Scams 360
Podcast Description
Scams 360 gives you an inside look into an investigator’s mind about how scams work and how to avoid them. Listen each week to hear a new story.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores various scam-related topics, including romance scams and job application scams. For example, a recent episode highlighted two cases where women lost significant money to romance fraudsters, alongside a success story of a caught scammer. Further, it discusses the dangers associated with job applications online, particularly related to trafficking.
Scams 360 gives you an inside look into an investigator’s mind about how scams work and how to avoid them. Listen each week to hear a new story.
This week Denis and Kylie are discussing the disaster that was the 2017 Fyre Festival. Listen to hear how Billy McFarlan tricked celebrities and regular people into thinking he was creating the festival of a life time when really he was taking the money all for himself.
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Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/46945662
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fyre-festival-founder-sentenced-110518
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/fyre-festival-documentary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyre_Festival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_McFarland
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/is-fyre-festival-really-happening-again-1.6943606
https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/kendall-jenner-pay-90k-involvement-fyre-festival/story?id=70798715
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