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Hosted by April · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 97 episodes
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Scammers are targeting you and your loved ones. I know all too well. My mother spent $350,000 on a man she believed was her soulmate right before her death. The only way we can fight back is to arm ourselves with information. Scammer Warriors unite! These stories are from victims and their families. The details are so shocking that they're hard to believe.
April hosts Scammer Stories, a education show with 97 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail A romance scam doesn't just devastate the person sending the money. It can destroy entire families. In this episode, you'll hear two heartbreaking stories. In one, a family member ends up behind bars. In
Send us Fan Mail Mary's story begins with a love that lasted a lifetime. She met her husband when she was just six years old, and after decades together, they built a life filled with love, family, and memories. Then COV
Send us Fan Mail Heather Rovet thought she had finally found love when a charming handyman named "Jace" entered her life. Instead, she found herself trapped in a nightmare involving one of Canada's most notorious romance
Send us Fan Mail The number one question I get in my email inbox is from adult children desperately trying to save a parent who is trapped in a romance scam. They’ve tried everything… begging, interventions, cutting off
Send us Fan Mail The woman in this story was scammed twice. Once by love and the other by hanging on to hope that she could get her money back. Then, one day federal investigators came calling. Anola Johnson says her lif
Send us Fan Mail Scammers aren’t always sitting behind a screen in some far away land. Sometimes they're bold enough to meet in person and integrate into your life to steal your money. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean th
Send us Fan Mail Micheal Breinig is a married father of three who had a great life before scammers stole $2 million dollars. The thing is… he wasn’t even looking for anything. He wasn’t even on social media before his co
Send us Fan Mail We usually hear from a survivor of a romance, or pig butchering scam, sprinkled with a sextortion case here and there because the human side of these stories connect with people’s emotions. However, talk
Send us Fan Mail "Don" was married for 42 years, with a successful career, when his life was turned upside down by a single message on his Instagram. He hid his dark secret from his wife until one day he was forced to co
Send us Fan Mail A romance scam victim ended up on the other end of an FBI investigation after losing about $500,000 in a pig butchering scam. Jennifer’s story spun out of control when the scammers threatened violence ag
Send us Fan Mail You like dogs? Do you have a passion for the elderly? This will break your heart. Kate has agreed to let AARS use her face as the image in the education campaign. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Scammers will find you everywhere. This romance scam survivor was able to pull himself out of poverty as a child and rise above it. Little did he know one of his biggest threats would come years later wh
Send us Fan Mail You may have seen the hit Netflix documentary. Now, hear the inside story from Attorney Scott Adrian who appears in the show. Adrian shares how he got creative in court to fight for justice for women who
Send us Fan Mail Mair Smyth didn’t know who she was dealing with when she stole $100,000 from her “best friend.” Johnathan was a former TV journalist in Houston, Texas. His journalistic nose turned up a world of witchcra
Send us Fan Mail Jerry had just lost the love of his life when he received an urgent message from Apple Cash. The "customer service representative" instructed Jerry to get $750,000 of his gold bars to deliver to an SUV t
Send us Fan Mail The host of the Scammer Stories Podcast made it to Capitol Hill to share information and solutions to lawmakers, who are now leaning into the issue. This episode takes you through the process of how she
Send us Fan Mail Nate Cram talks about everything he did to try and convince his mother that she was talking to a scammer. He used to work in a sheriff's office... and you'd think if anyone could stop the scam, he could.
Send us Fan Mail Renee thought her worst nightmare was the day she found out her mother had lung cancer. She had no idea that things were about to get so bad that she would have to worry about her own future. Renee is in
Send us Fan Mail Tracey spends most of her time trying to help romance scam victims and their families end the nightmare. She talks to victim daily and she's seeing an alarming rise in sextortion cases related to romance
Send us Fan Mail Pig butchering scams grew by 40% in 2024 and it only started a few years ago. The scam is named in reference to the practice of fattening a pig before slaughter. The numbers have now far surpassed the ty
Johnathan Walton
former TV reporter, reality TV producer, host of Queen of the Con
1 appearance on this show
Al Pascual
Scamnetic
1 appearance on this show
Brady Finta
National Elder Fraud Coordination Center
1 appearance on this show
Jilenne Gunther
AARP
1 appearance on this show
Joshua M. Bercu
Industry Traceback Group
1 appearance on this show
Anna
Love Said
1 appearance on this show
Kathy
Advocating Against Romance Scammers
1 appearance on this show
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