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Did u hear? Ep 3447 · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to Challenges of Faith radio program.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Gary McCance here on episode 3447. Did you hear
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  Speaker 2: that the Federal Trade Commission is not calling to deactivate
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  Speaker 2: your phone number? Did you hear about it? Well, the
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  Speaker 2: BCP staff says that the latest twist on Federal Trade
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  Speaker 2: Commission impersonators Someone claiming to be an FTC official who's
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  Speaker 2: really a scammer calls to say a phone was registered
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  Speaker 2: under your name and number and is being used to
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  Speaker 2: commit scams in another country. The FTC official even reads
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  Speaker 2: off their badge. It's a fake badge. If you don't cooperate,
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  Speaker 2: they threaten to deactivate your phone number.
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  Speaker 1: Sounds scary, doesn't it? That's unfortunately the point.
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  Speaker 2: To keep making the story sound real, the FTC impersonator
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  Speaker 2: will transfer you to a, you ready, fake police officer
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  Speaker 2: to file a report. And if you hesitate, they might
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  Speaker 2: have you call back the police department directly. They'll tell
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  Speaker 2: you what to search online to find a number. It
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  Speaker 2: feels like you're verifying the story, but it's all part
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  Speaker 2: of their scheme. And when you call people involved in
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  Speaker 2: the scam, pick up. They ask for your ID and
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  Speaker 2: other person information for your report and tell you to
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  Speaker 2: keep everything secret. Later, you get more bad news. They
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  Speaker 2: claim you're under arrest for the scams your phone number
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  Speaker 2: was associated with. And they say you have to go
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  Speaker 2: get another country, go to another country, unless you send
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  Speaker 2: money for a security deposit.
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  Speaker 1: None of this is true. It's all a scam.
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  Speaker 2: A real Federal Trade Commission employee would never ever reach
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  Speaker 2: out to ask you to send money or direct you
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  Speaker 2: to someone who says to send money. That's a scam.
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  Speaker 2: A real Federal Trade Commission employee would never ever threaten
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  Speaker 2: to disconnect your phone.
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  Speaker 1: That's a scam.
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  Speaker 2: A real Federal Trade Commission employee would never ever tell
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  Speaker 2: you to keep your conversations secret.
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  Speaker 1: That's a, you already know, a scam.
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  Speaker 2: A real Federal Trade Commission employee will never ever text
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  Speaker 2: you a photo of their employee ID to verify their identity.
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  Speaker 1: That's a scam.
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  Speaker 2: Did you hear about the $ 250 million Apple Siri false
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  Speaker 2: advertising class action settlement? Did you hear about the $ 850, 000
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  Speaker 2: ThinkWare dash cam class action settlement?
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  Speaker 1: Or have you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, ThinkWare agreed to pay $ 850, 000 to resolve claims over
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  Speaker 2: its dash cams. Owners of the effective models may be
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  Speaker 2: eligible for a payment. How about the $ 6. 4 million American
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  Speaker 2: Medical Collection Agency data breach?
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  Speaker 1: Have you heard about it?
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  Speaker 2: A claim over a breach that the medical billing collector
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  Speaker 2: that exposed patient data, those affected, can file now. For
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  Speaker 2: the $ 53 million Harvard Moore class action settlement. For the
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  Speaker 2: AI lawsuit investigation when chatbot conversations lead to serious harm.
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  Speaker 1: For the $ 4.
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  Speaker 2: 5 million error marked Capital One. Arena venue fee class
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  Speaker 2: action settlement. Have you heard about it? Did you hear
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  Speaker 2: about the $ 3. 84 million Coastal Dental TCPA violations class action settlement?
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  Speaker 1: I know you're writing it down. Researching.
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  Speaker 2: We'll play the program back 24 hours, 7 days a week.
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  Speaker 2: How about the $ 4. 225 million ViaPath data breach class action settlement?
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  Speaker 1: Or the 9 million Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Squatch soap false advertising class action selling them. Did you
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  Speaker 2: hear about the class action lawsuit claiming that Walmart sells
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  Speaker 2: underweight great value shrimp with ice glaze? An Illinois shopper
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  Speaker 2: says Walmart's great value frozen shrimp bags hold up to
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  Speaker 2: 11% less shrimp than the label promises because the ice
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  Speaker 2: glaze sells is being counted toward the net weight. Fellow
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  Speaker 2: Drug Administration guidance says it cannot be. Did you hear
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  Speaker 2: that Starbucks faces class action lawsuit over allegedly unlawful sugar-free claims?
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  Speaker 1: Did you hear about it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, three consumers says eight Starbucks protein drinks are named
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  Speaker 2: sugar-free but carry 13 to 21.
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  Speaker 1: Grams of sugar from the milk in them.
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  Speaker 2: The suit also claims, as I turn off my alarm,
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  Speaker 2: the suit also claims the drink skips the FDA-required not-a-low-calorie-food
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  Speaker 2: disclaimer at 270 to 340 calories a venti. Did you
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  Speaker 2: hear about Macy's facing a class action lawsuit in two
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  Speaker 2: states over spam e-mails? Two lawsuits in Maryland and Indiana
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  Speaker 2: claim Macy's marketing emails invent deadlines to rush shoppers. A
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  Speaker 2: one-day left holiday delivery warning that was not. And a
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  Speaker 2: one-day sale that ran Friday through Sunday. Each seeks $ 500
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  Speaker 2: per email. Did you hear about the Royal Caribbean class
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  Speaker 2: action lawsuit that claims the cruise line sent misleading emails?
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  Speaker 2: A Maryland man says the cruise line email early access
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  Speaker 2: savings ends tomorrow. Up to $ 750 and more then extended
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  Speaker 2: the offer anyway. He's suing over Black Friday mega sale
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  Speaker 2: and kid sale free promos.
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  Speaker 1: That allegedly never really expired.
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  Speaker 2: Amazon faces coordinated class action lawsuit over alleged tariff overcharges.
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  Speaker 2: A federal panel has pulled six consumer lawsuits into one
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  Speaker 2: Washington case. Shoppers say Amazon raised prices to cover tariffs,
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  Speaker 2: then refused refunds after the Supreme Court struck those tariffs
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  Speaker 2: down in February. Did you hear about any of those
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  Speaker 2: lawsuit settlements? Class action?
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  Speaker 1: Did you? What are you going to do about it
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  Speaker 1: for you?