The theme of this series has been the long con of vanishing. Instead of a scammer targeting you, you are the one scamming everyone else. To be successful, you must do this the rest of your life, making it possibly the longest con of all.
Maureen is the victim of this con. Her husband went missing and while she verified he was still alive, she doesn't know why he left -- or even if he is still alive.
In this episode, you'll hear her tragic story and her best guess on what really happened, although she'll unlikely to never know for sure.
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A boy amputates his legs to get insurance month and "ghost hacking" sends messages to the deceased family
Faking your death
News: A Nebraska woman is conned out of a gold bar a woman buys the wrong kind of gift card, frustrating a scammer, but still losing her money
Witness Protection Programs -- it's not an easy way to vanish
Woman recovers $147k from scammer and a man tries to own the New York Hotel
Scammers break into a physician's prescription system, creating orders for tens of thousands of addictive drugs and a lawsuit has been filed against CitiGroup for not doing enough to protect customers
Vanishing: Where to go and dealing with loneliness
Woman uses soap opera scheme in attempt to kill husband; catfishing scam hits business for $4 million
Vanished: How to go missing and avoid those searching for you.
Scams & Cons News: Scammers use a smartphone with Bluetooth to steal 800 gallons of gasoline and the DEA accidently gives $500,000 to scammers
The longest con of all -- vanishing. Why would anyone want to do it?
Season 6 -- A user's guide
Scams & Cons News: A dating app leads to a carjacking and are you being smished?
BONUS: Lee Goldberg tells how he writes scams into his books and TV shows
REPLAY: Luxury scams
REPLAY: Three Card Monte - Remastered
REPLAY: The Russian Bride Scam
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