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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

Scams are surging. Could you be a victim?

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday

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Millions of people are losing money through scams involving government and business impersonators, fake jobs and bogus shopping sites.
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Scams are becoming more common and more expensive.

Last year, more than two and a half million Americans reported that they had been scammed, and that number has been increasing, along with their losses. The amount of money lost to scammers topped more than $10 billion last year, up from about $2 billion in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Scammers have also gotten more sophisticated, increasingly impersonating government agencies and businesses to manipulate people out of their money.

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the latest examples and trends in scams, how anyone could fall for them and how to protect yourself.

And we want to hear from you.

Have you or someone close to you been targeted by a scam or been the victim of a scam?  

Call us during the 9 a.m. hour at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.

Guests:

  • Jacqueline Olson is the assistant commissioner of enforcement in the Minnesota Department of Commerce. She oversees the department’s fraud bureau which investigates criminal insurance and financial fraud. She also oversees other consumer fraud resources, including a service center that addresses complaints about businesses regulated by the department such as banks, insurance and debt collectors.

  • Susan Adams Loyd is the president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau Serving Minnesota and North Dakota. The BBB publishes an annual report on scam trends and maintains the Scam Tracker database, which allows the public to report and look up scams in their geographic area.

  • Donna DiMenna was the target of a scam in 2024. She lives in the Twin Cities where she works as an organizational psychologist with expertise in executive development.   

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