Fraud, Scams, and Identify Theft | Have A Seat with Haywood “Woody” Talcove

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen

True Crime

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On this episode of Have a Seat, Chris Hansen is joined by Haywood “Woody” Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions to talk the latest in fraud, scams and identity thefts putting you at risk to becoming a victim. From government to COVID fraud; to DOGE and EBT scandals; to bad actors operating on the dark web stealing your identity and sleeper-cells and cyber-terrorism group operating on U.S. soil under our noses, this episode will catch you up to speed in the latest cons and illegal activity impacting society today. This episode is brought to you in part by: Home Title Lock: Go to https://hometitlelock.com/chrishansen and use promo code HANSEN to get a FREE title history report and a FREE TRIAL of their Triple Lock Protection! For details visit https://hometitlelock.com/warranty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.
0:02.8	We'll be on it all the time.
0:04.1	He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone.
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0:29.6	U.K.S. claims. One of the amazing things about my job besides, you know, being able to pretty much choose whatever story I want to do at this stage in my career and life, is that I get to travel.
0:51.2	And when you travel, there are a couple different ways to approach it.
0:55.2	There are some guys who wear a hoodie and hide in the corner seat near the window.
0:59.6	I tend to just be myself. And the result of that, and I've been very fortunate about this,
1:05.7	is that you meet a lot of interesting people. And there are people who not only become friends, but there are people who have their fingers
1:15.6	on the pulse of what goes on in my world, information, data mining, things you need to know
1:24.8	about covering crime and waste and fraud and management and all kinds of
1:29.7	interesting things that go on around the world. And that's exactly what happened to me about 15
1:34.8	years ago on a flight from New York to Washington, D.C. when I met a fellow named Haywood Talcove.
1:41.3	I call him Woody, and most people do. And Woody is the CEO of Lexus
1:45.8	Nexus Solutions. Now, you probably have heard of Lexus Nexus, whether you've used it at a law
1:51.1	firm or in law enforcement. There are many, many applications here. But this is a guy who literally,
1:58.6	and I'm going to try and get him to tell me some of this stuff that he may or may not want to tell me,
2:03.0	but he's got his fingers on the pulse of what happens in this world.
2:07.9	Woody Talcove, thank you for having a seat with me. I appreciate it.
2:10.5	Chris, I am so looking forward to this, and I can't believe it was 15 years.
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