Frank's Favorite Scams & Tips From Fraud Watch Network
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Perfect Scam, Frank discusses his favorite scams. Then Will speaks with AARP Fraud Watch Network experts Kristin Keckeisen and Amy Nofziger to learn more about being on the front lines and helping victims who've been scammed.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this episode of AARP's perfect scam. |
| 0:04.0 | The scammers are always thinking of stuff and they're very creative and they're very nimble. |
| 0:09.0 | Yeah, they walked away with a quarter of a million dollars. |
| 0:11.0 | There are a lot of scammers out there and they all have one goal to separate you from your money. |
| 0:21.1 | What would you do if you were scammed? Who would you turn to? Who would you call? |
| 0:25.0 | On today's episode, we're going to introduce you to some of the AARP's top fraud experts. |
| 0:30.0 | These are people who are working with scam victims and potential victims every day across the country. |
| 0:35.0 | These are in fact the people who want you to call when you've been scammed, and they're helping all of us do a better job protecting ourselves. |
| 0:42.0 | For the perfect scam, I'm Will Johnson. |
| 0:43.8 | I am joined by the AARP Fraud Watch Network Ambassador Frank Abagnell. |
| 0:47.8 | Frank, thanks for being here. |
| 0:48.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:49.6 | Frank is, as you hopefully know, one of, I can can say this one of the most famous |
| 0:54.4 | impersonators of all time perhaps con men maybe has there ever been a Frank |
| 1:00.0 | Abagnale impersonator that you're aware of, I think there's some people that have tried to mimic some of the things I've done. |
| 1:07.8 | I don't know if they've been very successful at it, but occasionally I'll see in the paper |
| 1:11.1 | where they'll say similar to Frank Having now. |
| 1:13.0 | I do get a kick, I do get amused that whenever something happens like some jewel |
| 1:18.0 | heist or some art heist or something like that, they always refer back like Frank Aver. |
| 1:23.7 | Well, I never had anything about art or ice and jewelry, but they used me a lot as a reference |
| 1:28.7 | to every kind of scam or robbery that occurs. |
| 1:31.6 | Giving you far much more credit that you deserve. |
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