Credit Card Skimming, Investment Fraud, and Advance Fee Scams
Description
This episode of Scammed takes us through three classic scams. First we examine how credit card skimming works; then we briefly consider the trust required for scammers to pull off an investment fraud; and finally we look at the case of a woman who loses her entire business due to the deceptive advance fee scam, one of the most common types of confidence frauds.
Runtime
22 min
Series
Subjects
- Credit cards (5)
- Fraud (34)
- Deviant behavior (131)
- Swindlers and swindling (37)
- Social control (144)
- Crime (296)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2011
Database
Films on Demand
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