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EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 43 MIN

Episode 255: How Kindness Works in The Scammer's Playbook

from What the Hack? · host DeleteMe

She said her name was Clara Harper from Chase Bank. She argued with a police officer. She needed gift cards. Brian Ward shares the three times his 85-year-old father got scammed — and why the most unsettling thing wasn't the con. It was how reasonable it all sounded.Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She said her name was Clara Harper from Chase Bank. She argued with a police officer. She needed gift cards. Brian Ward shares the three times his 85-year-old father got scammed — and why the most unsettling thing wasn't the con. It was how reasonable it all sounded.Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 255: How Kindness Works in The Scammer's Playbook

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