Coming up on this episode of AARP the Perfect Scan. We're not talking about a

psychic on the street corner with the little palm reading and tarot card neon sign

out front. It's so pathetic that these people should pick on people that don't know any better.

No one had ever really figured out whether she really was a real person and whether she really

was the one sending out these letters.

Welcome back to AARP The Perfect Scam.

I'm your host Will Johnson.

I'm here with the AARP Fraud Watch Network Ambassador Frank Abagnale.

Frank, Frank, good to see youale. Frank, good to be back.

Well, we're back in the studio talking about scams and fraud and this week, we have a two-part

episode this week and next.

It is an amazing story. we'll get into it shortly one of the biggest

cons in history and it's based on a new book that's just coming out so we'll tell you

all about that but a truly phenomenal story.

In the meantime before we get into that I have a question I brought it up in one of our recent

episodes but since doing the show with you this this idea of being suspicious

of being on guard not trusting a phone call or an email it's a difficult place to be in modern society and it's sort of,

you know, you want to be suspicious but you also want to be sane and be able to be civil.

Yeah, I think so, but I think in today's environment you have to be, you have to just make sure that what you're hearing, what you're reading is in fact legitimate because unfortunately there are so many people out there that are trying to separate you from your money.

So I think a wiser person is a little skeptical and you know skeptic being skeptical is really somewhat of a virtue.

And I think that there's nothing wrong with taking a moment or two

to verify that what is being sold to you or what is being told to you, what's being written to you,

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