Wake up and smell the fraud

Planet Money

NPR

Business, News

4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Sometimes online shopping can feel a little unsavory. There are the listings that make you question if you'll really be getting exactly what's advertised. And there's no worse feeling than paying for something and then not getting it. But when Nina Kollars ordered coffee pods and got WAY more than she asked for, it made her feel just as uneasy. Her quest for answers and what it teaches us about a new generation of online fraud. | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:03.4	I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say there are two kinds of people in the world.
0:10.8	The ones who, when they find a $20 bill on the street, are like, yes, they put it in their
0:16.0	pocket, maybe get themselves a little treat.
0:19.2	Then there are the people who get hung up.
0:21.9	Wondering where did this money come from?
0:24.6	Should I try to figure out who dropped it?
0:26.7	Nina Collars is definitely in the second camp.
0:30.6	And a version of that little dilemma happened to her not too long ago when she bought a coffee
0:35.1	machine.
0:36.1	Um, are we plugging for an espresso?
0:37.8	Can I say an espresso?
0:38.8	We can totally say an espresso.
0:39.8	I actually think it's a great product.
0:41.4	I'm literally drinking minus espresso coffee right now.
0:45.3	Nespresso is Nestle's version of a coffee maker that uses those little coffee pods.
0:50.6	Big in Europe kind of aimed at people who like fancy espresso but don't have time to
0:54.6	go to the cafe.
0:55.7	And don't mind burning through a bunch of pods.
0:57.7	The pods come in these different blends and intensities.
1:00.4	And so Nina's like, I'm going to get a sampler pack.
1:02.5	A bunch of different pods.
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