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Rebecca
Dec 12, 2023
Great podcast!
Sep 9, 2021
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Scammers are using Amber Alerts to steal info on your child
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Feb 20, 2025 |
Scammers do stupid things, too. Let us tell you about them.
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Feb 13, 2025 |
One bad click wipes out a life's savings and a scammer took the money, but kept the pictures
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Feb 06, 2025 |
Welcome to Season 8
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Jan 30, 2025 |
REPLAY: Time travelers are scamming thousands
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Jan 23, 2025 |
REPLAY: Miracle cures have arrived! Whatever the ailment, they will do the job
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Jan 09, 2025 |
Squatters are getting more creative - and more political
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Dec 26, 2024 |
Adoption fraud: When hopeful parents are robbed of their dream
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Dec 12, 2024 |
The swoop and squat scam is back!
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Dec 05, 2024 |
Scammers say Black Friday 'tis the season to be stealing
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Nov 28, 2024 |
Scammers find a new way to turn your loose coins into big cash
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Nov 21, 2024 |
Why scammers only want to steal your heart
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Nov 14, 2024 |
A pastor may have misunderstood God and ripped off his flock
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Nov 04, 2024 |
Want to see a great picture of your house? Ask a scammer.
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Oct 28, 2024 |
Some scammers steal your heart for love, not money
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Oct 24, 2024 |
Is Brad Pitt a romance scammer?
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Oct 21, 2024 |
A scammer takes a man's money and his life
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Oct 14, 2024 |
Scammers invade local governments and steal your money
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Oct 10, 2024 |
Gold star families swindled and pickpockets use "touchless" credit card theft
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Oct 07, 2024 |
A 13-year-old girl tries to scam a pensioner out of his life savings
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Sep 30, 2024 |
Magicians compare their deceptions to those of con artists
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Sep 26, 2024 |
Karens in California try to scam beachgoers
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Sep 23, 2024 |
A Minnesota city loses more than $1 million, but doesn't want the public to know
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Sep 16, 2024 |
The marks who should have known better
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Sep 12, 2024 |
Scammers are leasing homeowner's pools for parties without their knowledge
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Sep 09, 2024 |
Scammers use pastors to hit their marks
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Sep 02, 2024 |
Season 7 is about to begin!
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Aug 22, 2024 |
Scammer robs family of $15k vacation. Smart TVs may be tricking you into giving up personal information
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Aug 15, 2024 |
A man disguises himself as a woman to scam the groom out of his estate
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Aug 01, 2024 |
Woman told she is on "secret probation" and loses hundreds of thousands of dollars
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Jul 18, 2024 |
REPLAY: Hoaxes vs Scams
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Jul 11, 2024 |
Woman falling down escalator marks return of pigeon scam
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Jul 04, 2024 |
An Uber driver was killed while delivering a package for a scammer and a Canadian scammer is in jail for a $175 million e-mail fraud in the U.S.
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Jun 20, 2024 |
Woman scammed by promise of free home make-over
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Jun 06, 2024 |
Clean and green -- washing your checks
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May 23, 2024 |
A scam leaves a man in a coma and a woman's home is stolen
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May 16, 2024 |
Why steal your identity when all scammers need is a synthetic you?
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May 09, 2024 |
A boy amputates his legs to get insurance month and "ghost hacking" sends messages to the deceased family
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May 02, 2024 |
Faking your death
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Apr 25, 2024 |
News: A Nebraska woman is conned out of a gold bar a woman buys the wrong kind of gift card, frustrating a scammer, but still losing her money
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Apr 18, 2024 |
Witness Protection Programs -- it's not an easy way to vanish
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Apr 11, 2024 |
Woman recovers $147k from scammer and a man tries to own the New York Hotel
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Apr 04, 2024 |
Hear from Maureen, a woman whose husband disappeared and she doesn't know why
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Mar 28, 2024 |
Scammers break into a physician's prescription system, creating orders for tens of thousands of addictive drugs and a lawsuit has been filed against CitiGroup for not doing enough to protect customers
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Mar 21, 2024 |
Vanishing: Where to go and dealing with loneliness
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Mar 14, 2024 |
Woman uses soap opera scheme in attempt to kill husband; catfishing scam hits business for $4 million
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Mar 07, 2024 |
Vanished: How to go missing and avoid those searching for you.
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Scams & Cons News: Scammers use a smartphone with Bluetooth to steal 800 gallons of gasoline and the DEA accidently gives $500,000 to scammers
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Feb 15, 2024 |
The longest con of all -- vanishing. Why would anyone want to do it?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
Season 6 -- A user's guide
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Feb 08, 2024 |
Scams & Cons News: A dating app leads to a carjacking and are you being smished?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
BONUS: Lee Goldberg tells how he writes scams into his books and TV shows
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Jan 25, 2024 |
REPLAY: Luxury scams
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Jan 18, 2024 |
REPLAY: Three Card Monte - Remastered
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Jan 11, 2024 |
REPLAY: The Russian Bride Scam
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Jan 04, 2024 |
See ya next year
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Dec 28, 2023 |
Miracle cures have arrived! Whatever the ailment, they will do the job
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Dec 14, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News: Funeral home scammer takes money from widow, bank disses woman who was scammed, asking if her husband did it, and more!
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Dec 07, 2023 |
Robo calls -- How they work, who makes them and how you can cash in by listening
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Nov 23, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News for November 16, 2023
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Nov 16, 2023 |
You can be the victim of a con. Here's how.
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Nov 09, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News for November 2, 2023
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Nov 02, 2023 |
Justification: Scammers explain why they do what they do
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Oct 26, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News for October 19, 2023
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Oct 19, 2023 |
Imposters: Which is real: Batman or Bruce Wayne?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News for October 5, 2023
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Oct 05, 2023 |
Time travelers are scamming thousands
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Sep 28, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News September 21, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023 |
How to train pick-up artists
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Sep 14, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News for September 7, 2023
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Sep 07, 2023 |
This is no misdirection, Season 5 begins Sept. 7. To get things going, here's a full episode on Misdirection
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Aug 17, 2023 |
Scams & Cons News for July 20, 2023
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Jul 20, 2023 |
Introducing Scams & Cons News
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Jun 01, 2023 |
Bits and Pieces
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May 18, 2023 |
Donation scams: Give until you bleed
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May 04, 2023 |
Three tales that continue to fool the world
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Apr 20, 2023 |
Using the media to fool us
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Apr 06, 2023 |
Medical secrets: How politicians hid life-threatening conditions that could have halted their political careers
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Mar 23, 2023 |
Harry Truman and the Kansas City mob
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Mar 09, 2023 |
Stadiums: Teams use a proven and legal plan to use your money to build new stadiums
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Feb 23, 2023 |
Bribery: How American corporations, the State of Illinois, Walmart and Fat Leonard steered public money their way
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Feb 09, 2023 |
Alabama sheriffs use 1939 law to starve prisoners and pocket the savings
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Jan 26, 2023 |
Season Four begins in two weeks!
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Jan 12, 2023 |
Introducing Scamapalooza!
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Jan 05, 2023 |
A fan favorite and the end of season 3
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Dec 01, 2022 |
Twins: They may look alike, but they don't work as a team
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Nov 17, 2022 |
Luxury scams: Luxury can't be stolen -- it's a state of mind
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Nov 03, 2022 |
The Mustard: Pockets cleaned at no extra charge
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Oct 20, 2022 |
We caught him because we could: Frank Abagnale Jr. still conning us
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Oct 06, 2022 |
Cults: I know what's best for you. Give me your money and abandon your family. You'll be glad you did.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Blackmail: I know a guy who knows a guy. Know what I mean?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
A quick look at voter registration fraud
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Awww... I've missed you guys
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Aug 11, 2022 |
Summer break! We'll be back in the fall!
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Music scams: Both musicians and listeners can be off-key
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Jun 30, 2022 |
Sweepstakes scams: You may already be a loser!
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Jun 16, 2022 |
Credentials scams: Not worth the paper it's written on
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Jun 02, 2022 |
Coupon scams
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May 19, 2022 |
Long cons: Patience is the reward
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May 05, 2022 |
Sex scams
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Apr 21, 2022 |
Art scams -- the play's the thing!
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Apr 07, 2022 |
Unbelievable cons
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Mar 24, 2022 |
The Pigeon Drop: No dry cleaner required. Scammers will clean you for free.
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Mar 10, 2022 |
Pet scams: Karma's a bitch
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Valentine's Scams: I love you, but I love your money more.
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Feb 10, 2022 |
We're back Feb. 10, but first, a warning about QR codes
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Jan 27, 2022 |
Scams & Cons is back in February, but first ...
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Jan 06, 2022 |
As Season 1 ends, it's beach time!!! Season 2 begins in February.
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Tools of the con artist's trade
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Nov 18, 2021 |
House stealing: No good deed is scam-proof
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Blinded by scam science
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Oct 21, 2021 |
The grave undertakings of con artists
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Oct 07, 2021 |
Parking lot scams: Why you give money to strangers even when you know you're being conned
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Sep 23, 2021 |
Scams vs Hoaxes
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Sep 09, 2021 |
Lottery scams
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Aug 26, 2021 |
The Badger Game
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Aug 12, 2021 |
Impersonation scams
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Jul 29, 2021 |
So, you want to be a star?
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Jul 15, 2021 |
Carnival Cons
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Jul 01, 2021 |
Advertising scams: But wait ... there's more!
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Jun 17, 2021 |
Psychics
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Jun 03, 2021 |
The Russian Bride scam
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May 13, 2021 |
The Money Box
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May 13, 2021 |
Three Card Monte
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May 13, 2021 |
TRAILER: Scams and Cons
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Apr 22, 2021 |