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An AI Cat Lady confuses scammers and keeps them on the line while they keep making their pitches.
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Adoption agencies can be difficult to work with. They have many requirements that must be met, and justifiably so. They want to make sure an adopted child finds a good and safe home.
But some potential parents are patient. They want a faster process and are willing to pay to move to the top of the line. Desperation and fear is where scammers like to operate and today we'll tell you how they do it.
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The old scam called the swoop and squat is back! It involves two cars with one swooping in front of a another, then coming to a halt. The scammers hope the rear driver will pay up without involving an insurance company. If no crash occurs, the scammers just put their car in reverse and slam into the car behind.
Cars and trucks that have been flooded as part of recent storms, are being patched together and shipped to other states for sale. Don't be a sucker, check your prospective new car out before you buy.
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Fake websites are the hot thing this holiday season and they'll be popping up everywhere.
You'll be amazed at how easy it is to set up a fake website. We'll tell you how it happens -- not how to do it.
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When someone knocks on your door, you're not expecting them to ask for sex. That's what some scammers are doing. They are offering sexual partners online, then send the mark to an address to receive the service. The homeowners aren't expecting the dozens of people who show up at their house.
And black marketers sell a name for $10 allowing the scammer to rob $4,500 from a mark's account.
Hear these stories and more on Scams & Cons, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Our last episode told the story of Brittani Ard who had her heart stolen by a romance scammer. Well, technically not a romance scammer, he didn't ask for money, but he did want to be part of her life. He also wanted to be a part of the lives of many other women at the same time.
In this episode, we ask Dr. Cortney Warren about whether this is a love con, a sex con or something else. She helps us understand why some people want to steal hearts, not money.
Why would a guy described as good looking, go online and troll for women to whom he would profess and demonstrate love? Let's explore.
Dr. Warren has also written a book, Letting Go Of Your Ex, that helps people leave relationships with people they care desperately about.
Dr. Cortney Warren
Brittani Ard
Our previous episode with Britani Ard
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We''ll tell you about a pastor who said he may have misunderstood God by selling cryptocurrency and an 82-year-old woman you don't want to mess with. She set up a successful sting to catch a scammer.
Then there is a Cricket Wireless store in Athens, Georgia that was hit by a scam, resulting in a loss of approximately $12,000. The incident involved a fraudster posing as a company vice-president and sent an employee out to buy the tools needed to break into a safe.
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Scammers are getting personal by sending email to you, by name, and including pictures of your home. If you don't pay up, they promise to release your confidential information.
Police arrest a scammer, release him on bail and the process repeats itself 13 times. Why?
Hear these stories and more on Scams & Cons.
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This is not an episode about romance scams. The techniques involved are the same, but it seems to me that it involves love, sex and attraction to many women at a time. Never does the scammer ask for money or favors, but the scammer does receive trust and love.
This is the strangest story I've told so far. Listen in and tell me what your think. [email protected]
You Probably Think This Story Is About You
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Is Brad Pitt a romance scammer? How did CoinStar get caught up in a scam? Did half the people in a survey acknowledge they had been caught up in a scam or con?
We have the answers on Scams & Cons News.
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A scammer convinced a man to turn over $8,000 to collect winnings from a bogus Publishers' Clearing House prize. The man hoped to help his family and when he realized he'd been duped, he took his own life.
And a record company comes the the aid of a dying girl who was scammed out of Taylor Swift tickets and sent her to the Eras tour, all expenses paid.
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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. Public officials should know better and train employees in how to avoid scammers' traps. It's a bugaboo of mine, so you'll hear more stories in our News segments. It's a big issue. This is a great place to understand how vulnerable your money is.
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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, despite what the law says.
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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 changed and now belonged to a federal agent. It did not go well for the scammer.
Hear these stories and many more on Scams & Cons News, wherever you find podcasts.
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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 con artists work.
It's a fun episode with lots of laughs.
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In this week’s news, con artists are preying on people released from jail, telling them that there are expenses that must be paid and scammers are scamming scam victims with promises of getting their money back. Then there are those in California trying to drive beachgoers away from the shoreline. Guess who the real scammers really are!
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Another government loses money to a scammer, but this time it tries to hide it from taxpayers.
And truckers are targeted with scams to steal their money and their loads.
Scary stuff. Listen to Scams & Cons News to learn more.
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You'd think people who are at the top of their game -- the big money folks -- would be savvy enough to not get scammed. You'd be wrong.
There are all kinds of people who have the intelligence and ability to spot a con, but are taken in anyway.
Today we'll tell you their tales, what scams took them in and how it worked.
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In this week’s news, scammers are leasing private swimming pools for parties and the homeowners aren’t pleased. Gold is gaining ground on gift cards as a way of paying off scammers and we tell the story of a scammer who topped off his victim's phone card to continue a pitch.
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In Arkansas, scammers are tricking pastors into urging parishioners to buy gift cards. Another city loses more than a million to scammers and city leaders believe it was a good thing. And in Las Vegas, skimmers are being used to copy credit card information before running up huge bills.
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