598 - Don't be a victim: Tom talks Online Scams

Today, I'm going to talk about online scams, including several brand new scams that haven't really been seen before that much. Now, if you think I'm too smart to be scammed, I don't need to listen to this episode. Well, there was a famous scammer that once said, If you think you're too smart to be scammed, I want to meet you. Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 598 How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars See Tom's Stuff – https://linktr.ee/antionandassociates 00:23 Tom's introduction to Online Scams 02:08 Online backlink scam 04:53 Pencil pushing government slugs 08:20 "Fact checking" places 09:38 Scammers using real government programs 11:00 Beware of Zelle payment processing from your bank 13:07 "Cloud access" job scams 14:50 Disaster scams and fake charities 16:30 High wind roof scams 17:21 "Fake" money, lottery scams and free roofs 22:50 Receiving a death sentence from a scam 24:38 "Meet the scammers" documentary 25:25 Using different passwords online 27:48 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) and portable security drives Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar - https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Screw The Commute Podcast App - https://screwthecommute.com/app/ College Ripoff Quiz - https://imtcva.org/quiz Know a young person for our Youth Episode Series? Send an email to Tom! - [email protected] Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/ KickStartCart - http://www.kickstartcart.com/ Copywriting901 - https://copywriting901.com/ Disabilities Page - https://imtcva.org/disabilities/ AI generated faces - https://thenextweb.com/news/scammers-used-ai-generated-faces-to-pose-as-a-boston-law-firm Random Face Generator - https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/en Which Face is Real - https://www.whichfaceisreal.com/ Seminar scam article - https://www.antion.com/top20seminarscams.htm Calling Bullshit - https://www.callingbullshit.org/ Co-founder of Snopes in plagiarism scandal - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/snopes-cofounder-plagiarism-mikkelson NY Times article on Snopes - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/business/media/snopes-plagiarism-David-Mikkelson.html Forbes article on Snopes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-daily-mail-snopes-story-and-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/ Daily Mail article on Snopes - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4730092/Snopes-brink-founder-accused-fraud-lying.html Have I Been Pwned - https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Email Tom: [email protected] Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Online Customer Service - https://screwthecommute.com/597/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://screwthecommute.com/wordpressecourse/ Join our Private Facebook Group! One week trial for only a buck and then $37 a month, or save a ton with one payment of $297 for a year. Click the image to see all the details and sign up or go to https://www.greatinternetmarketing.com/screwthecommute/ After you sign up, check your email for instructions on getting in the group.