Fraudsters

In this second part of the Psychic Readers Network series we go deep into how the Federal Trade Commission addressed these phone frauds with an expert guest who joins the show to detail PRN’s false advertising and abusive marketing practices. We also invited a retired phone actor who wanted to be a phone psychic as a summer job in 2001. He actually wrote an article for the New York Times about it. He shares everything about the won...

This is the third and final part of the infamous Miss Cleo's case and to do that with a flourish, J. Michael Skiba, AKA. Dr. Fraud (trademark) tells us that 70% of the population is prone to being dishonest -but there are levels- and, spoiler alert, 30% of them are shitty persons; nice data, right? Find out with us if Miss Cleo is innocent and knows the real scammers out there. Also, Miami Vice, yes! the famous 80's  series, is fea...

This is an episode full of music and singing from our melodious voices, yay! Let’s give it a warm and cozy welcome to our latest professional Fraudster: Jacob Wohl. This is the first part of The Wohl Story, and we can’t help but wonder if this is fiction, crime or fraud: For the next episodes, you’ll be hearing about the tedious story of a young fraudster that, with less than 20 years old, already had a long fraud record history wi...

In part 2 of our mini-series on Jacob Wohl, we pivot to his political frauds–covering his ploys to defame Dr. Fauci, Elizabeth Warren, and even Mayor Pete. While just as ludicrous as his earlier financial crimes, his political schemes seem to lack conviction–both in the sense that he no longer seems invested in sustaining charades longer than it takes to create chaos and because he isn't held responsible for them.

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Our final episode of the mini-series we walk you through justice finally being served in the case of Jim Bakker: How he went to prison for 25 years and came out as a reformed man who lived a quiet, secular life back in Michigan.

Just kidding! He barely went to prison and wasn't humbled by it at all.

On this final episode we spend more time talking about an incarcerated Jim Bakker than he spent in prison. We get into his prison hus...

The first installment of our two part mini-series on Anna Delvey (Sorokin). We get into Anna's adolescence and designing "Delvey," her escalating frauds in its name, and the inevitable unraveling.

Special thanks to Emily Palmer for guiding us throughout this series. You can find Emily on all social at @emilyepalmer.

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The second installment of our two part mini-series on Anna Delvey (Sorokin). We get into Anna's apprehension, the circus of the trial, and Anna's own reflections from Rikers.

Special thanks to Emily Palmer for being such a wonderful guide throughout this series. You can find Emily on all social at @emilyepalmer.

Special thanks to Todd Spodek a delightful interview.

Special thanks to Joshua Sutherland for music for this episode.

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Remember when we actually said "world wide web?" Remember netscape? Remember the dot-com bubble? Remember Y2K?

Remember when a car dealership company said it had the cure for AIDS and sold stocks for $9 through early internet message boards until someone from the FTC commented "hey, this isn't real?"

No?

On this weeks episode of Fraudsters we bring you Alfred Flores and Uniprime – a con on a .com two decades ago.

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Dear Diary,

Many historically significant figures generate lore. Some say Shakespeare had a ghostwriter. Some say Nikola Tesla designed blueprints for a "death ray" before his passing. Some say Thomas Jefferson drank breast milk!

Few theories, however, are as wild and as widely entertained as the Hitler Diaries were.

On the 12th episode of Fraudsters Season 1, we talk where the myth began and how it snowballed into 62 forged Hitler di...

In part I of Fraud Reich we brought you historical fiction—the story of the Hitler Diaries. Today we bring you a sci-fi thriller featuring Adolph Hitler, Hans Loads, David Bowie, and a fraudster named Trevor Ravenscroft.

We’re talking the “Spear of Destiny”— the alleged source of Hitler’s power and rot.

Special thanks to Marcus Parks, founding father of the Last Podcast Network, for a magical interview.

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In Part II of our series on the notorious infomercial scammer Kevin Trudeau we cover how to lose 300 pounds in 30 minutes, go to prison sleep-away camp, and get a presidential pardon!

Special thanks to Howard Beales, Former Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the FTC, for a wonderful conversation.

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On the final episode of our series on Kevin Trudeau, we delve into one of his most recent and most outrageous scam – a multi-level marketing company called the Global Information Network. It promised trade secrets of the illuminati, ferraris, and inner peace all for the low, low price of many thousands of dollars, recruiting your friends and family, and giving up things you love in order to become "coachable."

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Episode 17 kicks off our mini-series on possibly our worst fraudster yet - Barry Minkow.

Part I is devoted to his youth and only his youth. Barry as a teen committed more fraud than most could in a lifetime–from securities fraud to check kiting to credit card fraud to carpet cleaning cons–all while in the company of nazis and mobsters.

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Ever wondered what a real movie set is like? How about a movie set with mobsters, Star Wars, and a con-man at the helm? Tune in for the third installment of our mini-series on Barry Minkow and a behind the scenes look at possibly the worst movie ever made.

Special thanks to Jonathan Meyer–script doctor and screenwriter–for his insider insights and hilarious anecdotes. Check out his awesome new radio serial on a serial killer: Midnig...

You know David Duke the racist, but do you know David Duke the con artist? What's that? You don't want to know David Duke at all?

This is Part I of our newest mini-series, Race Hustlers, on con artists who leverage race as a part of their scams.

Special thanks to Marilyn Mayo of the Anti Defamation League for sharing her wisdom with us for this episode.

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