06.18.24 Auto Theft Prevention / Work From Home Job Scams

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Today - auto theft is a huge problem around the country, and thieves have figured out a way to duplicate your car keys by intercepting the signal, often from outside your home. Clark shares a cheap easy way to help prevent this. Also, key warnings if you’re looking for a remote job, as unfortunately we’re hearing from a lot of job seekers who’ve been ripped off by employment-related scams. Prevent Car Theft: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Remote Job Scams: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: How to protect your keyless car from theft Search: Key Fob Pouch Protectors How To Find Cheap Flights in 3 Easy Steps Using Cellular Data Internationally: Buying a Local SIM Card 5 Steps To Getting a Good Deal on a Hotel Room How To Plan a Trip: Clark’s Best Travel Tips To Save Money Target Date Funds: Clark's Favorite Retirement Investment How To Open a Roth IRA Watch for these red flags when searching remote job listings If you're out of work, don't fall for a phony job offer Submit a complaint | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 6 Things To Know Before Contacting the National Foundation for Credit Counseling Thank you for listening today, Clarkies! If you want to be part of our “Clarkie” segment, call 404-981-2071 to leave a comment or story. We may play it during a future episode! Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.0	It's my pleasure to welcome you here to the Clark Howard show where our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you so you make better financial decisions in your life and I hope one of those decisions you'll make is to subscribe to our free daily newsletter at Clark.com slash newsletter. You're going to get so much
0:27.5	information that empowers you and fattens that wallet of yours. Today, auto theft has been such a bad ugly thing.
0:38.0	Oh man, I heard a story on an airplane just last week from a gentleman whose brand new car was stolen
0:49.2	out of a parking lot right after he'd walked away. So I've got an easy cheap fix for you that will
0:57.8	help prevent this. Also have some key warnings for you if you're looking for a remote job is unfortunately
1:05.5	we're hearing a lot of job seekers that are getting ripped off when they're
1:11.0	looking for work.
1:13.0	So this one is news of the weird.
1:16.6	You park your car and most often this is happening at home at night.
1:21.3	You park your car not in a garage, maybe you don't have one or maybe you just have a car
1:25.9	port, maybe you have to park on the street. And you go inside and get up the next morning and you go out, the car is gone.
1:35.0	Or you're in a parking lot, like the fellow who's sitting next to me on an airplane telling me his story,
1:41.0	and you're walking away from your car and right after you walk away the
1:46.4	car is stolen. So what's going on? You know how for your credit cards your
1:52.2	credit cards all have those RFID signals, you gotta be
1:56.2	aware that having an RFID wallet is a good idea because criminals can steal that signal out of the air.
2:04.0	Well, that same kind of idea is what car thieves are using.
2:09.0	Instead of having to bash your window and all that,
2:11.0	they're just intercepting your signal. So you can have your key in like a
2:17.4	key box. You know, in our family, we walk inside, we drop our keys in the keybox, so we always remember where they are.
2:24.8	Criminals are able to, in many cases, intercept those signals, and then next thing you know,
2:32.0	your vehicle's gone, maybe never to be seen again.
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