Chameleon: Scam Likely

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🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Immigrants and payday borrowers were receiving calls from the US government: either pay the money they owe or be arrested. But it was all an international scam, tricking people into turning over thousands of dollars to con men traveling the country. But with the calls originating from India, authorities had little hope of finding the players and shutting the operation down. In season four of Chameleon from Campside Media, “Scam Likely” host Yudhijit Bhattacharjee talks to victims, investigators, and some of the phone operators behind an elaborate fraud on unsuspecting people. The team even travels to India in search of the masterminds behind the deception.

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Riders on Aftershow right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
0:06.0	media.
0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders on.
0:23.6	Crime Riders on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop
0:27.8	culture, other podcasts.
0:29.9	And on this episode, it was a sophisticated telephrod operation that tricked people into
0:35.1	turning over thousands of dollars to avoid arrest.
0:39.6	What can the FBI do to stop a con that spans two continents?
0:43.7	We'll review chameleon scam likely.
0:47.5	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of these
0:52.9	are their stories podcast, my husband, love of my life and champion fundraiser for the
0:58.0	walk a mile in her shoes fundraiser, Kevin Flynn, hello, Kevin.
1:01.1	Hello, Rebecca.
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