How to spot a military romance scam w/ Kagan Dunlap

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4.6 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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For almost 10 years, scammers have used US Marine Kagan Dunlap’s photos to fool lonely women into giving them thousands of dollars. He’s here to talk about being the unwilling face of a military romance scam. Plus, Alexa’s creepy doomsday prediction, a big cybersecurity fail, and Black Friday email scams to avoid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital
0:07.0	and beyond. And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak
0:12.3	with me. Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email, Kim,
0:17.0	fill that out, and that's it. I'm not going to start out with a question.
0:22.8	No? Because you always tell me I start out with a question.
0:28.1	You don't have a question like, have you ever petted an elephant or what planet have you been to? Nothing like that? What's the strangest thing you've ever asked Alexa?
0:32.4	You couldn't. You couldn't do it. I know. What's the strangest thing? I don't have Alexa. What's the strangest thing if I asked Google? I don't know. I ask Google a lot of math and it's not very good.
0:43.1	No, math? No. If you go bigger than two numbers, it's lost. That's why I'm not worried about
0:50.0	AI. 12. I don't know. Square root of seven.
0:55.1	Doesn't matter.
0:55.8	It doesn't get it.
0:56.4	No.
0:57.4	Okay.
1:00.6	Well, there's a woman by the name of Lucy Blake.
1:02.6	She's going viral on TikTok.
1:05.9	And this video has had over two million views.
1:06.1	Okay.
1:07.7	A little bit more than ours.
1:08.3	Just a little bit.
1:14.3	And it has to do with Alexa answering a question about when the United States is going to end.
1:15.1	Here, watch.
1:18.4	What happens to America in February 20, 20, 31?
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