Episodes
Faking your death
It sounds exotic to fake your death, then just walk away, expect it almost never works. One woman was found in her home closet. Another was found by just pinging her phone. Then there is the woman who...
News: A Nebraska woman is conned out of a gold bar a woman buys the wrong kind of gift card, frustrating a scammer, but still losing her money
News: A Nebraska woman is conned out of a gold bar and a woman buys the wrong kind of gift card, frustrating a scammer, but still losing her money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Witness Protection Programs -- it's not an easy way to vanish
t would seem if federal and state governments wanted you to disappear for your safety, it would be an easy thing to do. They can create all the documents you need, give you some money to get started a...
Woman recovers $147k from scammer and a man tries to own the New York Hotel
Woman recovers $147k from scammer and a man tries to own the New York Hotel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hear from Maureen, a woman whose husband disappeared and she doesn't know why
The theme of this series has been the long con of vanishing. Instead of a scammer targeting you, you are the one scamming everyone else. To be successful, you must do this the rest of your life, makin...
Scammers break into a physician's prescription system, creating orders for tens of thousands of addictive drugs and a lawsuit has been filed against CitiGroup for not doing enough to protect customers
Scams & Cons News for March 21, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vanishing: Where to go and dealing with loneliness
Once you've decided to vanish, the question is: where do you go? In this episode we explore those possibilities and what you need to keep in mind when choosing a place. The odds are you'll end up some...
Woman uses soap opera scheme in attempt to kill husband; catfishing scam hits business for $4 million
Scams & Cons News for March 7, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vanished: How to go missing and avoid those searching for you.
The longest con of all may be vanishing -- leaving the place you know, going somewhere unfamiliar and never having contact with anyone or anything from your past life. In this episode, we tell you how...