Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel

骗局INC 1:桶中的猪

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2025-02-08

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You wouldn’t fall for a scam—would you? A small town in Kansas is left reeling after one of its best and brightest gets sucked in. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • On the Weekend Intelligence, we're bringing you the first half of a new eight part podcast series, Scam Inc.

  • I'm Rosie Blore,

  • co host of the Intelligence

  • and I was completely gripped from the moment my colleague Su Lin Wong first told me about this podcast.

  • This is the biggest story you've never heard of.

  • Su Lin follows a trail around the world,

  • taking us deep into the heart of the ingenious and sophisticated networks working so hard to rip us off.

  • She follows the money even as it appears to scatter like feathers out of our bank accounts,

  • laundered and back full circle onto the streets of our cities.

  • And most of all, she digs into the heart of a new, developing, terrifying trade in human emotions.

  • You can find the whole series by searching Scam Inc.

  • Wherever you get your podcasts.

  • In the summer of 2023, there was a drought in Kansas, but Jim Tucker's family had weathered worse.