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Send us Fan Mail What if the person sending you those messages wasn't a willing criminal at all? For years, we've been told to picture online scammers as heartless fraudsters sitting behind computer screens, stealing lif

Hosted by Anola Johnson · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 31 episodes
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The Romance Scam Rebellion is a bold, experience-led podcast that eposes the dark tactics behind online relationship scams and empowers targets to fight back. Hosted by a real life survivor, each episode breaks the silence around digital deception, shares insider knowledge from lived experience, and dismantles the shame that scammers count on. Whether you're reeling from betrayal, questioning red flags, or ready to reclaim your power, this is your battleground for truth and recovery. No sugar coating. No victim-blaming. Just raw stories, real strategies, and rebellious self compassion.
Anola Johnson hosts Romance Scam Rebellion, a society show with 31 episodes published.

Send us Fan Mail What if the person sending you those messages wasn't a willing criminal at all? For years, we've been told to picture online scammers as heartless fraudsters sitting behind computer screens, stealing lif

Send us Fan Mail He thought he was accepting a job opportunity that would help support his family. Instead, he was trafficked into a scam compound, stripped of his freedom, and forced to scam strangers online under the c

Send us Fan Mail He thought he was accepting a job opportunity that would help support his family. Instead, he was trafficked into a scam compound, stripped of his freedom, and forced to scam strangers online under the c

Send us Fan Mail They say laughter is the best medicine. Unfortunately, it doesn't stop romance scammers—but it certainly helps expose them. In this episode of *The Romance Scam Rebellion*, I sit down with author, scam b

Send us Fan Mail They say laughter is the best medicine. Unfortunately, it doesn't stop romance scammers—but it certainly helps expose them. In this episode of *The Romance Scam Rebellion*, I sit down with author, scam b

Send us Fan Mail For more than a decade, one military veteran has been living a nightmare he never signed up for. His photographs have been stolen and used by romance scammers around the world. Day after day. Week after

Send us Fan Mail April Helm — Journalist & Host of the podcast "Scammer Stories" Some scams don't just steal money. They steal relationships, fracture families and leave wounds that no amount of recovery can fully heal.

Send us Fan Mail After a divorce and years of rebuilding her life, Beth Hyland thought she had finally found someone who truly understood her. What began as a promising Tinder match quickly evolved into a sophisticated r

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 begins with a look at the journey since the close of Season 2 — the advocacy, the conversations, and the growing movement determined to confront the scam epidemic head-on. This season is dedicat

Send us Fan Mail The man I thought I loved was real — just not the one talking to me. In this episode, I unpack the emotional aftermath of discovering that the identity behind my romance scam belonged to an innocent man

Send us Fan Mail What if the person you’re falling for… was never real? In this urgent, reality-check episode, Anola walks listeners through the seven most common psychological and behavioral signs of a romance scam — th

Send us Fan Mail Two years after the scam, I'm 69 with 27 years left on a mortgage I almost owned outright. My professional reputation is damaged. My retirement is gone. And the systems that could help? Silent. This is w

Send us Fan Mail Scammers don’t target a type — they target vulnerability. Gender, age, education, politics, religion, or sexual orientation don’t matter. The tactics are the same. In this episode, I sit down with Viola

Send us Fan Mail In Part 1, I exposed how Bitcoin ATMs take 30-40% of scam victims' money through hidden markups. In Part 2, I investigate who's profiting from this system. Meet Brandon Mintz—Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree,

Send us Fan Mail In Part One of Scammed Twice, we move past the emotional manipulation and into the machinery that quietly profits from it. This episode exposes how cryptocurrency ATMs have become a critical—and largely

Send us a text Why do smart, capable people fall for scams? Because scams don’t exploit stupidity — they exploit human psychology. In this episode of The Romance Scam Rebellion, I’m joined by Dr. Martina Dove , a leading

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I confront the cruel comments often directed at romance scam survivors — calling them stupid, desperate, or deserving of what happened. These reactions aren’t harmless opinions. They act

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of The Romance Scam Rebellion, Anola sits down with Jennifer French Tomasic MSc , a psychologist and expert in coercive control, to explore one of the most insidious psychologica

Send us Fan Mail Romance scams don’t happen by accident. They follow a script. In this episode of The Romance Scam Rebellion, I'll break down the exact psychological playbook scammers use worldwide to brainjack trust, at

Send us Fan Mail In the Season 2 opener, Anola exposes the hidden psychological mechanism powering nearly every modern romance scam: love bombing . This isn’t just cheesy sweet talk — it’s a deliberate strategy built to
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