This week Patti and Kristina talk about A.I. scams that have been plaguing the Nation. An A.I. scam is where an imposter steals the voice print and/or image of an individual and then pretends to be them. Because they can make audio and video sound and look very much like the person from whom they stole the voice print and image from and then starts to impersonate them in a variety of illegal ways and situations, mostly to scam or defraud other individuals out of money. Learn ways to help spot A.I. phone calls and videos.

TRAVEL SCAMS - This week, Scam Squad host Patti Teel and Chief D.A. Investigator Kristina Perkins, discuss the latest travel scams, in particular airline ticket booking scams. Investigator Perkins also discusses other scams that are currently attacking Santa Barbara County and the Nation. Be sure to listen to this episode if you are planning to travel or fly soon.

This week, our guest is Montecito Bank, who recently detected a romance scam being perpetrated on one of it's bank customers. Learn about romances scams, as well as about other types of impersonationist scams, by listening to Scam Squad each week.

Commander Bryan Millard, in Grover Beach CA, has spearheaded an all-new Scam Fighting Organization to protect senior citizens from scammers. The local police and several other diverse members of the community have come together to create a strong anti-scam community outreach program called Silver Shield. For more information about this group, be sure to listen to this podcast!

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Today we look at the Courier Scams that had been surging in Santa Barbara County, the State, and the Nation. Courier Scams are when a Grandparents Scam, Kidnapping Scam, Extortion Scam, or similar scams where the crooks have remotely pressured the victims into agreeing to hand over large amounts of money in the form of cash, gift cards, gold coins, etc to a courier that shows up at the victims location, receives the money, packages it, and sends it off by mail, ups, fed-x or other means.

This week, host Patti Teel and Greg from the District Attorney's Office, tells us about the huge consequences of Identity Theft and then guides us step by step as to how to very simply and easily, totally guard yourself from Identity Theft.

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Deputy District Attorney Kirstina Perkins and Senior Fraud Specialist Shawn Dyer from Montecito Bank and Trust, explain how to protect yourselves from being scammed by two of the worst Bank Imposter Scams, the first being the Bank Imposter Scam and the second as the Pay Pal Imposter Scam. These are very highly sophisticated scams that most victims easily fall for. Listen to Shawn Dyer and Deputy District Attroney Kristina Perkins explain in detail how to spot and protect yourselves from these scams.