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This is not an episode about romance scams. The techniques involved are the same, but it seems to me that it involves love, sex and attraction to many women at a time. Never does the scammer ask for money or favors, but the scammer does receive trust and love.This is the strangest story I've told so far. Listen in and tell me what your think. [email protected] Probably Think This Story Is About YouSupport the podcastLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Is Brad Pitt a romance scammer? How did CoinStar get caught up in a scam? Did half the people in a survey acknowledge they had been caught up in a scam or con?We have the answers on Scams & Cons News.Support the podcastLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A scammer convinced a man to turn over $8,000 to collect winnings from a bogus Publishers' Clearing House prize. The man hoped to help his family and when he realized he'd been duped, he took his own life.And a record company comes the the aid of a dying girl who was scammed out of Taylor Swift tickets and sent her to the Eras tour, all expenses paid.Support the podcastLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. Scammers are anything but civilized.In this episode, we'll tell you about how scammers get into public money and how they drain millions away. Public officials should know better and train employees in how to avoid scammers' traps. It's a bugaboo of mine, so you'll hear more stories in our News segments. It's a big issue. This is a great place to understand how vulnerable your money is.Support us on Patreon!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Someone walking beside you can steal your credit card information without touching your wallet. We'll tell you how it's done and just because you died, doesn't mean landlords stop charging your rent, despite what the law says.Hear these stories and more on Scams & Cons, wherever you get your podcasts.Support the podcastLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.Hear these stories and many more on Scams & Cons News, wherever you find podcasts.Support the show!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.Thank you very much!Support us on Patreon!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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!Support us on Patreon!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.Support us on PatreonLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.Support us on Patreon!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices