Podcast Brunch Club is like book club, but for podcasts. We have 50+ chapters across 5 continents. Every month, we put together a thematic podcast playlist. The April 2023 theme is "SCAMS." Join us: https://podcastbrunchclub.com/how-it-works/
This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman. Â Further Reading If you suspect you are a victim of a tech support scammer, you see a suspicious pop-up, or get an uns...Show More
When Sheratan Johnson receives a call from an unknown number, she’s startled to hear the man on the other end of the line claim he’s kidnapped her daughter from gymnastics class. Hearing her daughter’...Show More
Kirat is a successful marketer and radio presenter. Online, she’s contacted by a man she vaguely knows called Bobby, and they start chatting. Slowly, they become close… and she’s reeled in to a scam o...Show More
In a special collaboration with Planet Money, we bring you the history of planned obsolescence – the idea that products are designed to break.
In a scheme that lasted over a decade, Jerome "Uncle Jerry" Jacobson defrauded fast-food giant McDonald's for over $20 million by rigging the promotional Monopoly game. –––-–--------------------------...Show More