This podcast episode covers various scams, including a woman who fell for a scam, scammers targeting Walmart, dangers of crypto scams, military contract scam warnings, a couple scammed out of thousands, and AI voices sounding like famous people.
Be cautious of AI impersonation scams using popular personalities to lure victims into financial traps.
Banks face liability concerns as scammers target individuals with sophisticated phone scams impersonating fraud departments.
Deep dives
Impersonation of Tucker Carlson in Fake Video Scam
A video of an AI impersonating Tucker Carlson is used in a scam claiming to make viewers rich instantly by scanning a QR code. The fake Tucker Carlson mentions being fired by Fox and moving to a new show, 'Tucker on X,' generating a hundred times more views than Fox. He urges viewers to scan the QR code and watch his interview with Putin, exhibiting potentially convincing facial expressions and characteristics.
Financial Loss due to Advanced Phone Scam at Chase Bank
A couple from Golden, Colorado lost $137,000 in a phone scam impersonating Chase Bank's fraud department. The scammers used a text message from 'Chase' indicating an unauthorized transaction. Despite contacting Chase multiple times, they fell victim to the scam, highlighting potential liability concerns for the bank in failing to detect the fraudulent activity.
This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. She brings us a scary story from a woman who never thought she'd ever be scammed. Dave and Joe shares some follow up before getting into their stories, they share a story from a listener who sent in a LinkedIn link about scammers targeting Walmart. They also share a question from listener Cynthia, who asks about bank scam covered before, and how to respond to these scams. Dave shares a story from an anonymous source this week, who writes in about the dangers of crypto scams. Joe has two stories for us this week, the first one being from a friend of his that works for a company that specializes in military contracts. This company was hiring an employee and received three emails that all were very similar to one another, sharing that this is a red flag and wanted to write in to share the dangers of this scam. The second story is a very similar story to the one covered on Andy Cohen a few episode ago, and shares how a Jefferson county couple were scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Our catch of the day comes from listener Thomas who shares a story on AI voices sounding like famous people and his experience.