2022-06-01
4 分钟The incredible true story of the Hollywood Con Queen scam, and the hunt for the sick mastermind behind it. With Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis. A production of Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The only way I can describe it is blind panic, fear.
The consulate basically said to me, listen, what I would like you to do is put your passport in your bra, pack your bags, and head straight for the airport.
Hello.
I want to tell you the story of one of the wildest scams in history.
A scam that's almost unbelievable when you understand the scope of it.
It begins out of the blue with a random email or phone call and ends in utter confusion.
This doesn't sound quite right.
They're out.
Fifty K.
The money has never hit our account.
So you know what's gone wrong there?
No.
Can you ask that to my finance?
I will talk to her.
This person is like a master impersonator.
I'm not in China.
I know.
You told me you're in London.
I am in London, but now I'm currently I'm in Stockholm.
Having worked a couple of impersonation cases, it was immediately apparent that this was not.