Bonus: Meet the Fraud Fighters Taking on Crypto Kiosk Scams
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus episode, Bob meets some Fraud Fighters working to make their Nebraska community a little bit safer from scammers. When Omaha passes a city ordinance requiring all crypto kiosks to display a scam warning, local law enforcement teams up with AARP volunteers to ensure that every kiosk in the county has the necessary sticker. Along the way, they hear fraud stories and learn how looking out for our neighbors in one small way can make a big impact in the fight against fraud.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the perfect scam. |
| 0:03.0 | The lady was actually on the phone with her scammers. |
| 0:07.9 | She had $2,500 in her hand, and he's giving her the directions to put the money into the crypto machine. |
| 0:16.1 | She stops and she said, wait a minute. |
| 0:19.0 | There's a sign on this machine that says, stop. This could be a scam. |
| 0:25.4 | Are you a scammer? Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host, Bob Sullivan. |
| 0:36.7 | Crypto ATMs. |
| 0:38.3 | You've heard for months on the perfect scam |
| 0:40.2 | how these machines are used to rip people off |
| 0:42.6 | in dramatic and maddening ways. |
| 0:45.4 | Well, today, we're going to share some good news. |
| 0:48.6 | Good news? |
| 0:50.5 | Let me be honest. |
| 0:51.9 | Sometimes it can be hard to live and work in the fraud world. |
| 0:55.6 | Truth be told, a lot of stories are sad and really frustrating. Not today. Sometimes things work, |
| 1:02.8 | and sometimes that work can be fun. Let's meet Joyce Beck, an AARP volunteer coordinator in Nebraska, |
| 1:09.4 | who spends her time visiting convenience stores and |
| 1:12.6 | gas stations with a group of other volunteers, all in the name of warning people that |
| 1:18.1 | crypto ATMs are a menace. |
| 1:21.4 | So we had a vest on that said we were part of the fraud fighters, and we had Sheriff Hansen on it, and they knew we were |
| 1:31.3 | coming, so that helped. But a group of us, about four, would come in there, and we were so well |
| 1:37.2 | received. They smiled when they saw us, and they had their sign up, and they wanted to tell us their |
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