Vicky Nguyen
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247 appearances
14 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 9 Jul
Vicky Nguyen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Just do a gut check, always pause, get a second opinion before you ever give out your personal information or pay a penny to anyone.
GoFundMe actually has this centralized hub for all of its fundraisers related to the wildfire, and their trust and safety team has verified that. So you can go to that hub to make sure the fund that you're trying to donate to is legitimate.
They do have a money-back guarantee for your peace of mind, but they also say, please, use your common sense, not just for this disaster, but for all GoFundMe accounts that are set up. So some tips. Donate to fundraisers where you directly know someone or it's a friend of a friend. That way, at least you have a connection.
If it's a stranger, you want to look at the description and make sure it has information about the organizer and their actual relationship to the beneficiaries. And this one's a little trickier, but if you know how to go on Google and use a reverse image search, Google will allow you to look up the images on that GoFundMe to see if those are just stock photos.
Almost like catfishing, Vicki, in a way.
Exactly. They use these great images that really tug on your heartstrings. And then you realize, oh, this is from like 2009. And honestly, it just takes a moment, right, to do a quick Google search. Has this GoFundMe or this organization been written about by reputable news outlets?
The first thing they need to do is understand what the benefits are that they're eligible for. People can get assistance from FEMA. They can get help with short-term rent, with lodging, like if they need to stay at a hotel or somewhere. and rebuilding. But you do need to reach out to the government. FEMA's website is there for you to go and fill out those applications.
But you need to make sure that the people you are interacting with really are from the federal government.
Yeah, be very careful if you're getting a phone call from a random number, right? Scammers will pose as callers from FEMA. Sometimes, Andrea, they will spoof FEMA's number to make it look like it's coming from FEMA. So if anyone is calling to ask you for your personal financial information— that is a red flag.
This is on you to reach out to the government, not for someone to call and solicit that information from you, right? Also, if someone comes to you, maybe you're going through the belongings you have at your home and they show up, you want to ask, what is your government ID? A FEMA jacket, that's not enough. You can buy that online and put that on. They should have a registration number as well.
If you've already set up your account, you're going through the process, they should be able to verify information to you, not vice versa. If you are applying for aid through FEMA, you don't have to pay anything. It is free. You do not have to pay an application fee at all. If someone's trying to charge you, that is a scam. Same for any sort of inspection from FEMA. That is free.
What I want people to know is contractors will be out. People will be soliciting business. But what you want to do is make sure you get their name, their phone number, their license number. And you can look up whether or not they are a licensed contractor in the area where you're rebuilding because taking the time to do that research will save you so much heartache later on.
We're so grateful for the opportunity to talk about this. So I want people to be empowered with this information and just do a gut check. Always pause. Get a second opinion before you ever give out your personal information or pay a penny to anyone.
Thank you.
She's apparently glued to her phone watching her home security system when the intruders had broken into the home and were murdering her husband.
Yeah, that's exactly right. They did find video very early on. Investigators came across video of two suspects running towards the house wearing hoodies, so you couldn't see their faces. Only the master bedroom appeared to have been ransacked.
Another thing is that the intruders who broke in, they took the DVRs of the home security system, which was tucked away in the garage, not really in an obvious place. And it would sort of call into question, if you're taking that, how did you even know where that was?
And I think the most odd thing that stuck out to investigators' minds was that Fabio had a Rolex watch that was still left on his wrist after the murder.
Yeah. Apparently, according to court documents, Monica had been having an affair with a racquetball instructor at her local gym.
Was there a murder weapon found? They've never found a murder weapon. Fabio was a big guy. He was a really big guy. And for one person to have been able to take him out like that, you know, would not have been an easy feat.
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