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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.
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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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Season 7 begins Sept. 2 and there's a lot to talk about.
Scams & Cons News moves to Monday and a new edition will come out each week.
Regular episodes will continue on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. We've got stories about child birth scams, easy money scams and interviews with magicians who compare their skills of misdirection against those of con artists.
It's going to be fun! See you in September -- and don't let me lose you to a summer love!
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In this week's news, we'll tell you about a woman who lost a half million dollars in a Social Security scam, con artists who offer up free pianos, then trick the customer into paying high shipping fees. You'll also hear how your smart TV could be robbing you.
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In this week's news, a man disguises himself as a woman to scam the groom out of his estate and pet owners are being told their companions are in danger in order to con people out of medical expenses.
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Woman told she is on "secret probation" loses hundreds of thousands of dollars, 60 Minutes Australia asks if Belle Gibson is a liar and Canadian police bust an international scam ring.
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What's the difference between a hoax and a scam? Are they the same thing? In this episode, we take a crack at the answer -- unless this whole program is a hoax.
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A woman falling down escalator marks return of pigeon scam, members of British Parliament get caught in a honey trap and a Pennsylvania man loses $165,000 to romance scammer. Hear these stories and much more at ScamsAndCons.com or wherever you get podcasts.
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A woman scammed by promise of free home make-over, a scammer tries to hoodwink Drew Barrymore's guests and an Alabama woman has admitted to faking her own disappearance after earlier claiming she had been kidnapped.
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When you write a check, you expect it to be secure, after all, you did write it in ink.
That means bupkus unless you used a secure check and security pen. These days, scammers can use household chemicals to eliminate what you have written and fill in the blanks with whatever they want to whomever they want. They will even trace your signature so the banks won't notice.
In this episode, we'll tell you about the rising crime of check washing and how you can protect yourself from it.
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An East Tennessee woman stops a scam by people posing as a representatives of Publishers Clearing House and a Wisconsin woman must pay taxes on $200,000 she lost to a scammer. A federal law once protected such victims from taxes. The law was cut.
We also tell the story of a Toronto man who encountered a scammer that left him physically broken and unable to walk.
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Identity theft was once fairly easy. Watch someone's mailbox for a credit card offer, then send it in with a new address; discover something like your Social Security number, then route that money to their bank account. There were lots of ways.
But now there's a new one -- a fabricated synthetic identity. It's you without really being you. It can take your money in a quick hit or drain your money slowly.
In this episode, we'll tell you how it's done and what -- if anything -- you can do about it.
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It sounds exotic to fake your death, then just walk away, expect it almost never works. One woman was found in her home closet. Another was found by just pinging her phone.
Then there is the woman who researched how to fake her death and took it so far as to hold her own death certificate in her hands.
There are many ways to fake your death, but we don't advise that you try them ... unless your willing to sacrifice your own body.
Frank Ahern
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