Fraud Fighters: Hackers expose illegal call centres and phone scams (Marketplace)

We track down and confront alleged Canadian money mules who allegedly funnel money from thousands of victims of scam calls to organized criminal kingpins abroad. Our Marketplace producer teams up with hacker Jim Browning, who tips off our investigators to phone scams in progress. Watch as our team interrupts the calls and stops vulnerable victims from losing money. This special one-hour finale of Marketplace's 49th season reveals the inner workings of a multi-layered, sophisticated scam.

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