SCAMPLING: Scams You Should Be Aware Of

Danny breaks down some current scams everyone should watch out for. First, people posing as Bank of America fraud department employees are tricking customers into transferring money via Zelle. Next, a Florida woman conned an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of $2.8 million. Then, a fake romance-crypto scam that started on Hinge and ended with the horrifyingly named “pig butchering.”

Finally, what happens when you hire someone to investigate a scam—only for the investigator to be a scammer themselves? The episode wraps up with an update on Sarma Melngailis, aka The Bad Vegan.

RESOURCES:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/28/florida-woman-romance-scam-jailed

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/florida-woman-pleads-guilty-defrauding-holocaust-survivor-28-million-connection-romance

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tech-executive-falls-victim-450k-190411822.html

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/private-investigator-preyed-dating-scam-113900495.html

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