8 good habits that can protect you from getting scammed
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This story was originally published on November 7, 2023, and has been updated to include a rerun of our episode on this topic.
Scams can happen to anyone — even to people who study them.
Kelly Richmond-Pope, a forensic accounting professor at DePaul University, fell for one in 2017. While searching for tickets to a Bruno Mars concert, she found a website that was offering front-row seats for a low price. After she paid for the tickets, she realized ... they were fake!
Looking back on the incident, Richmond-Pope, who also researches fraud and white-collar crime, says "the website I got the tickets off of did look different from Ticketmaster."
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