Prince Charming Behind Bars: Part 1
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Sara thought she knew everything about the Army major and single father she met online. After months talking she found herself falling for him. But what Sara didn't know was that the man she'd fallen in love with was actually the ringleader of a romance scam that bilked nearly $2 million from its victims.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on AARP the perfect scam. |
| 0:02.8 | The whole first stage of this was just get the victim to fall in love. |
| 0:06.5 | How could I love him so much and then not want to help him out when he's in this situation? |
| 0:11.6 | They actually stole men's pictures and then cut and pasted them onto these fake websites. |
| 0:17.7 | Think identity theft won't happen to you? |
| 0:20.4 | Think again. |
| 0:21.6 | There's a new victim every three seconds of the US, over 15 million this year alone. |
| 0:27.0 | Lifelock alerts you to identity threats you could miss even when you monitor your credit. |
| 0:32.0 | If you become a victim with a stolen identity, |
| 0:35.4 | your U.S.-based restoration specialist will work to fix it. Join now. |
| 0:40.1 | AARP members save up to 44% with promo code AARPL13 at lifelock.com |
| 0:48.8 | or call lifelock at 844 506 400-4200. AARP receives a royalty fee for the use of its intellectual property. |
| 0:59.7 | These fees are used for the general purposes of AARP. |
| 1:03.0 | Welcome back to AARP The Perfect Scam. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm your host Will Johnson. |
| 1:09.0 | And for those of you who are joining us for the first time, |
| 1:12.0 | I'd like to introduce to you my co-host |
| 1:14.0 | Frank Abagnale Frank thanks for being here thank you will thanks for having and for |
| 1:17.6 | anyone who doesn't know you your your life story was featured in the movie |
| 1:20.8 | Catch me if you can yes you were played by Leonardo DiCaprio. |
| 1:24.2 | Yeah. You have since then been in the FBI for 41 years now is that right? |
| 1:28.0 | 43 43 I've lost track of time. What have you been up to you You've been traveling the world, it sounds like, going overseas, fighting crime? |
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