Tech Talk – Feb. 21st, 2026

Tech Talk with Alan Perry

Alan Perry

Technology

5.0 • 6 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

This week on Tech Talk, Alan Perry is joined by Berle Zwaan, just-retired Saanich Police Fraud Squad officer and founder of the Outsmart the Scammer Fraud Prevention Society, for an in-depth look at the latest scams and how to protect yourself. Breaking down a surge in dangerous new scams, including fake BC Hydro refund texts, phony nurse benefit messages, Amazon “hold” calls, Disney+ email fraud, and account reset code traps, and explains exactly how criminals are trying to get into your bank and email accounts. In tech news, we cover Apple’s upcoming March event, Google’s new Pixel 10a, Samsung’s next Galaxy reveal, new PST charges coming to cable and home phone services in B.C., emerging 5G terms like VoNR, the new federal EV rebate program, and a controversial Meta AI patent that could post on your behalf after you die. Plus: major mobile plan deals from Freedom and Public Mobile, new streaming perks for MLS fans, and Kathryn’s Paleontology News on a newly discovered “unicorn” dinosaur from the Sahara.

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0:00.0	Now, Tech Talk with Alan Perry on the IHeart Radio Talk Network.
0:09.7	Ganghai-Fa-Joy, welcome to the Lunar New Year Winter Olympics weekend edition of Tech Talk.
0:15.5	We are live with you on Saturday morning, February 21st, 2026, on C-Fax 1070 in Victoria, on Colonna's AM-1550 in the Okinawagon Valley, across Canada on the IHeart Radio Top Network, and anywhere in the world on radio streaming apps like Radio Garden.
0:32.4	Sunday afternoon, the 22nd, as we have the Lunar New Year parade in downtown Victoria.
0:38.7	We will be being rebroadcast on C-Fax, and then we will have a podcast for you anywhere you get your podcasts.
0:45.7	Catherine normally gets it finished by about 1230 or so on Saturdays, and then it'll pop up if you are subscribed.
0:52.8	We this weekend is myself, Alan Perry,
0:55.3	and somebody who no longer has CST in her name.
0:59.0	Berlis Wan, who is just retired from the Senate's Police Fraud Squad
1:03.4	and is now going to go forth as founder of the Outsmart,
1:07.8	the Scammer Fraud Prevention Society.
1:09.5	Welcome back.
1:10.7	Gongze Fat Chai. Good morning. Thank you for having me back. That was Mandarin. There you go.
1:16.2	Thanks for me, your congratulations on retiring.
1:19.1	Thank you. 21 days in and it feels great.
1:21.9	Did they have a big surprise retirement party for you?
1:24.1	They did, although I found out about the surprise, so it ended up not being a surprise. Given what you do,
1:28.4	it's really hard to keep secrets from police officers. So thanks for everything that you've done in your
1:34.9	role as a police officer, but now you've decided this is going to be your passion, as it always has been,
1:40.5	so you're going to go forth and multiply? Yes, thank you. 30 years in policing has been a long time.
1:46.1	The last five years I've been concentrating in this area.
1:49.1	I absolutely love presenting out to the community about fraud safety and scam safety.
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