A New Case: The Criminal Empire of Scam Calls

The Binge Cases: U R NEXT

Sony Music

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Chameleon: Scam Likely host, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, sits down with Alex Schuman to chat about the newest season of the blockbuster Chameleon franchise. The duo dig into another scam you should be wary of - telefraud. Ordinary citizens all around the U.S. have lost their life savings to scam callers, many originating from India. These fraudsters often target especially vulnerable populations, including immigrants and the elderly. Listen as Yudhijit shares the jaw-dropping story of how a small team of investigators went on the hunt to dismantle the shadowy multinational mob behind the con in what became the biggest telefraud case in U.S. history. From Neon Hum Media and Sony Music Entertainment, listen to Smoke Screen: Puppy Kingpin and other seasons wherever you get your podcasts. Chameleon is a Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Subscribe to The Binge to get all episodes of Chameleon: Scam Likely ad-free right now. Click ‘try free’ at the top of the Chameleon: Scam Likely show page on Apple Podcasts to start your free trial or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You digit, Pudacharji is the host of Chameleon's fourth season called Scam likely, and he's
0:06.3	joining me today to talk fraud and about this new season.
0:10.3	You digit, thanks for coming on.
0:12.3	Thank you so much, Alex, and great fan of your show.
0:15.9	And you know, both smokescreen and chameleon tell stories about people being misled in
0:20.3	all kinds of different ways.
0:22.5	And in your first episode, you talk about having covered scams for a long time.
0:28.8	What is it about fraud that interests you so much?
0:32.3	Well, I just find scams and deception inherently fascinating.
0:38.0	And I don't think I'm alone.
0:39.3	I think a lot of listeners do, a lot of journalists do.
0:44.8	And I guess I've thought about why I'm so fascinated by it.
0:49.0	It's because of that thrill of discovering that things are not what they seem.
0:56.2	You know, I feel like as a journalist, that's my, you know, I'm always trying to dig
1:00.8	up something that is different from what it seems on the surface.
1:05.8	And I guess deception is kind of the purest form of that story principle, if you can call
1:15.2	it that.
1:16.2	Yeah.
1:17.2	And your season of chameleon scam likely starts with someone who gets scammed over the
1:22.3	phone.
1:23.3	We've all gotten those calls, but unlike most of us, you mentioned in the first episode
1:28.7	that you will actually sit and talk to them or at least see what happens.
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