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EPISODE · Jun 21, 2024 · 31 MIN

Archive Episode: Rookie FBI Agent Turns Tables on International Scammers, Part 2

from The Perfect Scam · host AARP

In part 2 of this 2021 episode, Rookie FBI agent Mike meets 80-year-old Alan, who has sent $600,000 to "friends" he met online. Typically, international scammers are notoriously hard to prosecute. After hearing that Alan visited the scammers in the Middle East and Africa, though, Mike senses a unique opportunity to lure the con artists to the United States. The pair devise a scheme so that the swindlers can be arrested and convicted of their crimes.

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