<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1781911/open_sms">Tell me what's on your mind.</a>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

Tell me what's on your mind.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

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1781911/open_sms" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tell me what's on your mind.</a>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

The marks who should have known better

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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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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