Let's talk about the shoebox and how you became aware of it.

I became aware of that story, I think, like a lot of people.

The reporter who it happened to, she's a journalist.

She's a financial journalist.

She wrote this sprawling essay for New York Magazine, and it was headlined, The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoebox and Handed It to a Stranger, which is a great attention-grabbing headline.

And then she proceeds to tell the story of how she got conned out of $50,000.

And she was convinced to go to her bank, empty her savings account, put the cash in a shoebox and hand it to a stranger.

So going forward, what are you, you're continuing with hardcore con.

(instrumental music plays)

Hey, there.

My name's Jonathan Walton.

I am the author of the book Anatomy of a Con Artist: The 14 Red Flags to Spot Scammers, Grifters, and Thieves, and I'm gonna share with you the five key insights from my book.

Insight number one, con artists don't outsmart you.

They're not smarter than you.

Con artists out-feel you.