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Scams, Imposters and Recalls! Ep3449 · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to Challenges of Faith radio program. I am
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  Speaker 1: Gary McCants. Thank you for tuning in here on episode 3449.
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  Speaker 1: We want to talk about spotting the two-legged human scammer.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's running around impersonating well-known charities and sweepstakes.
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  Speaker 1: And the Federal Trade Commission staff laid it all out
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  Speaker 1: when they talked about how scammers impersonate all kinds of organizations,
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  Speaker 1: including the ones that are genuine. And these impersonators sometimes
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  Speaker 1: make you believe that you won a charity sponsor's sweepstakes
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  Speaker 1: because you've donated to their charity. So if you get
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  Speaker 1: a call about a sweepstakes contest that you allegedly won
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  Speaker 1: from somebody who says they're with a charity you support,
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  Speaker 1: how can you tell if the prize is real or
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  Speaker 1: a scam? Well, the moment someone tells you to claim
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  Speaker 1: your prize, you know you're dealing with a scam because
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  Speaker 1: real prizes are free. And only scammers demand you pay
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  Speaker 1: or give them personal information like your social security number
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  Speaker 1: to get a prize. And there are reputable organizations and
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  Speaker 1: charities that run sweepstakes, but to stay clear of scams,
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  Speaker 1: you've got to know that scammers might use real charity
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  Speaker 1: names or names that sound like real charities when they
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  Speaker 1: contact you or when they place ads on social media
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  Speaker 1: or elsewhere. So you want to do some research to
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  Speaker 1: be sure you're dealing with the right charity. Go ahead
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  Speaker 1: and take a moment and search online for the name
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  Speaker 1: of the contest or company with words like complaint, review,
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  Speaker 1: or scam to see what others are saying. But you
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  Speaker 1: don't want to rely on the first search results you
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  Speaker 1: see because sometimes imposters advertise on platforms like Google, Search,
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  Speaker 1: and Bing to lead you to false information. So you
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  Speaker 1: want to scroll past the paid ads to help avoid
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  Speaker 1: these imposters. Scammers can fake caller IDs so you don't
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  Speaker 1: want to trust that even if it shows a real
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  Speaker 1: government agency or company name or phone number. You've got
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  Speaker 1: to remember that legitimate sweepstakes are free and by chance.
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  Speaker 1: It's illegal to ask you to pay or buy something
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  Speaker 1: to enter or to increase your odds of winning. Never,
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  Speaker 1: never pay to get your prize. If you do, you'll
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  Speaker 1: end up losing your money and get even more calls, mail,
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  Speaker 1: and spam about sweepstakes. Are we clear? I know we are.
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  Speaker 1: Say what? Yeah. Did you hear about Toyota recalling hybrid
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  Speaker 1: Land Cruiser SUVs over potential fuel leak hazard fire risks?
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  Speaker 1: How about the park outside advisory issue for Hyundai Genesis recall?
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  Speaker 1: Thousands of Ram 2500 pickup trucks recalled due to stability
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  Speaker 1: control issue. Meat recall affects more than 1.5 million pounds
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  Speaker 1: of hot dogs, bacon, deli meat products. Chrysler recalls more
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  Speaker 1: than 265,000 Ram Promaster vans over the steering issues. Volkswagen
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  Speaker 1: recalls ID4 EVs due to battery fire risk. PepsiCo recalls 122,000
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  Speaker 1: cases of Gatorade Lemon Lime due to undeclared yellow dyes.
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  Speaker 1: Expanded Frozen Berry recalls its Walmart Trader Joe's over E.
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  Speaker 1: coli risk. Ford recalls more than 41,000 Expedition Super Duty
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  Speaker 1: vehicles overhead light defect. Rivian recalls nearly 99,000 electric vehicles
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  Speaker 1: due to rear-view camera software issues. Did you hear about
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  Speaker 1: all of that? Say what? Did you hear about any
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  Speaker 1: of that? You heard it today. What are you going
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  Speaker 1: to do about it for your individual life? whether that
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  Speaker 1: which you put inside your body or when you sit
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  Speaker 1: inside your vehicle.