4.8 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Misinformation, hoaxes and scams are rampant on the web. People are scared, and cybercriminals are taking advantage — hawking fake test kits, vaccines and financial aid, among other things. What do you need to know to stay safe? Kim talks to Tom Edwards, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge, and Lori Hodges, Vice President of North America Risk at Visa, about the dangers you're facing online right now and the right steps to take if you've been scammed.
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0:00.0 | Even though if you feel that your loss is insignificant or not that much to you, is a piece of investigative material that could be really useful in taking down a really organized and sophisticated criminal organization. |
0:13.8 | Welcome to Commando on Demand Insider, your fast-paced weekly update straight from Kim's desk to your ears. |
0:20.6 | I'm Mike James, and we are continuing our coverage of all the scams that are taking |
0:25.2 | advantage of people during this coronavirus pandemic. |
0:28.6 | There are more scammers now than ever before, and to protect you and your family and |
0:34.1 | keep you up to date on everything that's going on. |
0:38.3 | In just a bit, Kim talks with Tom Edwards, who's the U.S. Secret Service special agent in |
0:43.8 | charge. |
0:44.8 | And as far as what does the Secret Service have to do with the pandemic and all the scams going on, |
0:50.7 | he's going to tell you about that in just a few moments and how scammers are after your |
0:55.4 | stimulus checks. That and much more. Kim also talks with Lori Hodges. She's the vice president of |
1:02.0 | North America Risk at Visa. She's going to talk about the level of sophistication in the new |
1:08.0 | phone scams and how Visa is addressing the fraud and counterfeiting that's going on right now. |
1:14.3 | And just what can you do if you do get hacked? |
1:18.0 | And by the way, this is not the nationally syndicated Kim Commando show on over 400 radio stations nationwide. |
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1:37.1 | in just a moment with U.S. Secret Service special agent in charge, Tom Edwards, on command on |
1:44.0 | demand insider. |
1:51.3 | No doubt Google and Facebook, they've been trying to fight the spread of everything from |
1:55.0 | coronavirus misinformation to hoaxes and scams and price gouging sellers. |
2:00.2 | And then there's the dark web. According to a |
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