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Episode 243
March 18, 2026
49:51 min

This Week on What the Hack: Debit Card Scams

Jim Clemente built a career reading criminals. FBI special agent, behavioral profiler, Unabomber case, the hit series Criminal Minds. Then someone bought his debit card number on the dark web, linked it to a peer-to-peer finance app, and cleaned him out.

Episode 243

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debit card scams discussion with Jim Clemente

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