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Exploring Elder Scams

2023/8/7
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Not Another True Crime Podcast

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This week, Sara and Danny cover Leah Remini's new harassment and defamation lawsuit against the Church of Scientology. Then, they get into some international elder scams: First, a 73-year-old New York grandmother named Jean, who outsmarted a scammer posing as her grandson. Then, police in Thailand take down an international operation that cheated the elderly out of $87 million. And finally, Japan's projected plan to put an end to elder scams once and for all... by taking away their bank cards.

RESOURCES:

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/leah-remini-sues-church-of-scientology-1235686180/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/24/elder-scam-grandma-long-island/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thai-police-bust-call-scammers-swindled-older-americans-rcna76271

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3229623/japan-plans-combat-phone-scams-taking-elderlys-bank-cards-away-people-are-going-panic

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