Dupe of the Week

Have you ever purchased a large item (like a TV) and as you are putting your item into your car, someone approaches you to "borrow" your receipt? You hand over the receipt and the person disappears into the store. You think that it's not a big deal, but little do you know that this is the making of a large scam that happens all of the time. This is the exact dupe that is portrayed in NBC's hit crime drama GOOD GIRLS where the suburban moms use return dupes to hide their money laundering. Return dupes are on the rise and the focus of this week's episode.

We tackle puppy dupes and money laundering. We would have never imagined a relationshp between these two areas, but money laundering via puppy breeding happens and is more common than you may think. Join us for another fascinating discussion and if you are in the market for a new puppy, you should definitely listen.

This week; lumber dupes. Yes; lumber! I bet you never thought about the wood on your floors being deadly did you? Take a listen to this week's episode and you will forever think differently about hardwood flooring.

According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS), there are more than 1.5 million nonprofits organizations registered in the United States. Unfortunately, these organizations are extremely susceptible to fraud. In this week episode, our co-hosts discuss ways in which nonprofits can protect themselves from being defrauded. If you work for a nonprofit or serve on a nonprofit board, you don't want to miss this episode.

If you ever used child care platforms, like Care.com, this is an important episode for you. We often trust information found on these websites and fail to due any due diligence regarding the information we find but why? Bad things can happen when you don't take the time to check out references. This week we tackle a very serious issue; child care dupes. These serious dupes don't end well and we caution all listeners that disturbing content is discussed. Listener discretion is advised.

PART 2:  This week we continue the fascinating discussion with special guest Susan Hayes of Pharmacy Investigators and Consultants. What kind of pharmacist dilutes chemotherapy for cancer patients? Learn more on this week's episode.

Stop what you are doing and check in your wallet and see if you carry your medical card? If you do, after listening to this week's podcast, you may want to stop. This week we tackle pharmacy dupes with special guest Susan Hayes of Pharmacy Investigators and Consultants. Susan offers valuable insights on topics such as how to prevent your identify being stolen in healthcare transactions to oncology cases where the drugs were diluted so the pharmacists could make more money.

This week we talk about food dupes. You think you are eating tilapia, and actually its a different sea creature that may taste similar to tilapia but you are paying tilapia prices. This is an interesting conversation so take a listen and remember, be careful what you eat.

SPECIAL DUPE OF THE WEEK episode: This week co-host Kelly Richmond Pope sits down with Mary Willingham to discuss NCAA collegiate sports, college admission dupes and her experience being a whistle-blower in one the longest collegiate academic fraud cases before our current Hollywood college admission scandal.

Have you ever tried to change your company's corporate address to your home address? Seems impossible, right? Not really. Hear how one disgruntled employee duped his employer by redirecting their corporate mail. Talk about a lack of internal controls! Enjoy this wild dupe and don't try this one at home.

Join Kelly and Bill this week as they discuss phishing dupes. Ever been overwhelmed with spam email? If you have, you may have just deleted them all and didn't pay attention to its content. If you've done this before, be careful. A phishing scheme could be hiding in the pile of emails you just deleted. Take a listen to learn more.

This week, Kelly and Bill talk about retail dupes and specifically Canada Goose Dupes. These expensive winter coats that retail for over $900 are pretty popular, but you want to make sure you purchase a real one!!! This week's podcast was inspired by an article by journalist Deborah Copaken who was duped out of a real Canada Goose coat.

This week we talk about tax dupes with special guest host Kelly Erb a.k.a. Tax Girl. There are some pretty clever tax scams out there so be sure to take a listen.

Who would ever think that it is not safe to brush your teeth, but you need to read the labels closely. There is a such thing as toothpaste dupes and if this happens to you, it could be dangerous. Take a lesson and learn a few tips to protect yourself.

This week we discuss funeral dupes. Unfortunately, it's way more common that you may think. Take a listen and pick up some valuable tips on how you could protect yourself or a loved one. When you are at your most vulnerable time is often when a dupe can occur.

Have you seen either of the Fyre Festival documentaries yet? Hear our take on both films and how you need to think about all of the facts before you fall victim to a viewer dupe.

We continue our discussion of return dupes by specifically discussing Amazon dupes. Have you ever ordered a package and it just never showed? You may have thought the address was incorrect. Or maybe someone just took it from your porch because they spent the day taking packages because they were following the Amazon delivery truck. Tune in to learn more.

Happy New Year and welcome to Week 1 of DUPE OF THE WEEK. This week we are talking about gift return dupes. Be careful; gift return dupes are way more common than you think.

Kelly and Tim take this week's episode on the road. This special edition of NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH was recorded at the Harvard Kennedy School’s screening of the award-winning documentary ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES. Featured guests include Professor Eugene Soltes- Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration and author of Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White Collar Criminal, Gordon Quinn-Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films and Executive Producer of ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES and co-host, professor and the film’s director Kelly Richmond Pope. Take a listen to some intriguing questions often asked after people have learned how one person can steal $53 million without anyone noticing.

The Federal Reserve recently punished Wells Fargo for years of misconduct. What if fraud was the office culture, what would you do? Would you engage to keep your job or report to the authorities to keep from going to jail? It's a tough choice. Hear firsthand what it was like inside the Wells Fargo scandal from a former bank branch manager. Hear what the daily pressure was like to meet the monthly sales goals and what happened when this manager decided to speak up.