John: Okay. So this time I’m going to be advising people to get on a mailing list. This is the tip of the day. It is the Scam Gram Consumer Actions monthly email. It’s actually entertaining. I get it and I read it. It’s interesting. Okay. You go to consumer-action.org. Click the box. It says Scam Gram and then sign up.
Adam: What do you get?
John: You get a newsletter once a month that tells you all these crazy scams.
Adam: Well, give me an example of a scam.
John: I can just open one of the newsletters.
Adam: Yeah. I mean, what kind of tip is this? You’re just telling us that tip is to get to— It could be forwarding to a divorce Oasis Substack for all we know.
John: Maybe — there’s a tip of the day.
Adam: Give us one of these scam tips from there, from the newsletter. Do you have it in front of you?
John: I just opened it. Okay. I’m just going to take a random scam and read it.
I got to get my glasses, it’s small type. Two days ago, before we hear about a new aviation scare accent that rattles the nerves of the flying public. Well, setting aside for a moment— it’s long-winded! — Although we like to call it hard to believe, we can’t. ABC, a six-affiliate serving the Providence area of Rhode Island, reported last week that the Barrington Police Department made an arrest in connection with a scam that claimed to be raising money for the family of two victims of the Washington DC midair plane collision.
I mean, that’s one of the scams. It goes on. Yeah. This is good stuff. I’m telling you. I mean, you might not like it. This is a good tip!
During a case that just goes on. There’s a million of these scams going on. I just could randomly read any of them because they’re craft— A Good Housekeeping website published a story this week about scams sparked by the looming closure of some 800 Joanne Fabrics. The scam involved— Anyway,
Adam: I have it here. I see one. Apparently, newsletters going out with a picture of a sad puppy!