HeyJaredScam Of The Week
CEO/President Jan Diaz from The Better Business Bureau for Northern Indiana joins Tommie Lee each week for a slightly deeper dive on the Scam Of The Week segment heard on 953 MNC, MNC Nation, and other Federated Media stations each week.
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- 7
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- Sep 13, 2026
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- Jul 21, 2026
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Off to college? Here's Scam knowledge. (opens the original)
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Tommie Lee and President/CEO Jan Diaz of the BBB of Northern Indiana talk about scams that directly target new college students and try to catch them off-guard with their personal and financial information. Report suspicious, confusing, or misleading ads to BBB Ad Truth or report a scam with BBB ScamTracker . If you have lost money, report it to FTC at Report Fraud.FTC.gov For more information on consumer tips, visit BBB.org. If you spot a scam, whether you have lost money or not, report it to B
The "Grandparents Scam" is always evolving with new technology (opens the original)
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Tommie Lee and President/CEO Jan Diaz of the BBB of Northern Indiana discuss scams that target grandparents. They've been around for a while, but now they're becoming more difficult to detect. Report suspicious, confusing, or misleading ads to BBB Ad Truth or report a scam with BBB ScamTracker . If you have lost money, report it to FTC at Report Fraud.FTC.gov For more information on consumer tips, visit BBB.org. If you spot a scam, whether you have lost money or not, report it to BBB’s Scam Trac
That voucher you received might be a scam (opens the original)
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Tommie Lee and President/CEO Jan Diaz of the BBB of Northern Indiana talk about scams that come in the form of vouchers, and how to tell when something might be fake that looks convincing. Report suspicious, confusing, or misleading ads to BBB Ad Truth or report a scam with BBB ScamTracker . If you have lost money, report it to FTC at Report Fraud.FTC.gov For more information on consumer tips, visit BBB.org. If you spot a scam, whether you have lost money or not, report it to BBB’s Scam Tracker
How to protect your kids from scammers in apps and online (opens the original)
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Tommie Lee and President/CEO Jan Diaz of the BBB of Northern Indiana discuss scams that target kids online and on their devices. Report suspicious, confusing, or misleading ads to BBB Ad Truth or report a scam with BBB ScamTracker . If you have lost money, report it to FTC at Report Fraud.FTC.gov For more information on consumer tips, visit BBB.org. If you spot a scam, whether you have lost money or not, report it to BBB’s Scam Tracker at BBB.org/ScamTracker . Your story can help other consumers
A Social Security scam wants you to think your cost of living increase isn't automatic (opens the original)
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Tommie Lee and President/CEO Jan Diaz of the BBB of Northern Indiana talk about scammers who try to convince people their COLA increases for Social Security require a few steps to go into effect. But these are automatic increases that require no additional steps, and people need to know that. Report suspicious, confusing, or misleading ads to BBB Ad Truth or report a scam with BBB ScamTracker . If you have lost money, report it to FTC at Report Fraud.FTC.gov For more information on consumer tips
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