Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Scams are as old as time. So how do people keep getting fooled? Because the fraud changes to match the most vulnerable issues of the moment.

Explain It to Me host Jonquilyn Hill takes a dive into the fraud case involving a man pretending to be on the San Francisco 49ers — and what it says about us as a society.

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