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Muddy Waters - Calling Out Scams and Debunking Misinformation.

Muddy Waters is hosted by five-time published author Phillip Macko. Muddy Waters presents unfiltered, unbiased information designed to help you better understand how to protect yourself from Scams, sort through the never-ending sea of misinformation to form your own informed perspective, and gain a better understanding of societal trends, opinions and decisions that shape our lives. Not left-leaning. Not right-leaning. Fact-leaning.

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00:13:30

Scammer Playbook Revealed: Learn How to Recognize...

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2024/05/16

After extensive research and interviews with multiple victims of Scams, I've learned the playbook commonly used in all Investment and Romance Scams. This 13-minute video may save you or a loved one 1,000s to 100,000s of thousands. In the case of one Scam victim - millions. Please don't miss it.If you're interested in seeing the "receipts," the YouTube video version of this episode will be released on May 17th, 2024 at 1 pm PT. Find it here...https://youtu.be/DZDFtcrl3BE

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00:28:52

He's Used AI to Create 40 eBooks - It Takes Work and...

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2024/05/13

After publishing a YouTube video on my experience using AI to create a book, a gentleman reached out to me who had published 40 eBooks using AI as a starting point. As he'll share, he's NOT making millions of dollars as many YouTube videos will suggest one can. He's re-writing and editing to make what AI produces into something he's proud of. He's spending money on a daily investing in marketing his books. Think you can get rich quickly using AI to write for you? Think again

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00:07:14

850k Victims, 75k Fake Shopping Sites.- What You Need...

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2024/05/10

For over three years, a cybercrime syndicate operated an estimated 75,000 fake shopping sites all designed to capture your address and credit card information and then sell it on the Dark Web. Here's what you need to know, what to watch out for, and how to protect yourself.

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00:15:51

Organized Crime Syndicates Behind Investment and...

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2024/05/08

In Myanmar there's a compound housing thousands of human trafficking victims who are forced at gunpoint to sign contracts and who work 16-hour days...making outreaches to people like you and I to engage us in investment, romance, and identity theft scams. Here's what you need to know.

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00:03:01

Fallen Victim to a Scam? I'm Writing a Book on Scams...

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2024/05/06

At a dinner party tonight my friend, who all know I'm a writer, asked me if I was working on a new book. When I told them I was writing a book on Scams, a friend pulled me aside and told me her story. Her now ex-husband lost $400k to a CryptoCurrency Pig Butchering Scam. We need to get the word out, folks. If you have a story you're willing to share, I want to hear from you.

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00:08:44

AI-Authored eBooks - Is The Writing Any Good?

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2024/05/05

In addition to the logistical challenges, plagiarism risks, and high (eventual) costs associated with using AI to create and sell eBooks, AI writing is generic, non-cited, and has no "author's voice." I'll prove it to you in this video.

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00:16:59

AI-Created eBooks: Think You'll Get Rich Quick? Think...

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2024/05/03

If you've watched one of the 150,000+ videos telling you how you can get rich quick by using AI to publish eBooks for sale, then this video is for you. I'll touch on the quality (or lack thereof) of AI-produced content, the plagiarism risks, the logistical challenges, and the costs involved (yes, there are costs) when creating an eBook using AI. I'm a five-time published author and will share myexperiment in AI as well as what I've learned over the years.

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00:17:45

Our Memory Construct - The Greatest Source of...

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2024/05/01

Once under the care of a psychiatrist, Nadeen Cool began remembering...being part of a Satanic cult, eating babies, having sex with animals, defining the more than 120 personalities inhabiting her. None of these memories were real. In this episode, we dive deep into the memory construct, how it's so easily fooled, and explore shocking cases of the false memory effect. Memory influences our self-perception, it effects the decisions we make, the relationships we value, it impacts every aspect of

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00:13:18

Scam Alert - Romance Scams. What You Need to Know to...

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2024/04/26

According to the Federal Trade Commission, Romance Scams are the most frequently encountered of scams. In 2021, for example, there were $70,000 romance scams reported to the FTC. In this episode we discuss how they work, how to spot the signs and what to do if you've fallen victim.

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00:22:29

Manipulation, Gaslighting - Are Dark Psychology...

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2024/04/24

When we think of manipulation, often we consider it en masse. The media, social media echo chambers, PR and Advertisements designed to effect behaviors and change thinking. We often don't see it at the micro level when it's happening to us. In today's episode, we'll discuss what motivates manipulative people, the 16 different techniques they employ, and most importantly how you can both identify the signs and protect yourself and those you care about from manipulative people in your

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00:08:56

AI Voice Scam - How It Works, What To Know and HOW TO...

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2024/04/17

This week, a couple in PA received an emergency call from someone they thought was their daughter. They lost $34,000 to scammers who had cloned their daughter's voice. In this episode we explore what happened, how the scam works and most importantly how to protect yourself and your loved ones.

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00:12:31

The Unbiased Facts Around US Funding to Ukraine

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2024/04/17

Setting aside the atrocities of war, the human toll, loss of life and more, Ukraine funding has become a battle between political parties. Many Americans feel that we should stop providing aid, and instead repurpose these monies to crisis at our own border. To be clear, this episode is not about trying to convince you otherwise. It's instead to present the objective military, financial and global implications of Ukraine aid in an effort to help you decide for yourself based on the data. For

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00:25:53

SCAM Alert - What is "Pig Butchering" and How Can You...

Muddy Waters - Calling Out Scams and Debunking... ·

2024/04/15

Like so many of us, maybe you've recently received an unsolicited email, text or LinkedIn message from someone you don't know. Maybe an attractive stranger reached out to you on a dating app. That's how it starts, and if you're not careful it takes shape in the seven clear stages of the "Pig Butchering" scam. In this episode we tell you how it all works, and importantly - how you can avoid losing thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions by knowing the signs.

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