A therapist knew the signs until it happened to her
Send us Fan Mail Anatasia Vailas is passionate about helping others cope with trauma and loss, but one day she ended up on the other end of...
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Scammer Stories
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...
Episodes
20 of 99 episodesRomance scam victim finds happy and leaves a trail of destruction behind
Send us Fan Mail Katharine’s family thought they were prepared when they discovered her loved one was caught in a romance scam. They had the...
Two romance scam families. One goes to prison... the other to ICU
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...
COVID takes a husband before a romance scam
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 deca...
Romance scam victim comes face-to-face with the scammer who broke into her home
Send us Fan Mail Heather Rovet thought she had finally found love when a charming handyman named "Jace" entered her life. Instead, she found...
What happens when nothing works while trying to save a parent from a romance scam
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 i...
Package to a romance scammer tips off federal investigators, leading to one woman's heartbreak
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 ba...
Married man accused of tangled web of financial fraud with multiple girlfriends
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...
Married Mormon man out $2 million dollars after pig butchering scam
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… h...
Scamnetic CEO Al Pascual describes innovative technology to battle scammers
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 becau...
Man uses digital forensics team to stop sextortion scam
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 I...
Caught in the web, pig butchering victim interrogated by the FBI
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 sca...
Romance scam victim burned by love after she loses her heart and her home
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...
From the hood to high stakes: A realtor’s rise and a scammer’s trap
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 a...
Love Con Revenge | The romance scam case that could change everything
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 sho...
Former Houston TV reporter takes down a woman who scammed people all over the world
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 j...
Pig butchering scam victim loses more than a million in gold bars and retirement
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 represen...
April's own story after testifying on Capitol Hill
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 no...
Former law enforcement officer tries to convince his mother of General Mark Milley scam
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 i...
Romance scam leaves victim's daughter in a dire situation
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 ab...