Scammed

Three classic scams are looked at in this episode. First we look at how credit card skimming works, then a quick look into the trust required for scammers to pull off an investment fraud, and then we finish off with a woman who loses her entire business due to the deceptive Advanced Fee scam.

We explore the story of a young soldier who returns home to find his identity has been stolen and his credit rating ruined. Despite being able to prove he was in Iraq, he cannot shake the bad credit and his life slowly falls apart. We then explore a story where a family targeted landlords, using the information from rental agreements to steal their victims' identities.

Counterfeit products are a hot topic presently and in the world of sports memorabilia counterfeit products can make criminals rich. At the world's largest sports memorabilia conference leading experts speak about the breadth of this crime and we also speak to FBI special agent Fitzsimmons about Operation Bullpen.

Affinity frauds are perpetrated against people of particular social or ethnic groups. Two criminals, David Spark & Andrew Lech, prey upon trusting groups of people who do not fear or would never suspect being taken advantage of by someone from within their own community. The victims come out to tell their stories.

This episode exposes two different charity schemes: a fake disaster relief website that takes donations and funnels them into criminals accounts, the other a scam in which a person pretends to have cancer so they can collect donations for personal use. These two heinous acts prey upon good people while also inhibiting the ability of charitable organizations to help those that are in need.

This episode concerns automobile fraud, documenting one man's journey through encounters with an unscrupulous car salesmen. The second story involves the maintenance and tampering of air bags. We will meet a mother whose son became a of victim air bag fraud. This devastating crime has ruined families that trusted and put their faith in the hands of greedy reckless criminals.