EP. 231 — Conned out of 50K?! w/ Dulcé Sloan

What’s Poppin Con-gregation? This week, The Daily Show correspondent Dulcé Sloan joins the show to discuss how journalist Charlotte Cowles recounts how she was scammed into putting $50,000 in a shoe box. Stay Schemin’!

This was researched by Kaelyn Brandt.

Sources:

https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html

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