Danny's flying solo this week with another roundup of recent newsworthy scams. First up, a Massachusetts family defrauds the lottery out of $20 million. Then, an Australian woman is the latest victim of an employment scam, losing her life savings. And finally, striking actors are being recruited for AI research that may end up replacing them in the future.
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Mar 2024
Willy's Chocolate Experience - AKA The Fyre Fest Of Chocolate Factories
Sara and Danny are back for the final time, to cover Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow - an event organized by a company named House of Illuminati, that was giving more Fyre Fest than "Pure Imagination." Sara and Danny get into it all, from the AI generated, spelling error- ... Show More
29m 35s
Mar 2024
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Ft. Josh Gondelman
This week, Sara is joined by writer and comedian Josh Gondelman to cover a story from his hometown of Boston: the still-unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. In 1990, two thieves dressed as policemen walked into the museum in the middle of the night, and carried out the ... Show More
44m 58s
Mar 2024
Steve Comisar: Serial Scammer
Sara and Danny are back to cover the self-proclaimed "Jeffrey Dahmer of fraud,” Steve Comisar. But first, Sara shares a self-imposed scam of her own, with a recent Uber Pool trip that went off the rails. Then, they get into the extensive grifting resume of Beverly Hills conman St ... Show More
48m 48s
Jul 2021
Bonus episode - Help! I lost all my savings to a scammer
Would you fall for a £17,000 scam? You might think you are too smart to be duped by fraudsters, but under lockdown, criminals have come up with frighteningly convincing ways of parting us from our hard-earned cash. Claer Barrett talks to 31-year-old listener Jenny about how profe ... Show More
24m 50s
Mar 2023
Fraudwire: ChatGPT, Tiktok, Cash App & Interview with a Victim of a Hollywood Ponzi Scheme
Welcome to Fraudwire! Before Fraudsters Season 4 begins your hosts Seena, Justin, and Ariel broadcast via Twitch every other Monday riffing on recent fraudsters in the news. On this episode we welcome special guest Henry Zebrowski to talk about ChatGPT, Tiktok, and how Jack Dorse ... Show More
47m 50s
Apr 2022
Introducing Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime
Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime deep dives into cases involving a more rare type of criminal, women who commit financial crimes. In season one, host Jami Rice of MURDERISH podcast takes listeners on a journey to investigate Mary Carole McDonnell, a self-proclaimed ... Show More
5m 20s