Dupe of the Week

Have you ever purchased a large item (like a TV) and as you are putting your item into your car, someone approaches you to "borrow" your receipt? You hand over the receipt and the person disappears into the store. You think that it's not a big deal, but little do you know that this is the making of a large scam that happens all of the time. This is the exact dupe that is portrayed in NBC's hit crime drama GOOD GIRLS where the suburban moms use return dupes to hide their money laundering. Return dupes are on the rise and the focus of this week's episode.

We tackle puppy dupes and money laundering. We would have never imagined a relationshp between these two areas, but money laundering via puppy breeding happens and is more common than you may think. Join us for another fascinating discussion and if you are in the market for a new puppy, you should definitely listen.

This week; lumber dupes. Yes; lumber! I bet you never thought about the wood on your floors being deadly did you? Take a listen to this week's episode and you will forever think differently about hardwood flooring.

According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS), there are more than 1.5 million nonprofits organizations registered in the United States. Unfortunately, these organizations are extremely susceptible to fraud. In this week episode, our co-hosts discuss ways in which nonprofits can protect themselves from being defrauded. If you work for a nonprofit or serve on a nonprofit board, you don't want to miss this episode.

If you ever used child care platforms, like Care.com, this is an important episode for you. We often trust information found on these websites and fail to due any due diligence regarding the information we find but why? Bad things can happen when you don't take the time to check out references. This week we tackle a very serious issue; child care dupes. These serious dupes don't end well and we caution all listeners that disturbing content is discussed. Listener discretion is advised.

PART 2:  This week we continue the fascinating discussion with special guest Susan Hayes of Pharmacy Investigators and Consultants. What kind of pharmacist dilutes chemotherapy for cancer patients? Learn more on this week's episode.

Stop what you are doing and check in your wallet and see if you carry your medical card? If you do, after listening to this week's podcast, you may want to stop. This week we tackle pharmacy dupes with special guest Susan Hayes of Pharmacy Investigators and Consultants. Susan offers valuable insights on topics such as how to prevent your identify being stolen in healthcare transactions to oncology cases where the drugs were diluted so the pharmacists could make more money.

This week we talk about food dupes. You think you are eating tilapia, and actually its a different sea creature that may taste similar to tilapia but you are paying tilapia prices. This is an interesting conversation so take a listen and remember, be careful what you eat.

SPECIAL DUPE OF THE WEEK episode: This week co-host Kelly Richmond Pope sits down with Mary Willingham to discuss NCAA collegiate sports, college admission dupes and her experience being a whistle-blower in one the longest collegiate academic fraud cases before our current Hollywood college admission scandal.

Have you ever tried to change your company's corporate address to your home address? Seems impossible, right? Not really. Hear how one disgruntled employee duped his employer by redirecting their corporate mail. Talk about a lack of internal controls! Enjoy this wild dupe and don't try this one at home.