History is full of innovative and creative scammers who have adopted new technology to make a quick buck. To learn more about how technology has enabled scams and frauds, Nick and Neeraj take a gentle stroll through a shared history of technology and scamming. Along the way, unexpected admissions are made by our hosts about their past flirtations with scamming. Increasingly, Nick is being sucked into the topic of scams, having stumbled upon Hindenburg Research who disclose potential scams to support their financial investments. In contrast, Neeraj is lamenting the damage done to pyramids by Charles Ponzi.

You may also notice odd delays in this episode. Neeraj gave up his router in exchange for some magic beans and is now running the internet through a potato.

Resources

Perkin Warbeck - Wikipedia

How Scams Worked In The

1800s : NPR History Dept. : NPR

How the first ever telecoms scam worked - YouTube

Ads You’ll Never See Again:

19th Century Snake Oil | The Saturday Evening Post

5 Cases of Historical Fraud that Transformed the World (neuralt.com)

The Evolution of Fraud |

TransUnion UK

Hindenburg Research – Investigative Research & Reporting

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