Scams & Cons
Scammers don't steal your money, they create a world where it makes perfect sense to hand your cash over to them. Three-card-monte, the longest running show on Broadway, seems easy. You're watching the tosser and you always see the queen. What you don't see is a group of shills working you into the gate where you'll lose everything you have.
Sometimes a large sum of money is accidentally sent to you and the sender asks for the additional cash to be sent back. In the meantime, they empty your bank account.
We'll tell you all about the scams, how they work and why people fall for them. Don't become a sucker. Listen in.
Scammers invade local governments and steal your money
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. Scammers are anything but civilized. In this episode, we'll tell you about how scammers get into public money and how they drain millions away. Publ...
Gold star families swindled and pickpockets use "touchless" credit card theft
Someone walking beside you can steal your credit card information without touching your wallet. We'll tell you how it's done and just because you died, doesn't mean landlords stop charging your rent, ...
A 13-year-old girl tries to scam a pensioner out of his life savings
A 13-year-old girl is used as a money mule for scammers trying to grab a man's life's savings. Fake monks seeking money from monastery clones, and a scammer didn't realize the mark's phone number had ...
Magicians compare their deceptions to those of con artists
Magicians are masters of deception. So are con artists. I went to a magicians' convention to see how they compare. Listen as magicians talk about their techniques and whether they are similar to how c...