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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Podcaster trolls his scammer all the way to India

    We all get voicemails from scammers trying separate us from our money. One podcast producer didn’t hit delete. He called back repeatedly until he had something close to a friendship with the man trying to scam him. Alex Goldman hosts the Reply All podcast. ( Photo courtesy of Daniel Seung Lee for Gimlet Media)

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 2, 2017 • 1 min read

    We all get voicemails from scammers trying separate us from our money. One podcast producer didn’t hit delete. He called back repeatedly until he had something close to a friendship with the man trying to scam him.

    Alex Goldman hosts the Reply All podcast.

    (Photo courtesy of Daniel Seung Lee for Gimlet Media)

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      Madeleine Brand

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      Gina Pollack

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      Sarah Sweeney

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      Alex Goldman

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Should the U.S. base its immigration system on Canada's?
    1. 0:00Trump cites Canadian model in push to slash legal immigration to U.S.
    2. 7:34Obamacare recipients in California will have to pay more for insurance next year
    3. 13:57Lawsuit: Fox News and White House produced fake story of DNC staffer
    4. 25:57Podcaster trolls his scammer all the way to IndiaYou’re reading this
    5. 41:26The secret behind the success of 'Sharknado'
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