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Host Rich Fish kicks off our annual Tax Time series with a look at tax prep scams and the legal but outrageous ripoff known as the Refund Anticipat...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 04:59
In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...
- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 06:37
Are you buying a house, or selling one? Or are you worried about losing the one you’ve got? We herald the arrival of homebuying season with a look ...
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 05:00
If you think happiness comes in a pill, think again! Some dietary supplements do nothing but eat your money, but others are downright dangerous. Fi...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 05:00
Correspondent Rich Fish shares the story of a WFHB listener who got a solicitation posing as a government mailing and decided to do something about...
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 04:22
Richmond, California is one of the lowest-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s also one of the most toxic. On this edition, we’ll...
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Correspondent Rich Fish exposes a travel scam circulating through local mailboxes promising free airline tickets if you call right now. We'll tell ...
- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 04:59
In the final installment of a four-part series on timeless con games, Correspondent Rich Fish looks at scams that require a team effort like the Sm...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 04:34
In the third of a four-part series on timeless con games, Correspondent Rich Fish debunks the Gold Brick Scam cons that try to convince you that so...
- Added: Jan 16, 2013
- Length: 04:42
In the second of a four-part series on timeless con games Correspondent Rich Fish explores the Persuasion Scam cons that try to convince you that s...
- Added: Jan 09, 2013
- Length: 04:45
In the first of a four-part series on timeless con games, Correspondent Rich Fish searches for the Spanish Prisoner.
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 04:59
Are you resolving to lose weight this new year? If you're looking at joining a gym or fitness club, correspondent Rich Fish says you need to flex s...
- Added: Dec 27, 2012
- Length: 04:46
Across the nation in dozens of communities, veterans are being diverted to special courts for crimes they've committed after and in large measure b...
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 03:43
Did you know the average charity receives 41% of their annual donations in December? Correspondent Rich Fish concludes our annual holiday series wi...
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 05:01
Ashley and Jason talk a lot about money, but this week they hit the streets to talk folks in Bloomington, IN about their holiday spending habits an...
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Host Rich Fish continues our annual holiday series with a look at the most popular gift request this holiday season - gift cards! But sometimes a g...
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 05:01
Host Rich Fish continues our annual holiday series with a look at holiday gift return policies and return fraud. That's on a new edition of our con...
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 04:59
In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all execu...
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 26:32
Correspondent Rich Fish kicks off our annual holiday series with a look at the do's and don'ts of cybershopping.
- Added: Nov 28, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Host Rich Fish tells you what you need to know about Green Dot MoneyPak, a popular new way to pay bills and recharge prepaid debit cards. But when ...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 04:37
A holiday edition of our consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware! debunks the myth of Halloween candy tampering and gives you a good scare on ...
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- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 04:51
- Purchases: 1
Host Rich Fish says enrollment is open right now for Medicare Part D and that means it's open season on Medicare scams according to the Indiana Sen...
- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Wanna buy some drugs? Correspondent Rich Fish prescribes caution when shopping for pharmaceuticals on the Internet. We'll tell you what you need to...
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Host Rich Fish rocks the vote with a scam alert about phone calls purporting to offer over-the-phone voting. We'll give you the real deal on how, w...
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Correspondent Rich Fish says Fund Drive is a scam! Not ours of course, but some charities just are not legit, or hire top-heavy fundraisers who kee...
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 04:49
