February 22, 2024

EP. 230.5 — Fraud Friday: The Scammer of All Trades w/ Lamorne Morris

Happy Friday, con-gregation! This week, we revisit our episode with Lamorne Morris on the pod to talk about the man who was so good at scheming that Spielberg made a movie about it. Plus, the girl who “does braces.” Stay schemin!

 

This episode was originally released on July 7th, 2020.

 

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Research by Sharilyn Vera.

 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale

https://www.biography.com/personality/frank-abagnale

https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/04/24/covid-19-scams/

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