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Hey everybody it's

Hey everybody it's Jean Chatsky. Welcome to Her Money. If you own a cell phone

which I'm pretty sure everyone listening to this podcast does in fact you might be listening to this podcast on your

cell phone then I'm sure you are no stranger to spam calls these days it feels

almost as if robots call us more than real people do. But

Robocalls, as they're known, are not the only way that we are getting spammed and scammed these days.

Identities are being stolen every single day.

Credit card numbers are swiped.

Fraudulent activity pops up on statements left and right.

Khan artists who are constantly trying to break through barriers to get their hands on our personal information seem to be succeeding at every turn, which is why

we have to take extra steps to ensure our own safety, particularly when it comes to our identities and to the easily

hackable technology that we use on a daily basis. Fortunately for us, Frank Abagnale is in the house. As many of you probably

know, Frank is a former Khan artist himself who had turned the corner and has now been helping

individuals and corporations keep themselves so much safer for years. He is the author of Scam Me if you can. He is an AARP

ambassador and he knows all of the tricks that scammers have up their sleeves.

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