You've Got Mail, With Frank Abagnale
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
On this special episode of The Perfect Scam, Frank breaks down all the ways fraudsters try to scam you through voicemail and email by claiming to be everything from IRS agents to bank officials. Frank gives the skinny on each scam, who's behind them, and what you should and shouldn't do if you get a scam message. Plus, the show producers share their own voicemails from scammers.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on AARP, the Perfect Scam. |
| 0:03.0 | And once it gets expired after that, you will be taken under custody by the local police, |
| 0:08.0 | as there are four serious allegations pressed on your name at this moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Just trying to check on with you. |
| 0:14.0 | I know we were trying to move forward with the insurance plan. |
| 0:17.0 | Just check in and see if your card has been fixed for the doubt payment. |
| 0:21.0 | But give me a ring back whenever you have a minute. |
| 0:25.0 | For AARP, The Perfect Scam Podcast, I'm Will Johnson. |
| 0:29.4 | Welcome back, listeners. |
| 0:30.8 | And believe it or not, yes, you you guessed right I am here with the AARP's |
| 0:35.4 | Fraud Watch Network Ambassador Frank Abagnale. Hello Frank I will great to be here |
| 0:38.7 | we have a very special episode for our and get your feedback thoughts comments |
| 0:55.0 | Assides sounds good whatever you want to and then we're going to talk about some of our favorite |
| 0:59.5 | scams that are going on out there today not favorite in the sense that we like them but favorite in the sense that we hate them. |
| 1:04.6 | And to help us do all this is our AARP podcast producer Julie Gats. |
| 1:09.1 | Julie, it's great to have you here on the show. |
| 1:10.8 | It's always great to be on the show with you will. Well and I |
| 1:13.3 | understand you are sharing with us some fraudulent emails and phone calls things |
| 1:16.8 | like that. I am and I'll tell you I'm really excited about this new segment that |
| 1:21.3 | we have this season and excited to hear what Frank has to say about all these scary |
| 1:26.0 | voicemails left on our cell phones. |
| 1:28.0 | You seem to get quite a few of those. |
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