About this episode
The episode details Brian's experience with a gold coin scam and his collaboration with police to set up a sting operation.
When Brian receives an email from "PayPal," he thinks it must be the refund he's been waiting for, but he is instead drawn into a scam that has him running all over town feeding money into crypto kiosks and exchanging cash for gold coins to hand off to a courier. Brian soon grows suspicious, but he resists the urge to confront the criminals and goes directly to the police. Brian helps detectives set up a sting operation to ensnare the courier and expose a crime ring.
Topics covered
- scam
- sting operation
- crime
- gold coins
- crypto
- law enforcement
Keywords
- scam
- gold coins
- crypto kiosks
- sting operation
- PayPal
- crime ring
- law enforcement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PayPal, police, crime ring
Products: crypto kiosks, gold coins
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