Scammed

Three classic scams are looked at in this episode. First we look at how credit card skimming works, then a quick look into the trust required for scammers to pull off an investment fraud, and then we finish off with a woman who loses her entire business due to the deceptive Advanced Fee scam.

Identity theft is becoming more and more prevalent these days, but the military has been a particularly vulnerable target. We explore one story of a young soldier who returns home to find his identity has been stolen and his credit rating ruined. Despite being able to prove he was in Iraq he cannot shake the bad credit and his life slowly falls apart.

Counterfeit products are a hot topic presently and in the world of sports memorabilia counterfeit products can make criminals rich. At the world's largest sports memorabilia conference leading experts speak about the breadth of this crime and we also speak to FBI special agent Fitzsimmons about Operation Bullpen.

Affinity frauds are perpetrated against people of particular social or ethnic groups. These two criminals, David Spark & Andrew Lech, prey upon trusting groups of people that do not fear or would never suspect being taken advantage of by someone from within their own community.

Society's altruism can be easily affirmed through the donations given to charities in times of need. We often seek out a means to help aid others in these desperate instances and very often we are able to do so by donating money in person or, more commonly nowadays, online.

Automobiles play a major part of our daily lives now and we often put our trust in those people that maintain and deal in these vehicles. Vehicles are often traded and sold second hand; when going through this process, opportunities for criminals to defraud vehicle owners and the insurance companies becomes a result.