The Fraud That Keeps on Frauding

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Oh My Fraud

Caleb Newquist

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"Oh My Fraud" is a podcast where the true crime is shocking, gruesome, heinous, but with way fewer dead bodies. Hosted by Caleb Newquist, each episode explores fraud cases from petty swindles to corporate conspiracies, examining the people involved, their motives, methods, and how they spent the loot before it all came to a spectacular, inevitable end.

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The Fraud That Keeps on Frauding | Advance Fee Scams

Oh My Fraud

36 minutes

6 months ago

The Fraud That Keeps on Frauding | Advance Fee Scams

From Spanish Prisoners to Nigerian Princes, advance fee scams have endured for centuries, relying on victims to follow the same formula: pay first, regret later.

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(00:00) - Introduction to Advanced Fee Scams
(00:57) - Podcast Introduction and Listener Interaction
(06:25) - Historical Background of Advanced Fee Scams
(12:51) - Modern Variations and Techniques
(16:12) - Psychological Manipulation in Scams
(21:26) - Case Studies of Advanced Fee Scams
(28:47) - How to Spot and Avoid Scams
(35:28) - Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Sources:

Advance-fee scam [Wikipedia]
Spanish Prisoner [Wikipedia]
Pigeon drop [Wikipedia]
The 9 Lives of the Spanish Prisoner, the Treasure-Dangling Scam That Won’t Die [Atlas Obscura]
AN OLD SWINDLE REVIVED. [NYT/TimesMachine]
Nigerian Scams [Know Your Meme]
We’re All Somebody’s Fool | Dan Simons & Chris Chabris [OMF]
The Psychology Behind Advance Fee Scams [Fraud, Risk and Compliance]
Chief Executive Officer And Orchestrator Of $10 Million Advance Fee And Alaskan Gold Mine Investment Schemes Sentenced To More Than 20 Years’ Imprisonment [DOJ]
After Bilking Victims of $10 Million, Serial Swindler Is Sentenced to Nearly 22 Years [NYT]
Lengthy Prison Term for Advance Fee Fraudster [FBI]
Two Convicted in Multi-Million-Dollar Advance Fee and Alaskan Gold Mine Investment Schemes [FBI]
The centuries-old scam still fooling thousands every year [Telegraph]
Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam [Reuters]
Nigeria investigates nearly 800 suspects arrested in massive cybercrime raid [VOA]
EFCC bursts syndicate run by foreigners in Lagos operating crypto investment, romance scam [Ripples Nigeria]
We’re Not a Bank in Kansas Anymore [OMF]
363: Enforcers [This American Life]