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Apr 2024
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Fraud Friday: The Inventing Heiress w/ N...

Earwolf & Laci Mosley
About this episode

Top of the Friday to you, con-gregation! We re-visit one of our many episodes with Nicole Byer where we break down the fake Irish heiress who scammed her way into a pot of gold worth around ninety thousand dollars. Plus, the car actually appreciates when you drive it off the lot if you didn’t pay for it. Stay schemin'!

This was originally released Sept. 15th, 2020.

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Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/20/fake-irish-heiress-arrested-fraud-uk

https://apnews.com/article/convicted-scammer-fake-heiress-united-kingdom-extradition-5b723e9c5e8a78f23b8e1920535df819#:~:text=Among%20those%20fleeced%20was%20Johnathan,about%20two%20years%20in%20jail.

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