by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Swindled out of $40,000, a Los Angeles man is the latest victim of a phony real-estate investment racket operated by a woman and her two brothers. Going undercover, Friday (Jack Webb) poses as a businessman in order to lure the criminals into trapping themselves. Frequent Dragnet guest star Maxine Cooper contributes another vivid performance in this classic black and white episode, which was adapted from a radio drama first broadcast on August 23, 1955 (For the record, the radio original was titled "The Big Blonde").
