Bonus Episode: You've Got Mail, With Frank Abagnale, Second Edition
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
On this special episode of the podcast, our host, fraud expert Frank Abagnale, answers your questions. We dive into viewer emails to get Frank's take on a wide variety of subjects, including using public Wi-Fi, DNA testing and cash transfer apps. Tune in to hear the answers to your burning questions and get Frank's tips on how to protect yourself against fraud.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's episode of AARP's The Perfect Scam. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm very, very concerned that the next big breach we're going to see is a breach of literally |
| 0:09.8 | millions and Welcome back to AARP's The Perfect Scam. I'm Julie Guettes and with me today is our co-host Frank Abagnale. |
| 0:27.0 | Frank, it's good to see you. |
| 0:28.0 | Julie, great to be with you. |
| 0:30.0 | And today we have a very special episode. This is a bonus episode where it's called |
| 0:34.3 | You've Got Mail with Frank Abagnale, second edition. |
| 0:38.0 | Awesome. And to make this episode even more special we have one of the show's producers Brooke Ellis with us today. |
| 0:44.8 | Hi how you doing? |
| 0:45.8 | Hi and together Brooke and I are going to ask you questions that have been |
| 0:51.2 | emailed to us from the show's listeners. Are you ready? |
| 0:54.4 | Absolutely. |
| 0:55.4 | All right. |
| 0:56.4 | Do you want to go for the first one? |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, so Eric from New York asks, is free Wi-Fi safe? I know I shouldn't do things like check my bank accounts while using |
| 1:06.1 | it, but should I be using it at all? |
| 1:09.0 | I know, especially for personal information. So for example, if I'm at the airport, for |
| 1:13.0 | example, if I'm at the airport, |
| 1:15.0 | it is saying that it's free Wi-Fi. |
| 1:17.0 | It did not say that it's private Wi-Fi. |
| 1:20.0 | So that means anybody can be listening and recording or watching the things that you do on your computer. |
| 1:26.0 | So I certainly wouldn't want to wire money or fill out a credit application or answer, |
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