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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.

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  • They Bought Hope - He Sold a Truck That Never Existed

    They Bought Hope - He Sold a Truck That Never Existed
    Oct 28 2026
    They Bought Hope - He Sold a Truck That Never Existed

    Fear that your generosity was stolen gets under the skin: a small town raised $219,400 for a hospital raffle for a Ford F-250 that was never owned, never donated, and whose pristine giveaway placard was found behind a dumpster four days before the drawing-so who actually took the money and why did no one stop it?

    In this episode, you will hear how a community fundraiser unfolded, the people who bought tickets believing they were helping the pediatric unit, and the paper trail that revealed the grand prize and donation were fabrications-what did the organizer admit in private emails that he never told the town?

    Person: Kevin Brooks
    Event: Kellerton Community Savings Drive raffle
    Date: August 11, 2009 (placard discovery) and raffle run through 2008-2009
    Amount: $219,400 collected
    Tickets sold: roughly 680 people

    - The laminated placard advertising the Ford F-250 was found pristine behind a dumpster on Brackett Street two blocks from the Savings Drive office four days before the drawing.
    - The fundraiser had collected $219,400 from roughly 680 people across Sable County.
    - Kevin Brooks registered the Kellerton Community Savings Drive in March 2007 and wrote in a November 2008 email calling the truck "the thing we're all pretending exists."
    - The operating account held less than $1,500 by November 2008 despite the raffle running for over a year.
    - Curtis Hewitt bought 30 tickets in May 2009 for $750; Ronald Armstrong bought 18 tickets in April 2009.

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    19 min
  • Buried Promises: 112 Funeral Contracts, One Town's Stolen Peace

    Buried Promises: 112 Funeral Contracts, One Town's Stolen Peace
    Oct 27 2026
    Buried Promises: 112 Funeral Contracts, One Town's Stolen Peace

    Half of a town of 608 people paid in full for funerals that never happened, and a metal filing cabinet full of 112 signed contracts was dug up from an embankment - but where did the money go and who profited? The buried cabinet, photographed and catalogued as evidence, kicked off a six-year question: how did a man selling “peace of mind” quietly become the center of a rural fraud scheme?

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries and documents that reveal what residents of Sutter Flats bought from a business called Serenity Passage, who sold the contracts, and the moment Michelle Mason realized the trust accounts and promised funeral services might be a lie. What unfolds from that single filing cabinet, and how do the contracts in it answer the question of missing funds?

    Person: Russell Cole
    Person: Michelle Mason
    Location: Sutter Flats
    Population: 608
    Date found: early July 2019

    - 112 signed prepaid funeral contracts were found in a metal filing cabinet buried along Route Nine.
    - Michelle Mason purchased two prepaid funeral contracts in autumn 2016 for $4,500 each.
    - Russell Cole opened Serenity Passage in spring 2013 at age 53 and was not a licensed funeral director.
    - Vera Hutchins bought a contract in 2014 for her husband Leonard, who died in 2016, and waited four months for payment that never arrived.
    - The contracts listed a partnering funeral home in Weller's Crossing and a trust account at Territorial Savings of Oreland County.

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    18 min
  • Dry Box, Hundred Twelve Lies: How Millbrook's Trusted Banker Stole $1.24M

    Dry Box, Hundred Twelve Lies: How Millbrook's Trusted Banker Stole $1.24M
    Oct 26 2026
    Dry Box, Hundred Twelve Lies: How Millbrook's Trusted Banker Stole $1.24M

    Fear and betrayal: a dry cardboard box hidden in a soaked loading dock contained 112 fake financial statements that concealed $1,240,000 stolen from 31 town residents-how did a trusted local banker fabricate an entire private fund without anyone noticing? What two handwritten words ended the scheme for good?

    In this episode, you will hear the sequence of events that led from a routine discovery on June 4, 2019 to the unmasking of the Millbrook Circle, detailing how deposits were handled, who trusted the promoter, and the moment that cracked the case open. The episode follows the path of funds, the role of fabricated statements, and the unresolved question of why members accepted the documents without verification.

    Person: Alan Simpson
    Date: June 4, 2019
    Location: Suite 12B, Eastgate Commerce Center, Millbrook, Garfield County
    Amount: $1,240,000
    Victims: 31 people

    - 112 printed financial statements were found inside a dry cardboard box behind an electrical cabinet.
    - $1,240,000 was taken from 31 people who joined the Millbrook Circle.
    - The fraud ran for more than two years, starting in early 2017.
    - Simpson was 47 years old when he set up Garfield Wealth Partners in Suite 12B.
    - One operating account at a regional bank received all deposits and funded personal expenses, vacations, a truck, and a bathroom renovation.

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    17 min
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