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Speaker 1: I do not get into conversations with people that are

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Speaker 1: sending you random texts. That is happening all the time.

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Speaker 2: Scammers have gotten creative with new a's of deception. So

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Speaker 2: in order to keep folks safe, the Suffaccounting DA's Office

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Speaker 2: is sharing the latest scammer tactics and what to do

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Speaker 2: if it happens to you.

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Speaker 3: It can take a toll on people emotionally, physically, and

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Speaker 3: of course financially, so we wanted to prevent things as

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Speaker 3: best we can from happening.

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Speaker 2: Jacqueline Lamont with the DA's office went over about a

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Speaker 2: dozen examples.

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Speaker 4: It's interesting because people wind up sharing some of their

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Speaker 4: own experiences with us as the workshop goes.

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Speaker 2: On at the Fraud Fighters Workshop at Saint Podolph Apartments

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Speaker 2: in Back Bay. She said the most common scams they

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Speaker 2: see are technology scams and calls from scammers impersonating government officials,

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Speaker 2: and that if you do fall for a scam, not

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Speaker 2: to feel ashamed or embarrassed, because it can truly happen

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Speaker 2: to anyone in Back Bay. I'm a freedman. W b Z,

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Speaker 2: Boston's news radio