The 21st Show

Why do scams work? An Illinois accountant explains

 
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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.”

Guest

Kelly Richmond Pope
Author: Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets From the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry
Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Accounting, DePaul University