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The Scam Call

The Scam Call

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Ever wonder how you almost fell for that email? Or who's behind those convincing phone calls? The Scam Call unmasks the shocking reality of fraud, bringing you true stories and expert insights to protect yourself.

Each episode dives deep into the intricate world of cybercrime, revealing the tactics of con artists and the devastating impact of scams. We expose everything from sophisticated online phishing schemes to elaborate identity theft, giving you the knowledge to recognize the red flags before it's too late. This isn't just about cautionary tales; it's about empowering you with real-world defense strategies.

New episodes drop daily, Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM, ensuring you get your essential dose of fraud prevention every single day. Expect compelling narratives, breakdowns of current scam trends, and practical advice you can implement immediately. We cover everything from investment scams and tech support fraud to romance scams and cryptocurrency cons.

This podcast is for anyone who wants to stay one step ahead of criminals, protect their money, and secure their personal information. If you're concerned about digital security, online safety, or simply curious about how these intricate deceptions work, you've found your essential guide. Subscribe to The Scam Call and arm yourself with the ultimate defense against deception.© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators True Crime
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  • The Roadside Deed Box That Revealed Nineteen Stolen Harvests

    The Roadside Deed Box That Revealed Nineteen Stolen Harvests
    Aug 11 2026
    The Roadside Deed Box That Revealed Nineteen Stolen Harvests

    Fear that the papers in your barn could vanish into someone else's loan file - that’s what woke a grader operator at 6:00 AM on February 11, 2009 when he unearthed a fireproof box of sixty-one warehouse receipts on Route 7. Those receipts revealed a scheme that turned nineteen farmers’ harvests into multiple loans and nearly $178,000 of double- and quadruple-pledged collateral; who was behind it and how long had it been running?

    In this episode, we follow the chain of events from the berm where the metal box was found to the farms and elevators where warehouse receipts were treated as title, showing how one trusted marketing agent leveraged receipts into secured loans without owners’ knowledge - and how a snapped serpentine belt exposed the fraud.

    Person: Gregory Erickson
    Date: February 11, 2009
    Location: Route 7, three miles north of Millhaven, Nebraska
    Case: Warehouse receipt fraud involving nineteen producers
    Amount: Approximately $178,000 collected against Olson’s 15,000 bushels

    - A fireproof metal box containing sixty-one warehouse receipts was found on the asphalt on February 11, 2009.
    - Roy Olson delivered 15,000 bushels of soybeans in November 2008, valued at about $109,000 at market.
    - Lloyd Watson pledged Olson’s single set of receipts to four separate parties, collecting roughly $42,000-$47,000 from each.
    - By 2008 Watson managed nineteen producers and between 80,000 and 90,000 bushels of aggregate grain.
    - The box’s discovery followed someone searching the berm with a flashlight the night before and a serpentine belt snapping on a county road.

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    16 Min.
  • The $441K Church Fund That Never Built Anything: Inside Boyd's Theft

    The $441K Church Fund That Never Built Anything: Inside Boyd's Theft
    Aug 10 2026
    The $441K Church Fund That Never Built Anything: Inside Boyd's Theft

    A decade-long fund labeled at $441,000 turned out to hold just $4,118 when auditors checked the account - and the building permit posted on the lot had expired ten years earlier. How did one man use permits, plausible payees and community trust to siphon funds from sixty-one donors for eleven years without anyone noticing?

    In this episode, we walk through the timeline from the initial permit placard photographed on January 9, 2019 to the audit that exposed the discrepancy, showing how routine procedures and faith-based trust hid a prolonged fraud. What allowed withdrawals to stay under the radar, and who finally pulled the thread that unraveled the scheme?

    Person: Glenn Boyd
    Date: Permit filed December 2007
    Location: Lot behind Calvary Road Baptist Church
    Status: Account balance $4,118 in late January 2019
    Case: Sixty-one identified victims

    - The Cornerstone Building Fund reported $387,000 in a church newsletter four years before auditors found $4,118.
    - Crystal Foster photographed the weathered orange permit placard on January 9, 2019, which had expired in 2009.
    - Glenn Boyd joined Calvary Road Baptist in 2005 and was appointed to the building committee within eighteen months.
    - A Community Foundation grant of $18,500 was received in 2013, supported in part by construction photographs Boyd submitted.
    - Cheryl Russo donated $23,000 to the Cornerstone Fund over eleven years and kept bank confirmations in a manila envelope.

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    18 Min.
  • The Dry Box on Sable Creek: How a Volunteer Stole $181,400

    The Dry Box on Sable Creek: How a Volunteer Stole $181,400
    Aug 9 2026
    The Dry Box on Sable Creek: How a Volunteer Stole $181,400

    A jogger found a perfectly dry cardboard banker's box on a snowy bridge with no footprints nearby, containing forty-seven file folders that exposed three years of hidden payments and $181,400 siphoned from a small-town grant account - who would place real evidence in the open like that, and why? This episode starts with that frozen scene and asks how a trusted volunteer turned grant money into a personal bank account without immediate detection.

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from two grant awards to the missing progress report, tracing the transfers, the project deliverables, and the board's oversight failures to ask whether trust and small-town familiarity masked a deliberate long con.

    Person: Thomas Erickson
    Location: Merton, Illinois
    Date: December 11, 2019
    Event: Discovery of banker's box with financial records
    Amount: $181,400

    - The Illinois State Humanities Council awarded $112,000 in August 2016 for a digitization project.
    - The Whitmore Family Foundation awarded $88,000 in January 2017 for the same project, bringing the project account to $200,000.
    - $181,400 was moved over two and a half years through 32 fraudulent vendor payments, 9 consulting fees, and 4 equipment entries.
    - The first progress report was due December 2017 but was never sent; by March 2018 the project account was functionally empty.
    - The demo archive presented to the board contained roughly 2,000 scanned items, which represented 18% of the promised deliverable.

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    16 Min.
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