imposter_scams

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This week, Scam Squad has Shawn Dyer, Chief Fraud Specialist from Montecito Bank & Trust, joins host Patti Teel and Chief Investigator Kristina Perkins of the Santa Barbara District Attornye’s Office to discuss Imposter Scams, as well as other scam now affecting Santa Barbara County. The scams that are resurfacing again are the Online Work Scam, International Lottery Scam, and with a broad sweep of other Imposter Scams, the crooks pretend to be employees from such entities as banks, or vendors like Pay Pal, law enforcement and other such entities. The Imposter calls the victims and try to convince them there has been a breech or a problem in their account and they need to stop it by having the victim send the scammer money in the for of gift cards to fix the breech problem. So listen and find out more about how to protect yourself from these current scams.

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