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Dirty Scams

Dirty Scams

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Ever wonder how the most audacious con artists pull off their schemes? Dirty Scams pulls back the curtain on the world's most shocking frauds, exposing the masterminds and their victims.

From elaborate financial swindles to cunning identity theft, we dissect every detail of the deception. This is where you uncover the psychology behind the trickery and learn how seemingly ordinary people fall prey to extraordinary lies. We don't just tell stories; we analyze the tactics, the red flags, and the devastating impact of these criminal enterprises.

Join us daily, seven days a week, for a fresh dose of deception. New episodes drop every Monday through Sunday at 7:00 PM, offering a deep dive into a new case of fraud, scam, or con. Each episode is meticulously researched, bringing you the facts and the fascinating human element behind every scheme.

Dirty Scams is for anyone fascinated by true crime, investigative journalism, and the darker side of human ingenuity. If you're keen to understand the mechanics of deception and protect yourself from becoming a target, you've found your essential listening. Subscribe now and become an expert in spotting the signs.© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators ノンフィクション犯罪
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  • Honey, No Hives: The Small-Town Scam That Ate $603,000

    Honey, No Hives: The Small-Town Scam That Ate $603,000
    2026/09/10
    Honey, No Hives: The Small-Town Scam That Ate $603,000

    Fear of betrayal in a place where a handshake still carries weight: jars of real honey sat on fresh concrete and a locked freezer, while sixty-four bee colonies that investors paid for had vanished months earlier - and the total loss would reach $603,000. How did real honey, dated 2016, end up on empty land and in storage units while neighbors handed over life savings to a trusted organizer?

    In this episode, we tell the story of how a community cooperative offered fractional harvest titles in a sixty-four-colony apiary and how those investments unfolded into missing hives, sealed mason jars, and forensic accounting that traced money and documents - could the jars people tasted have been the very proof of a lie?

    Person: Christine Russo
    Person: Denise Bishop
    Person: Jason Weaver
    Date: September 2019
    Case: Calloway Harvest Cooperative

    - 64 colonies were supposed to be on the Calloway County property but none were present when inspected.
    - $11,000 was the amount Jason Weaver invested via cashier's check.
    - $8,000 was Kayla Odom’s savings plus a $2,000 loan from her mother to meet the investment minimum.
    - Honey frames found on the freezer were stamped with a date iron reading 2016.
    - The total loss from the scheme reached $603,000.

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    19 分
  • They Bought a Scoreboard That Never Existed - $164,000 Missing

    They Bought a Scoreboard That Never Existed - $164,000 Missing
    2026/09/09
    They Bought a Scoreboard That Never Existed - $164,000 Missing

    Fear that your community's goodwill can be weaponized: a professional plaque, a superintendent's real signature block, and $214,300 pledged to a scoreboard that was never ordered, never permitted, and never built-yet only $11.40 was recovered. Who convinced 31 donors to pay, and where did $164,000 disappear to?

    In this episode, we walk through the chronology of how a fictitious nonprofit, fake vendor, and a single $47 rendering convinced community members to donate, and how the fraud unraveled when a retired birdwatcher found a plaque on a padlocked shed. What decisions allowed the scheme to run for months without being stopped?

    Person: Jason Zimmerman
    Date: 2015 (Zimmerman arrived in Calhoun County), March 2019 (McCarthy donation)
    Location: Calhoun County, Dellwood-Calhoun athletic complex
    Event: Laminated donor plaques bolted to an unused padlocked equipment shed between May and July 2019
    Status: Final audit recovered $11.40 in restitution

    - Total pledges solicited: $214,300 across 31 donors
    - Individual major donation: $12,000 from Marilyn McCarthy in March 2019
    - Cost of the single printed rendering used in pitches: $47 at a copy shop on Hartwell Avenue
    - Nonprofit bank account opened: Hartwell Community Bank under "Dellwood Athletic Excellence Fund"
    - Forensic auditor Amanda Underwood noted: "vendor is a pocket" about Tri-State Display Solutions

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    16 分
  • Wet Envelope, Missing Escrow: How a Paper Route Exposed $21K

    Wet Envelope, Missing Escrow: How a Paper Route Exposed $21K
    2026/09/08
    Wet Envelope, Missing Escrow: How a Paper Route Exposed $21K

    A teenage paperboy found a white envelope in wet gravel that revealed a bank statement showing an escrow balance far lower than required - $3,000 when regulators expected more than $20,000. Fifteen residents had contributed real money to a “community investment account” pitched by the park owner, and one handwritten notebook became the pivot of the unfolding fraud; how did inspections miss a discrepancy that endured for years?

    In this episode, we tell how a routine paper route and a soaked bank statement led to two concurrent frauds inside a small Ohio mobile home park, and why a simple ledger and a billing coordinator’s receipts were enough to start a criminal case - could a single account and a single name explain where the missing funds went?

    Person: James Long
    Date: July 9, 2004
    Location: Sycamore Ridge Mobile Home Community, Calloway County, Ohio
    Person: Frances Fleming
    Amount: $3,000 actual escrow balance

    - James Long, age 15, found a white envelope with a bank statement on July 9, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.
    - Sycamore Ridge had 81 lots occupied in summer 2004 and was required to hold $20,000-$28,000 in escrow by rough calculations.
    - The escrow account labeled "SYCAMORE RIDGE ESCROW - TENANT DEPOSITS" showed a balance of $3,000 on July 14, 2004.
    - Fifteen residents signed on to the community investment account that Frances Fleming announced in spring 2002.
    - Denise Thorpe deposited $1,100 into the investment program between 2002 and 2004 and recorded interest payments, including a $212 entry on a grocery receipt.

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    19 分
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