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The Scammer of All Trades with Lamorne Morris (Fraud Friday)

17 Jul 2026 · 59 min

What's poppin', con-gregation? This week, Lamorne Morris is on the pod to talk about the man who was so good at scheming that Spielberg made a movie about it. Plus, the girl who "does braces." Stay schemin!

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale

https://www.biography.com/personality/frank-abagnale

https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam/

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/04/24/covid-19-scams/

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• https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bostonmagazine.com_news_2020_04_24_covid-2D19-2Dscams_&d=DwMFaQ&c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&r=tLr8qzvUqzBDOt-3tLBXNg&m=dL1Oi4q4WeFKHJdWs-FtQkgipcImqNCj0HVdz_y5TM4&s=JdRrjqO76SJqNU58dLdvnKfbKeC3x-QlBJoLFrx4PEc&e=
• https://omnystudio.com/listener

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