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.

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.

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.

Join Kelly and Bill this week as they discuss phishing dupes. Ever been overwhelmed with spam email? If you have, you may have just deleted them all and didn't pay attention to its content. If you've done this before, be careful. A phishing scheme could be hiding in the pile of emails you just deleted. Take a listen to learn more.

This week, Kelly and Bill talk about retail dupes and specifically Canada Goose Dupes. These expensive winter coats that retail for over $900 are pretty popular, but you want to make sure you purchase a real one!!! This week's podcast was inspired by an article by journalist Deborah Copaken who was duped out of a real Canada Goose coat.

This week we talk about tax dupes with special guest host Kelly Erb a.k.a. Tax Girl. There are some pretty clever tax scams out there so be sure to take a listen.