The Perfect Scam
Summary: AARP’s weekly podcast The Perfect ScamSM tells the stories of people who find themselves the target of a scam. Host Bob Sullivan introduces listeners to those who have experienced scams firsthand, as well as professional con artists and leading experts who pull back the curtain on how scammers operate.
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A stolen Honolulu mailbox exposes a terrible case of family financial fraud involving a deputy prosecutor and her police chief husband.
In this bonus episode, we use Google’s autocomplete function to ask fraud expert Frank Abagnale some of the internet’s most burning questions.
Con artists target a widow who just lost her husband with a life insurance scam.
A widow manages to avoid a dating-site scam, only to run headlong into another schemer on an online game.
Untangling yourself from a scam is hard enough, but what do you do when it’s your mother who’s wrapped up in one? A daughter fights to free her mother from the clutches of multiple romance scams.
Imagine purchasing a home and finding your joy suddenly crushed by a mortgage scam that loses you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hear from experts and victims on how these schemes work.
Lisa Reid’s sophisticated credit card scheme buys her lavish shopping sprees at high-end retailers — until one of her victims turns the tables and teams with the FBI.
With demand for pandemic pets skyrocketing, two families searching for furry friends find themselves caught in the web of online pet scams.
When 85-year-old Kise Davis finds herself ruled incapacitated and under a corporate guardian, her stepson Larry has to battle the legal system for over a year to reunite her with her family.
As con woman Mair Symth's web of lies unravels, Johnathan learns of her other victims and makes it his mission to stop his former best friend from hurting anyone else.
Reality TV producer Johnathan Walton has worked on shows like American Ninja Warrior and Shark Tank.But for Walton, the most vicious shark he ever encounters comes in the form of a new neighbor, Mair Smyth. Over the years, Mair cons multiple victims, including Walton, out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In this bonus episode, our host and fraud expert Frank Abagnale sorts through viewer emails to answer questions about the latest swindles, including an Amazon impostor scam and how to spot PPE (personal protective equipment) fraud.
In part two, as more details come forward, the Savastanos learn that their close friend Monique Brady has not only stollen from them, but has taken millions from other friends and family.
Kim and Sal consider Monique Brady family. But when the IRS shows up at Sal’s office asking questions about his investments with Monique, everything they think they know about her unravels.
Exposed in Part I as a serial conman, “Dr.” Redman, doubles down, setting up shop across town under a new, stolen identity, this time as a psychiatrist.
