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Why do scams work? An Illinois accountant explains

Why do scams work? An Illinois accountant explains

Update: 2025-10-16
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Fraud is all around us, from pyramid schemes to spam phone calls. Illinois-based forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope writes about why people do it — and how we can better protect ourselves — in her book “Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion Dollar Fraud Industry.”
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Why do scams work? An Illinois accountant explains

Why do scams work? An Illinois accountant explains

The 21st Show