Bonus Episode #3: Crypto Love Scam
Hear Julie tell her crazy Crypto Love Scam story.
Real Talk with Mary Contrary and Starfish
Explore stories of victims of lies, deceit, mis and disinformation, and conspiracies.
This is the story of Scott Charmoli, a dentist who intentionally broke customers’ teeth to defraud insurance companies of $4.5 million. Who is Scott Charmoli? Scott Charmoli is a 61-year-old Grafton resident who ran Jackson Family Dentistry, a dentalRead More
Mary Contrary and Starfish discuss tips for avoiding home improvement traps.
This is the story of Oregon psychic con Rachel Lee, who stole $15 million from Ralph Raines Jr., an elderly timber heir based in Portland. In a decade-long scam, Rachel Lee mastered her way into managing Ralph’s financial and socialRead More
This is the story of three men who were sentenced for stealing $750K from a Kentucky woman in a military dating scam. Pulling off the U.S. military dating scam Using fraud and deceit, Thomas D. Inkoom of Newark, Kahad A.Read More
This is the story of Roselyn Keo who led the hustlers scheme where strippers drugged men and charged thousands on their credit cards. In Dec 2015, New York magazine’s contributing editor Jessica Pressler wrote an award-winning story “The Hustlers atRead More
This is the story of Cancer Fraudster Belle Gibson, an Australian woman who allegedly faked a cancer diagnosis to scam thousands. Background Born Annabelle Natalie Gibson on 8 October 1991 in Launceston, a riverside city in northern Tasmania, Belle isRead More
LuLaRoe Clothing Pyramid Scheme Hear the story of the LuLaRoe Clothing Pyramid Scheme, a billion-dollar fraud that came crashing down following mass exodus amid allegations of mind control, lies, and manipulation. What is LuLaRoe? DeAnne Brady and husband Mark StidhamRead More
This is the story of Mehmet Aydin who created a farm game pyramid scheme, duping people into believing they were investing in real farms. Who is Mehmet Aydin? Mehmet Aydin is a 30-year-old male from Turkey. Aydin was raised onRead More
This is the story of Nevin Shapiro, a Miami Beach fraudster who orchestrated a $930 million Grocery Ponzi Scheme. Who is Nevin Shapiro? Shapiro, convicted at age 42, was born in New York in 1969 to a Jewish family. HeRead More