{"podcast":{"title":"The Perfect Scam","slug":"the-perfect-scam-550137","podcast_index_feed_id":550137,"rss_url":"https://perfectscam.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.aarp.org/podcasts/the-perfect-scam","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/f/c/8/3fc806ad839b4351/PS_01_Compressed.jpg","author":"AARP","episode_count":322,"summary":"AARP's weekly podcast The Perfect ScamSM tells the stories of people who find themselves the target of a scam. Host Bob Sullivan introduces listeners to those who have experienced scams firsthand, as well as professional con artists and leading experts who pull back the curtain on how scammers operate.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T14:18:45.797194+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-scam-550137"},"episode":{"title":"$1 Million Theft: Tech Scam Leaves Teacher Shaken","slug":"1-million-theft-tech-scam-leaves-teacher-shaken","published_at":"2026-02-20T14:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-scam-550137/1-million-theft-tech-scam-leaves-teacher-shaken","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-scam-550137","url":"https://perfectscam.libsyn.com/1-million-theft-tech-scam-leaves-teacher-shaken","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/perfectscam/tps_s23_ep246_Utah_tech_scam_-_Pause_Reflect_Protect_final_mix.mp3?dest-id=684119","summary":"Joyce is a retired teacher who works part-time with special needs kids. She's recently divorced after a long marriage, facing a cancer scare, and acting as the primary caregiver for her 96-year-old mother. With all of this weighing on her, she becomes the target of a tech support scam. Over months of instilling fear, the criminals steal more than $1 million from her retirement savings. Kathy Stokes of the AARP Fraud Watch Network stops by to discuss the new \"Pause. Reflect. Protect.\" campaign aimed at combating scams like these.","meta_description":"Joyce is a retired teacher who works part-time with special needs kids. She's recently divorced after a long marriage, facing a cancer scare, and acting a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3775,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-perfect-scam-550137/episodes/1-million-theft-tech-scam-leaves-teacher-shaken/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-scam-550137/1-million-theft-tech-scam-leaves-teacher-shaken.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}