I saw a few episodes of this recently and marathoned my way through season 7. It basically profiles various con men and fraudsters and the millions and millions (sometimes billions) of damage they inflict.
It should be required viewing for anyone who is currently in or trying to ER. While watching the show it is a pretty stark reminder that there are a lot of sharks out there preying on the elderly. I'm not old yet but even i've been approached by various "investment advisors" who throw out some hooks.
The scale of some of these scams are amazing. Madoff was really the tip of the iceberg. There's a lot of these guys running around everywhere and when they get busted it doesn't always make national news.
It should be required viewing for anyone who is currently in or trying to ER. While watching the show it is a pretty stark reminder that there are a lot of sharks out there preying on the elderly. I'm not old yet but even i've been approached by various "investment advisors" who throw out some hooks.
The scale of some of these scams are amazing. Madoff was really the tip of the iceberg. There's a lot of these guys running around everywhere and when they get busted it doesn't always make national news.