Hacking Humans

Anyone can be a target of romance scams.

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Guest Stacey Nash, Head of Fraud and Central Operations at USAA, joins Dave to discuss romance or sweetheart scams, Joe and Dave share some listener follow-up, Joe's got a story about emails sent to British awards organizers asking them to transfer prize money to a PayPal account, Dave's story is about a Rolling Stones tribute band targeted in a bogus check racket, and our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Konstantin about a fake tax refund.
Links to stories:

$40,000 Swindle Puts Spotlight on Literary Prize Scams

Scammers can’t get no satisfaction

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