Stories of real life scams and frauds

Anyone of us can fall victim to scams and fraud. In this age of ever advancing technology, unfortunately there are more and more folks out there scheming on how to make an easy buck by tricking us out of ours.

This section will relate real stories of scams and fraud experienced those amongst us. Hopefully, we can all learn from these unfortunate stories and realize that the more we talk about it and learn, the better we can all protect ourselves. There is no shame in falling for these schemes -- we just need to learn more and share.

Celebrity Andy Cohen and bank card fraud scam

Story to be added with Andy Cohen's discussion of how he was scammed through a bank card fraud.

Retired Chicago area priest victim to scam common among seniors

Story to be added about Rev. Robert Banzin's loss through a financial scam.