598 - Don't be a victim: Tom talks Online Scams

Today, I'm going to talk about online scams, including several brand new scams that haven't really been seen before that much. Now, if you think I'm too smart to be scammed, I don't need to listen to this episode. Well, there was a famous scammer that once said, If you think you're too smart to be scammed, I want to meet you.

Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 598

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00:23 Tom's introduction to Online Scams

02:08 Online backlink scam

04:53 Pencil pushing government slugs

08:20 "Fact checking" places

09:38 Scammers using real government programs

11:00 Beware of Zelle payment processing from your bank

13:07 "Cloud access" job scams

14:50 Disaster scams and fake charities

16:30 High wind roof scams

17:21 "Fake" money, lottery scams and free roofs

22:50 Receiving a death sentence from a scam

24:38 "Meet the scammers" documentary

25:25 Using different passwords online

27:48 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) and portable security drives

Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast

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College Ripoff Quiz - https://imtcva.org/quiz

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Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel

How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/

Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/

KickStartCart - http://www.kickstartcart.com/

Copywriting901 - https://copywriting901.com/

Disabilities Page - https://imtcva.org/disabilities/

AI generated faces - https://thenextweb.com/news/scammers-used-ai-generated-faces-to-pose-as-a-boston-law-firm

Random Face Generator - https://this-person-does-not-exist.com/en

Which Face is Real - https://www.whichfaceisreal.com/

Seminar scam article - https://www.antion.com/top20seminarscams.htm

Calling Bullshit - https://www.callingbullshit.org/

Co-founder of Snopes in plagiarism scandal - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/snopes-cofounder-plagiarism-mikkelson

NY Times article on Snopes - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/business/media/snopes-plagiarism-David-Mikkelson.html

Forbes article on Snopes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/12/22/the-daily-mail-snopes-story-and-fact-checking-the-fact-checkers/

Daily Mail article on Snopes - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4730092/Snopes-brink-founder-accused-fraud-lying.html

Have I Been Pwned - https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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