Winter storms have swept the country recently and we've previously experienced other forms of severe weather or dangerous phenomena.

In this postscript edition, we tell you about the scammers who swoop in during disasters.

Don't make a crisis even worse. Listen in and find out how to protect yourself from those who want you to pay for services or say your charity money will go to help those in need.

Listen to our new podcast: Unseen Influences. Available everywhere.

Learn about our new podcast -- Unseen Influences. It takes you behind the scenes of the techniques others use to guide our behavior.

It officially launches in February, but Scams & Cons listeners can listen to early episodes right now. You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts or by going to our website, unseeninfluences.com.

In this four-minute episode, I'll also bring you up-to-date on what's happening with Scams & Cons and give you details about what shows to expect on Unseen Influences.

Listen in -- you're the first to know.

The only ways I know to get easy money is to either to be born rich, marry a rich partner or have someone bequeath you a fortune.

If someone stepped up to us and said they have a way for us to make a lot of money fast, odds are we’d listen – listening doesn’t cost anything. Unless the person doing the talking is a scammer and they have now set the hook and may very well reel us in.

Today we'll talk about Easy Money scams and you'll learn just how easy it is for you to lose your cash.