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1) Scams
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Pay close attention - what you discover in this episode of Brain Games will keep you from falling for a scam. In a robbery, the victim is forced to give up money or possessions. In a scam or con, the victim hands over his or her valuables willingly. Each year, millions of people around the world fall for some sort of scam or fraud. Through a series of interactive games and experiments, you'll discover how easily your brain is deceived. Scammers and...
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Identity theft has become a major and common type of fraudulent crime worldwide. Whether it involves forging documents or stealing personal information, identity theft is not limited by borders and it affects people of all walks of life. In this episode of Scammed, we meet Detectives Glass and Staab as they each guide us through two separate, fascinating identity theft cases. In the first half, Officer Glass shares with us a crime of forgery, through...
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In the early 20th century, Charles Ponzi duped countless investors out of their savings through an elaborate plan known today as a Ponzi scheme. In this episode of Scammed, we study the Saxton case to find out how a Ponzi scheme works and the devastating loss it can bring to all those who are innocently manipulated into investing.
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This episode of Scammed takes us through three classic scams. First we examine how credit card skimming works; then we briefly consider the trust required for scammers to pull off an investment fraud; and finally we look at the case of a woman who loses her entire business due to the deceptive advance fee scam, one of the most common types of confidence frauds.