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Scams & Cons

Scams & Cons

Written by: Jim Grinstead
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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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  • Scammers are pretending to be exorcists

    Scammers are pretending to be exorcists
    Jun 19 2025

    Tell me what's on your mind.

    If you bought tickets to a pop-up taco museum restaurant in San Antonio, you got scammed. If someone wants to hook you up with a priest who does exorcisms, beware. But we begin with the story of a brand new scam called call merging. It involves merging your phone call with a scammer and a bank’s two-factor authentication system, stealing your secret code.
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    9 mins
  • Scamming for hotel rooms with roaches and used condoms

    Scamming for hotel rooms with roaches and used condoms
    Jun 5 2025

    Tell me what's on your mind.

    More than 60 hotels are conned by a man who dirtied rooms with roaches and condoms, and scammers are showing up at people’s doors to collect money they say they are owed. And I want to tell you the tale of a gambit that I can't call a con, but it's a great way to lose your money.
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    14 mins
  • How to stay safe from nearly all scams

    How to stay safe from nearly all scams
    May 22 2025

    Tell me what's on your mind.

    We're all vulnerable to scams, but we don't have to be willing victims. Today I'm doing something I should have done a long time ago -- tell you just what to do to thwart scammers.
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    22 mins

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