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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.
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152 قسمت
از سال 22 آوریل 2021
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Winter storms have swept the country recently and we've previously experienced other forms of severe weather or dangerous phenomena.
In this postscript edition, we tell you about the scammers who swoop in during disasters.
Don't make a crisis even worse. Listen in and find out how to pr…
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Tell me what's on your mind.
Learn about our new podcast -- Unseen Influences. It takes you behind the scenes of the techniques others use to guide our behavior.
It officially launches in February, but Scams & Cons listeners can listen to early episodes right now. You can find it wherever you l…
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The only ways I know to get easy money is to either to be born rich, marry a rich partner or have someone bequeath you a fortune.
If someone stepped up to us and said they have a way for us to make a lot of money fast, odds are we’d listen – listening doesn’t cost anyth…
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It's not easy to escape from prison, but when you have a lot of time on your hands and experienced con artists available ... well, it's going to be inevitable.
A few weeks ago, we looked at how con artists used their skills to escape a highly secure prison. T…
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Fear gets your attention. It throws you off-kilter. It corrupts your judgement.
You recover quickly when surprised by a spider. The impact is greater if you awaken in the night and see a stranger standing at the foot of your bed.
In this episode, we tell you how scamm…
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The basics of romance scams haven't changed all that much. Find someone who is lonely, gain their trust and affection, then bleed them dry of all the money and assets they have.
In this update to season one's story, we tell you how scammers are using new techn…
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Why would a good scammer give up their trade just because they are in prison where those skills could be used to escape?
If they are bold enough, they wouldn't.
This is the tale of the Maze Prison Break. Maze is a prison within a prison within a military base. It t…
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Nearly all scams are impersonation scams. They need you to believe they are someone else in order to get you to hand over your money.
In this episode, we tell you about some of the new ways scammers are using impersonation techniques to rob you and why it's only go…
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In our last episode, I told you about social engineering -- how a con artist's patter can convince you to do anything. But sometimes props are needed to make that tale seem more real.
In this episode we talk about the devices and distractions tricksters use to keep…
Tell me what's on your mind.
Nearly all scams are built around the technique of social engineering. Con artists know how to manipulate you, what buttons to push and allow you to believe you made a choice you never had.
In this episode, we explore the techniques of social engineering and why we&apos…
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