From Tech Support to Crypto ATM, Scammers Steal Thousands
The Perfect Scam
AARP
4.5 • 980 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Marlene is suffering from terrible back pain and preparing to have surgery in a few days when her computer suddenly begins flashing a fraud warning. The tech support operator tells her that her account has been compromised. Fearing the money she needs for her surgery will be lost, she pushes through the blinding pain and races to her bank and a cryptocurrency ATM in hopes of saving her money.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on The Perfect Scamp. |
| 0:04.0 | Drive there right now. Do not stop and don't talk to anybody. |
| 0:09.0 | Where does he want me to go to a liquor store? |
| 0:12.0 | Don't shut off the motor. Go in, you'll see a Bitcoin machine. I push a button. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm feeding it, my $100 bills and my $100 bills are coming back at me. |
| 0:26.0 | It's spitting it out on the floor at me. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm shaking, I don't know what's happening to me. My back is killing me. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome back to the perfect scam. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm your host Bob Sullivan. |
| 0:47.0 | Right now I'm talking about scams and you are listening to a podcast about scams |
| 0:52.3 | though you have scams on your mind, and I hope if you've got a scam phone call right now you just hang up. |
| 0:59.0 | But most of our lives, we're busy thinking not about scams, but about something else. |
| 1:05.0 | Are the kids fed? |
| 1:06.0 | Do I need to fix the roof? |
| 1:07.4 | Is mom sick? |
| 1:09.1 | Why does my back hurt so much? |
| 1:11.6 | Often, criminals are successful because us human beings are busy living |
| 1:16.1 | our lives distracted by other things and they catch us at just the right time when |
| 1:22.0 | our defenses are low. That's a big part of today's story. |
| 1:26.3 | Marlene Batesh was suffering from terrible back pain and getting ready for surgery in a few days, |
| 1:32.1 | just trying to get through the day, |
| 1:34.4 | when a criminal took advantage of her suffering. But before we get to that, I want you to get to know |
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