Scamfluencers
Wondery - wondery.com
Latest episode: Mon May 13 2024
You never really know someone…especially online. In today’s world, the power of influence can be the quickest path to money and fame, and it often ends in ruin. These are the stories of the world’s most insidious Scamfluencers. And we are their prey. On Wondery’s new weekly series, join co-hosts Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi as they unpack epic stories of deception from the worlds of social media, fashion, finance, health, and wellness. These influencers claim to be everything from charismatic healers to trusted financial insiders to experts in dating. They cast spells over millions. Why do we believe them, and how does our culture allow them to thrive? From Black Swan Murder to a fake social media influencer to an audacious Hollywood Ponzi schemer, each season will take the listener along the twists and turns, the impact on victims, and what’s left when the facade falls away.
New episodes come out every Monday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Listen ad-free on Wondery+ or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
- May13Never Forget, Never Forgive44mins
- May6Stephen Glass: Bad News44mins
- May5Listen Now: The Price of Paradise6mins
- Apr29Game. Set. Scam.37mins
- Apr23Listen Now: How I Built…Liquid Death4mins
- Apr22Leona Helmsley: The Art of the Steal Part 242mins
- Apr15Leona Helmsley: The Art of the Steal Part 144mins
- Apr8Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too40mins
- Apr1The Cell(phone) Block Tango37mins
- Mar25Dial M for Mom38mins
- Mar18ENCORE: Wine Crime43mins
- Mar11ENCORE: Coachella Con Artist38mins
- Mar4ENCORE: The Book Bandit44mins
- Feb26The King of Good Times42mins
- Feb19The Shark Tank Charlatan41mins
- Feb12Death Becomes Him44mins
- Feb5The Solar-Powered Scammer42mins
- Jan29Rebecca: A Real Showstopper40mins
- Jan22The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Giudice44mins
- Jan15Martha Stewart: The Homemaker Hustler Part 243mins
- Jan8Martha Stewart: The Homemaker Hustler Part 138mins
- Jan1ENCORE | Brittany Dawn: Fitness Faker46mins
- Dec28New Year, New Scams: What’s Ahead in 20241min
- Dec25ENCORE | The Fine Art Fugitive43mins
- Dec25Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: The God Fraud | Part 237mins
- Dec18Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: The God Fraud | Part 138mins
- Dec11The House Hunter41mins
- Dec4George Santos: Putting The “Con” In Congress48mins
- Nov27Encore: There's Something about Martin | Part 240mins
- Nov20Encore: There's Something About Martin | Part 141mins
- Nov13The Super League That Wasn't38mins
- Nov6Melissa Caddick: Trouble's Afoot40mins
- Oct30Jho Low: How to Buy Friends and Influence People41mins
- Oct23The Fortune Teller's Fraud38mins
- Oct16Rod Blagojevich: All The Governor’s Men43mins
- Oct9The Scam Artist is Present35mins
- Oct2The Great Syrup Swindle35mins
- Sep25Ozy Media: Pivot to Fraud44mins
- Sep18ENCORE: Superstar Sports Scammer | Part II43mins
- Sep11ENCORE: Superstar Sports Scammer | Part I41mins
- Sep4ENCORE: Desperate Housewife43mins
- Aug28JT Leroy | The Ghost Writer43mins
- Aug21The Pop Star and the Power Broker | Part 243mins
- Aug14The Pop Star and the Power Broker | Part 141mins
- Aug7Brooklyn’s Bling Bishop39mins
- Jul31Holy Smokes38mins
- Jul24Ben McKenzie Hates Crypto, Too39mins
- Jul17I Loot Lucy42mins
- Jul10Dr. Oz: Supplement Spin Doctor41mins
- Jul3ENCORE: The Billionaire Gucci Master | Part 238mins
- Jun26ENCORE: The Billionaire Gucci Master | Part 142mins
- Jun19Live, Laugh, Lie42mins
- Jun12Chess Cheater42mins
- Jun5Live from Hot Docs: The Fast and the Fugitive44mins
- May29Do You Even Grift, Bro?42mins
- May22She Got Game41mins
- May15The Quarter Horse Queen42mins
- May8Shot Through the Heart43mins
- May1So Many Strings Attached | Part II41mins
- Apr24So Many Strings Attached | Part I39mins
- Apr17ENCORE: Brazil's Supermom | Part II36mins
- Apr10ENCORE: Brazil's Supermom | Part I43mins
- Apr3The Scammies37mins
- Mar27Long Island Liars42mins
- Mar20The Catholic Conman41mins
- Mar13Wine Crime41mins
- Mar6The Memory Maker | Part II39mins
- Feb27The Memory Maker | Part I40mins
- Feb20The Great Escape43mins
- Feb13Three Weddings and a Funeral | Part II42mins
- Feb7Wondery Presents: Stolen Hearts5mins
- Feb6Three Weddings and a Funeral | Part I37mins
- Jan30ENCORE: The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | To Live and Lie in LA | Part III39mins
- Jan24Wondery Presents: Frozen Head3mins
- Jan23ENCORE: The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | Once Upon a Crime in Hollywood | Part II38mins
- Jan16ENCORE: The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | The Talented Mr. Avery40mins
- Jan9The Bitcoin Bamboozle42mins
- Jan2Fine Art Fugitive42mins
- Dec26The Shady Bunch | Part II41mins
- Dec19The Shady Bunch | Part I37mins
- Dec12There’s Something About Martin | Part II40mins
- Dec5There’s Something About Martin | Part I40mins
- Nov28The Fitness Faker42mins
- Nov21Intercontinental Con Man43mins
- Oct31Reality Show Scammer: Live From Obsessed Fest37mins
- Oct24Prep School Perpetrator36mins
- Oct17Superstar Sports Scammer | Part II43mins
- Oct10Superstar Sports Scammer | Part I40mins
- Oct3Serial Killer Grifter | Part II38mins
- Sep26Serial Killer Grifter | Part I36mins
- Sep19Gossip Girls | Part II36mins
- Sep12Gossip Girls | Part I35mins
- Sep5The Book Bandit43mins
- Aug15Golden Age of Scammers: An Interview with Evan Ratliff38mins
- Aug8Desperate Housewife42mins
- Aug1The Billionaire Gucci Master: Part II38mins
- Jul25The Billionaire Gucci Master | Part One41mins
- Jul18The Yoga Hustler | Gurus Gone Wild | Part Two36mins
- Jul11The Yoga Hustler | The Notorious G.U.R.U | Part One39mins
- Jul4Coachella Con Artist | Festival Of Lies37mins
- Jun27Fake Saudi Prince | We’ll Never Be Royals | Part Two35mins
- Jun20Fake Saudi Prince | Catch Me If You Scam | Part One41mins
- May23Brazil's Supermom | Bad At Dying | Part Two37mins
- May16Brazil's Supermom | Mommy Dearest | Part One42mins
- May9Dr. Teen Love, MD | Master of Deception40mins
- May2The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | To Live and Lie in LA | Part Three39mins
- Apr25The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | Once Upon a Crime in Hollywood | Part Two39mins
- Apr18The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | The Talented Mr. Avery | Part One39mins
- Apr11Ballet's Lethal Start-Up | Pointe and Shoot | Part Two35mins
- Apr11Ballet's Lethal Start-Up | Black Swan, Inc. | Part One40mins
- Apr4Introducing: Scamfluencers2mins