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There are con artists who have pulled off major cons. What they do is so ballsy, it’s hard to believe anyone would fall for them. Yet, in the annals of history, they live on.

Today on Scams And Cons, we'll tell you their stories.

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We'll tell you the story of con artists who preyed on the elderly with home remodeling scams. One was brazen enough to outright tell the homeowner what needed to be done and begin work.

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Is this written by me or an AI? Will you hear my voice or an AI voice in this podcast? (Spoiler, you'll hear both)

AI voices and images are so easy to create these days that it's easy to throw someone into a money-gushing panic if they get a phone call from a friend claiming to be in trouble.

The key is not to try and recognize the voice, but to recognize the scam. We'll tell you how and it's not that difficult to learn.

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In this week's news, Thailand takes the unusual step of cutting off electricity to 500,000 people to stop scammers and con artists are staging car crashes to collect insurance money.

Plus, Georgia exempts banks from protecting customers from scammers even though they say they want a law requiring them to do so.

Listen at ScamsAndCons.com or wherever you get podcasts.

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Is this written by me or an AI? Will you hear my voice or an AI voice in this podcast? (Spoiler, you'll hear both)

AI voices and images are so easy to create these days that it's easy to throw someone into a money-gushing panic if they get a phone call from a friend claiming to be in trouble.

The key is not to try and recognize the voice, but to recognize the scam. We'll tell you how and it's not that difficult to learn.

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A man got taken by a scammer and called a local TV station for help. The scammers weren't caught, but they later called the man back, pretending to be the anchor and tried to shake him down again.

It didn't go well for the scammers.

Hear this story and more on Scams & Cons News

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Groups of con artists roam the country, sweeping into a community and taking it for all they can until the police get wise.

They're called Travellers and we'll tell you how they work and why they are different from other scammers.

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The pigeon drop -- and oldie, but a goodie -- is misdirecting people so their new expensive purchases can stolen and fake Amazon customer service agents targeted a woman and tried to clean out her bank accounts.

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