Scam Squad

This week's guest is the Fraud Expert from Montecito Bank to update you on all the latest bank scams as well as holicay theft tricks. Listen and stay updated and informed.

This week Scam Squad talks about more Christmas scams as well as the Phantom tech scams that are sure to happen this Holiday Season., how to spot them and how to avoid them. Also, we have some success stories of...

THIS WEEK ON SCAM SQUAD, WE REVIEW THE YEARLY D.O.J. ANUAL STATISTICS ON SCAMS AFFECTING SENIORS AND THE ELDRLY AS WELL AS THE LATEST METHODS AND TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THESE TYPES OF SCAMS AS...

Today Scam Squad talks about the world of Banking Fraud, specifically as it relates to tech support scams. There are several types of tech support scams that can easily go after your money, so be sure to listen to this...

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This week Scam Squad explores Polictical Solicitation Scams and other related scams such a Charity Scams and Crowd Funding

This week, Scam Squad explores three major scams affecting our County right now. One is a new type of Solar Pannell Scam. The second is a Real Estate Scam using Facebook and a wire transfer that defrauds a couple out of...

This week Scam Squad reviews the new twists in old scams such as the Warrant Scam where you get a phone call or message saying that you owe money for a ticket or a fine. Also Scam Squad warns us about phony calls saying...

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This week Scam Squad explores the new area of ACH Scams. This is a very clever and sophisticated imposter scam, often involving hundreds of thousands of dollars and even several millions of dollars. It is most often...

This week Patti and Kristina talk about A.I. scams that have been plaguing the Nation. An A.I. scam is where an imposter steals the voice print and/or image of an individual and then pretends to be them. Because they...

TRAVEL SCAMS - This week, Scam Squad host Patti Teel and Chief D.A. Investigator Kristina Perkins, discuss the latest travel scams, in particular airline ticket booking scams. Investigator Perkins also discusses other...

This week, our guest is Montecito Bank, who recently detected a romance scam being perpetrated on one of it's bank customers. Learn about romances scams, as well as about other types of impersonationist scams, by...

Commander Bryan Millard, in Grover Beach CA, has spearheaded an all-new Scam Fighting Organization to protect senior citizens from scammers. The local police and several other diverse members of the community have come...

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Today we look at the Courier Scams that had been surging in Santa Barbara County, the State, and the Nation. Courier Scams are when a Grandparents Scam, Kidnapping Scam, Extortion Scam, or similar scams where the crooks...

This week, host Patti Teel and Greg from the District Attorney's Office, tells us about the huge consequences of Identity Theft and then guides us step by step as to how to very simply and easily, totally guard yourself...

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Deputy District Attorney Kirstina Perkins and Senior Fraud Specialist Shawn Dyer from Montecito Bank and Trust, explain how to protect yourselves from being scammed by two of the worst Bank Imposter Scams, the first...

An all new scam that Dept D.A. Christina Perkins has recently discovered is what she terms as THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS SCAM. Within the “COMENTS” portion of the You Tube videos, there will be comments with a link...

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