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I think it was mentioned here before, but the AARP makes a podcast about common cons and scams (seeing that a lot of times the targets are elderly people). It's cohosted by Frank Abegnale, the guy from Catch Me If You Can. Check out this podcast: The Perfect Scam http://perfectscam.aarp.libsynpro.com/rss via @PodcastAddict
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Non Serviam posted:I think it was mentioned here before, but the AARP makes a podcast about common cons and scams (seeing that a lot of times the targets are elderly people). It's cohosted by Frank Abegnale, the guy from Catch Me If You Can. Interested in this but this link is hosed up
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Non Serviam posted:I think it was mentioned here before, but the AARP makes a podcast about common cons and scams (seeing that a lot of times the targets are elderly people). It's cohosted by Frank Abegnale, the guy from Catch Me If You Can. Podcasts. Just what Grandma and Grandpa are listening to these days.
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Oct 10, 2018 15:36
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I think they're useful for younger people to also be aware of what scams are out there, and talk to their own folks about it (not that young people are immune to scams, on the contrary). BiggerBoat posted:Interested in this but this link is hosed up Mine was, directly, the rss feed for the podcast. Try this one: https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/
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Trastion posted:Podcasts. Just what Grandma and Grandpa are listening to these days. Gonna scam these grandmas into listening to my podcast to convince them to buy into my new cryptocurrency - KnitCoin.
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Trastion posted:Podcasts. Just what Grandma and Grandpa are listening to these days. AARP age is 50. This age group has had smartphones for years.
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Non Serviam posted:
Thank for this. That worked. A little off topic, but what are some really good scam/rip off movies? I love The Sting, House of Games, 21, Casino Royale, the Oceans films, Glen Gary Glen Ross, Catch Me if You Can, There Will Be Blood, Ladykillers...only seen parts of Paper Moon. Doesn't seem like it's a genre that gets looked at too much so any suggestions are welcome; documentaries too but I was looking more for fiction.
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Oct 14, 2018 23:33
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Wolf of Wall Street. Wall Street. Boiler Room. That Bootsy Collins flick that was just released seems like it uses the phone scams as it’s set piece.
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Oct 15, 2018 01:28
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Matchstick Men, also whatever the name is of the film where de Niro plays Bernie Madoff.
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Oct 15, 2018 02:00
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That episode of DS9 where they rob a casino.
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synthetik posted:Wolf of Wall Street. Wall Street. Boiler Room. Boots Riley wrote and directed Sorry To Bother You if that's what you're thinking of. Many of the episodes of Danger Man had the main character set up a scheme to thwart a bad guy and would have the hero heading to the airport and out of town while the villain's world burns down around him.
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Oct 15, 2018 03:02
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If TV's okay, Burn Notice has at least one scam an episode.
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Oct 15, 2018 03:09
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Leverage was pretty good.
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I liked Molly's Game, after family took me to see it. I think its less scammy as much as exploring the lifestyle impacts of being in an environment conducive for being taken advantage of. Worth a watch on its own merits, i think.
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I haven't watched it yet, but my uncle loved Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room. Kinda long, 110 minutes. Not a documentary though it supposedly doesn't take much artistic license.
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TheParadigm posted:I liked Molly's Game, after family took me to see it. I think its less scammy as much as exploring the lifestyle impacts of being in an environment conducive for being taken advantage of. Worth a watch on its own merits, i think. Molly’s Game came to mind for me as well but I hesitated as - as you say - it’s not really about a scam as much. Well worth watching though.
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Midjack posted:Boots Riley wrote and directed Sorry To Bother You if that's what you're thinking of. jfc I hosed that one up. Yeah, that’s exactly the one.
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Thanks for the recommendations, guys. I've actually seen almost all the ones that were listed. I was reminded of one I've seen and liked but that's hard to find called "Hard 8", starring John C. Reilly.
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Thanatosian posted:Leverage was pretty good. In a very similar vein, Hustle is great.
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:I haven't watched it yet, but my uncle loved Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room. Kinda long, 110 minutes. Not a documentary though it supposedly doesn't take much artistic license. What makes you think it’s not a documentary? I think there might have been a few reconstructed bits a la Thin Blue Line (it’s been like 10 years since I’ve seen it), but it’s definitely a doc. He also made the episode about VW emissions testing on Netflix under their Dirty Money series which is worth a watch.
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BiggerBoat posted:Thank for this. That worked. Your list is missing Sneakers.
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EL BROMANCE posted:What makes you think it’s not a documentary? I think there might have been a few reconstructed bits a la Thin Blue Line (it’s been like 10 years since I’ve seen it), but it’s definitely a doc. He also made the episode about VW emissions testing on Netflix under their Dirty Money series which is worth a watch. Just the impression that I got, the R rating, and the description on the back of the box
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Parents guide says there's nudity, and a ton of swearing so the R will be down to that (although iMDB has it marked as Unrated). It's a good watch, and yeah to the dude above on The Big Short - that's great.
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This film is not yet rated. A movie about how the ratings system works for movies (it's a scam. South Park the movie had to have a ton of stuff cut, then when Matt and trey Parker got famous team America had very little cut).
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Red Oktober posted:Molly’s Game came to mind for me as well but I hesitated as - as you say - it’s not really about a scam as much. Well worth watching though. Oh poo poo, I never did watch it. Even if I weren't sure about the premise, Idris Elba is the dreamiest man alive.
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The Brothers Bloom is another good one.
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No Country for Old Men It's not about a scam or rip off, but it is a great movie involving foul play, dirty money and how being greedy and not doing the right thing can destroy you.
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Not sure the scam in this one, but maybe someone can explain it to me, as it literally just happened: 1) A crazy guy causes and blocks the exit to a fast food joint. 2) I avoid the crazy guy and manage to exit the fast food joint, then a woman comes up to me. She explaining how she just got back from the police station because she was mugged and needs money home, which is of course out of town and she promises to pay me back. Now that part is a common scam, so I offer her a T ticket (it's the Boston Bus Pass). I figure it'd help get her home if she really is stuck. She declines, but then some stranger built like a football player in a purple hoodie calls her over and gives her some cash. She seems all set, but I told her I'd still get her that bus ticket so she doesn't have to walk all the way to the train station. She agrees and we walk a few blocks to a subway, where I can get her a ticket. She walks on ahead, choosing an empty stairwell which is weird, but whatever. In my head, i'm thinking "this poor woman was just mugged, so stay in populated areas so she doesn't feel threatened." Well, as soon as we are in that stairwell, it turns out that huge guy was following us the whole time. He demands the money back, which she gives with a smooth immediate motion,, asks if I'm a friend of hers, says "it's my loving money," asks if I'm some sort of "loving goodie two-shoes." I say I'm trying to be.", then side-step from the bottom of the stairs to the main train hub, which is filled with people. When I try to talk to her to find out what's going on, she talks and keeps walking back TOWARDS the drat stairwell where the guy was. Obviously, I couldn't follow ti find out what the hell just happened, because the stairwell only has her and a living bear of a man who is trying to walk AWAY from her back towards the street with many people. What in sam hell just happened and what the scam here? There were onlookers who were sure that was a scam (since I side-stepped from the stairs into a crowd who saw the tail end), but none of us could figure out what the scam actually was. All she had to do was stay and I would have gotten her a T pass, which is at least worth some cash. While my first guess is that she was a distraction so the big guy could mug me once I was distracted and it was just the three of us, why do it in such a sloppy manner (did he just not know the layout of the city as well as me or something)? diadem fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Oct 26, 2018 |
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Only thing I can think of is that somewhere between her getting the cash and giving it back to the big guy, she’s meant to have lifted some cash off you and mixed it in with his cash. This would somehow in their minds make it less likely that you’d be able to challenge them on giving the cash back, because “it’s his loving money”? That, or you just witnessed some non scam related pimp/hooker dealings?
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Not sure it's a scam: IT IS DEFINITELY A SCAM
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I guess I don't see it either. Good on you for trying to help! Also for not getting scammed or mugged.
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And that is why I tell them I got no cash and move on. Too risky. Anyone getting hammered with signa blue cross offers? I get like 2-3 a day and some bypass my block.
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diadem posted:What in sam hell just happened and what the scam here? There were onlookers who were sure that was a scam (since I side-stepped from the stairs into a crowd who saw the tail end), but none of us could figure out what the scam actually was. All she had to do was stay and I would have gotten her a T pass, which is at least worth some cash. I think your first instinct was the right one, it was a botched semi-mugging (no gun or knife, just relying on the guy being huge and aggressive to intimidate you into giving up your money), they were probably new to this flavor of crime and still working out the program.
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Nine Queens/Nueve Reinas is the best scam movie of all time, in my book. The original Argentinian movie is better, but there's a John C Reilly remake that's okay, also. The twist at the end of the original blows the remake away. This may have been posted already, but Kitboga has a Twitch channel where he counter-scams computer scammers. He uses voice modulators and plays characters to gently caress with them. He's very good at it, but, for me, it gets a little tired. The scams are nearly always the same and his strategy of drawing the process out and wasting their time eventually fells like he's wasting mine, too. YouTube channel
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The funniest anti-scam pranks I've heard were done by "Hoax Hotel". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuayDyJ1ODI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it-U7uppX7U
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Bad Titty Puker posted:The funniest anti-scam pranks I've heard were done by "Hoax Hotel". Holy gently caress this was good. I lost it when he started talking about an actual ship bringing him the card and the route it would take. Hahahahah
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Posted in the BWM thread but belongs here too.quote:First off, I just want to say that this will be a long post, because I do want to rant and provide a lot of context for feedback and introspection. But basically, I was given jewelry by who claimed to be a rich man from Dubai in front of his family from a very expensive car at a gas stop who claimed to have run out of exchange cash. I felt bad for them and especially their kids, who were apparently in on the scam. As it turns out, none of the jewelry was real, and although a $1400 loss isn't going to kill me, it does sting, and I want to vent with someone. I apologize if this isn't the best subreddit for it; if someone could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.
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Midjack posted:Posted in the BWM thread but belongs here too. Ain't no school, but the old school.
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Midjack posted:Posted in the BWM thread but belongs here too. Lol owned
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