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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Anson Shupe's unexpected death was a shock to us all. Here's his final column, just as he wrote it, giving some good advice on how to deal with sca...
- Added: May 13, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Scammers who call on the phone demanding money deserve anything they get - so here's some ideas on how to turn the tables on 'em!
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Two-thirds of American adults (and way too many kids) need to lose weight, and there are more scammers working this field than perhaps any other. S...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 04:00
The explosion of con games puts us all in the front lines against fraud, and these days we're seeing an increase in "old school" methods like telep...
- Added: Jun 24, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Staying safe online requires passwords -- probably many of them -- and the problem of choosing and remembering good ones is getting worse and worse...
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Bad news and good - a headsup on a new wrinkle in the email spam game, a look at some of the current cons, and a couple of examples to prove that s...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Symantec has released their latest report on internet threats, and there's both good and bad news. Spam is decreasing, but other dangers are rampin...
- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: 04:00
The Federal Trade Commission is warning about online hotel-booking scams. There are various ways fraudsters prey on travelers; here's a roadmap to ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2015
- Length: 04:00
The Better Business bureau has a cool new feature on their website – an interactive map that shows what scams have been reported from where…all ove...
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Some 40,000 students are arriving in town right now. This can cause problems for local residents, but the students are often targets for fraudsters...
- Added: Aug 19, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Students can be more vulnerable to rip-off artists than any other group. Here are some of the biggest reasons why, and the biggest traps to avoid.
- Added: Aug 26, 2015
- Length: 04:00
A couple of oldies-but-goodies, the IRS phone scam and the phony contractor deal, are mentioned as reminders, and we look at one way the new smartp...
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 04:00
If robocalls were a disease, it would be an epidemic – over 150,000 complaints a month now. There is some hope, though, and here’s some ways to def...
- Added: Sep 09, 2015
- Length: 04:01
If robocalls were a disease, it would be an epidemic - over 150,000 complaints a month now. There is some hope, though, and here's some ways to def...
Bought by KPIK-LP
- Added: Sep 16, 2015
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
We’re going to name the worst and best charities over the next four installments. Some of the worst ripoffs will shock you — and may have diddled you.
- Added: Sep 23, 2015
- Length: 04:00
The Five Worst Charities in the World – here are particularly malodorous examples of operations that take advantage of good people, and rip them of...
- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Fair's fair, and after ratting out the bad guys, here's a look at the best of the good guys. Another countdown, this time of the World's Best nonpr...
- Added: Oct 07, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Picking the five best charities in the world ain’t easy, but here are the ones we’ve found at the top of the list. They’re amazingly effective, and...
- Added: Oct 14, 2015
- Length: 04:00
The Better Business Bureau can be useful – but their business ratings are open to serious criticism. Here’s why you should look elsewhere!
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Our annual blend of warnings, reassurances, suggestions and local info on how kids and adults can be both scary AND safe on Halloween.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KALH
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
