That's not true. The facts are getting to...
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 05:00
How can anyone remember all the usernames and passwords we need these days? Perhaps the answer has been with us all along!
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 04:51
"Secret shopper" companies can be legit -- but can also be a nasty scam. Here's the story of one local lady who has seen both kinds.
- Added: Aug 13, 2014
- Length: 04:51
Our annual warning about the local population explosion, and a tipoff to college students that the sharks are out there, smelling -- not blood, but...
- Added: Aug 20, 2014
- Length: 05:01
Scams are everywhere these days! We'll never be able to completely keep up, but here's a list of some of the newer ones going around...and around.....
- Added: Sep 10, 2014
- Length: 04:48
A couple of fake military charities based in Indiana have been busted, and the sad story points up both the importance of supporting our troops and...
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- Added: Sep 24, 2014
- Length: 04:56
- Purchases: 1
Target, Michael's, AOL, EBay, Jimmy John's -- there's been a massive data breach discovered every month this year. Here's some perspective on the s...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 04:49
If you thought the "Heartbleed" bug was bad, get ready for Shellshock, as the Bash Bug is much, much worse. 70 percent of all computers -- includin...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 05:01
Infomercials are all over TV, especially late at night, and all too many of them range from “cheesy and shady” down to “outright fraud.”
- Added: Oct 15, 2014
- Length: 04:42
Ebola is a very serious problem, but the worst danger we face right now is unscrupulous people pushing the panic button.
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 05:00
Here's our regular reminder about what to watch out for -- and what you don't need to worry about -- on this annual Fright Night.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 04:28
Indiana's own David Letterman inspired this list of the Top Ten stupidest mistakes people can make on the internet.
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:45
