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Scams and Frauds | 60 Minutes Marathon

2025-03-23 News & Politics
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From 2010, Morley Safer's examination of how con artists deceive people. From 1991, Steve Kroft's investigation into unscrupulous used car dealers turning back odometers. From 2023, Sharyn Alfonsi's report on con artists using artificial intelligence, apps and social engineering target parents and grandparents. From 2009, Kroft’s report on Bernie Madoff’s investment scheme and the whistleblower who figured it out. Also from 2009, Safer’s interviews with Irving Picard and David Sheehan, who led a team trying to recover the billions of dollars in assets Bernie Madoff bilked from his investors. From 2011, Safer’s interview with Bernie Madoff's wife, Ruth Madoff, and son Andrew. From 2023, Jon Wertheim’s interview with author and financial journalist Michael Lewis about his book on Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. From 2009, Kroft's investigation of Marc Dreier's Ponzi scheme. From 2015, Kroft's report on conmen filing bogus tax returns and collecting millions. From 2009, Kroft's interview with government agents fighting the $60 billion Medicare fraud industry. From 1991, Mike Wallace's interview with a prison inmate who conducted credit card fraud over the phone. From 2012, Scott Pelley's report on stem cell fraud. And from 1999, Wallace's report on a man who conned elderly Americans out of $200 million using a lottery pool scheme. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/60minutes Watch full episodes: https://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/60minutes/ Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook:https://facebook.com/60minutes Follow "60 Minutes" on Twitter: https://twitter.com/60Minutes Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected] 0:00 Intro 0:11 Pigeon Fever (2010) 13:08 Cream Puff (1991) 25:52 Targeting Seniors (2023) 39:06 The Man Who Knew (2009) 52:48 The Liquidator (2009) 1:05:48 Madoff - Part 1 (2011) 1:22:50 Madoff - Part 2 (2011) 1:35:48 Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried - Part 1 (2023) 1:50:25 Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried - Part 2 (2023) 2:02:12 The Swindler (2009) 2:15:28 The Tax Refund Scam (2015) 2:29:40 Medicare Fraud (2009) 2:43:40 1-800-Con Man (1991) 2:57:49 Stem Cell Fraud (2012) 3:14:05 Con Man (1999)

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0:11 Pigeon Fever (2010) 13:08 Cream Puff (1991) 25:52 Targeting Seniors (2023) 39:06 The Man Who Knew (2009) 52:48 The Liquidator (2009) 1:05:48 Madoff - Part 1 (2011) 1:22:50 Madoff - Part 2 (2011) 1:35:48 Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried - Part 1 (2023) 1:50:25 Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried - Part 2 (2023) 2:02:12 The Swindler (2009) 2:15:28 The Tax Refund Scam (2015) 2:29:40 Medicare Fraud (2009) 2:43:40 1-800-Con Man (1991) 2:57:49 Stem Cell Fraud (2012) 3:14:05 Con Man (1999)

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@JudyFayLondon 2025-03-23

This is the very reason why free press is important! It helps ordinary people let their stories to be heard and get their justice.

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@briansierzega 2025-03-23

Dang! More like: *600 Minutes!*

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@dommafia 2025-03-23

Bill Whitlow is a bosshog indeed 😎

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@rmrevisions3428 2026-02-24

It has shifted now… “there’s a scammer born every minute”

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@mrlucasftw42 2025-04-01

How would they not notice tax returns being filed with unmatched W2 data, that is basic obvious fraud.

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@DipcodeLab 2026-02-09

The pigeon scam is so funny. Like how can people fell for pigeon replacing chickens lol 😂

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@arunfucqeer9154 2025-06-06

GODBLESS 60 MINS

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@bryantwhitis6446 2025-03-25

And here I'm worried if I paid back enough when my assistant goes shopping for me.

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@chestnut8470 2026-04-13

Marco Polus candor was his best part. It was authentic even when talking about himself. I like the sarcasm and confidence. Plus i took linear algebra. The car dealers too it was a candor a confidence and a need to eliminate the unfair playing field.

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