About this episode

This episode introduces the podcast Hardcore Con, exploring a complex con involving multiple scammers.

This week we'd like to introduce you to the podcast, Hardcore Con. It's a new show from Johnathan Walton Media. What on earth could convince an Ivy League-educated journalist to fork over a shoebox with her entire life savings in it to a complete stranger for safekeeping? This is an intricate and complex con involving multiple con artists. And it could happen to any one of us so pay attention to the tricks, the brain hacks and the dark psychology these A-list scammers use to successfully pull off this $50,000 con.  Check out Johnathan's other podcasts at  johnathanwalton.com/podcasts   Johnathan Walton's book is Anatomy of a Con Artist  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• con artists
• psychology
• scams
• true crime
• journalism

Keywords

• con artist
• scam
• psychology
• true crime
• journalism
• Ivy League

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johnathan Walton Media

Books & works: Anatomy of a Con Artist

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