Introducing Season Four of Chameleon: Scam Likely

Chameleon

Audiochuck | Campside Media

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

When a small team of government investigators learns that ordinary citizens all around the U.S. are losing their life savings to scam callers, they go on the hunt for the shadowy multinational mob behind the con, unraveling their plot from strip malls in suburban Texas to office towers in one of India's largest cities. In the latest season of Chameleon, host Yudhijit Bhattacharjee retraces the steps of the cops and the crooks, and goes deep into the Indian underworld looking for the alleged masterminds who got away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It starts with a call.
0:04.9	You pull out your phone, look down.
0:07.7	The number seems sort of familiar.
0:10.8	You press accept.
0:13.8	The voice isn't someone you know, but they seem official.
0:18.1	You stay on the line.
0:19.6	Can I have the name of the person I'm speaking with?
0:21.6	At this point of time, you have to make an immediate payment.
0:24.2	You tell them there must be a mistake.
0:26.6	You don't owe back taxes.
0:28.6	You aren't overdue on your loans.
0:31.1	You already paid off that car.
0:32.8	No, no, no, you are just making the excuse it.
0:35.0	You can resolve this matter by paying your miscalculation on my...
0:38.1	The caller tells you, no, there is no mistake.
0:42.1	You got to pay up.
0:43.1	Like right now?
0:44.1	Yeah, right now.
0:45.1	Or else, there's no escape.
0:47.3	We can find you from anywhere.
0:49.4	You with your wrist and he will be at the end of bars for five years.
0:52.0	You have a journey for yourself.
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