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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHere are two more “classic” scams that have been practiced since time immemorial, and are still very much in use today — because they still work, in one variation or another. Both are “team” scams, and need at least two crooks to make them work. The victim …

Here is another of the relatively small number of basic scams, which are recycled over and over by clever swindlers. This one depends on making the victim pay to keep something from being revealed. Despite all the different variations, it’s not too hard to figure out. But it depends on the sucker being willing to go along with something shady. …