Vengeit is a weekly podcast from the new York Times. This week, we look at one of the biggest scams in recent memory. The show also looks at how money is stolen and then returned to call centres. We talk with reporter evan ratliff about his experience reporting on this story.
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee is a contributing writer for National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine. His new podcast is Chameleon: Scam Likely.
“I want a crumpled piece of paper where there are enough ridges and valleys and lines for me to be able to navigate, and they have to be authentic. And then of course the best stories among them will have surprise and intrigue, and things that are completely unexpected happen somewhere along the way. But it's hard to anticipate all of that. You still have to have a little bit of faith.”
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