Conning the Con

By Evergreen Podcasts & Sarah Ferris Media

It was a relationship that was going just the way Andrew Thomson planned...

right up until the point, Emma discovered his real identity. WOULD YOU HIT RECORD....?... more

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How many episodes does Conning the Con have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

Conning the Con episodes:

April 18, 2021S1|E13 CONcerning Red Flags
We're going to go a little bit off-piste in this episode. We are joined by Clinical Psychologist, Dr Sophie Muir, to build a checklist of red flags so that you can protect yourself, your family and friends from becoming the next fraud statistic.

Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist

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46min
April 11, 2021S1|E12 #CONquerer
Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

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52min
April 04, 2021S1|E11 Recovery and ReCONstruction
Your trust has been shattered, how do you rebuild after trauma. Dr Muir and Emma candidly discuss how to move forward and take back the power that was stolen.

In the last Episode
Emma finds out what justice looks like for a serial conman

Useful links

Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

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48min
March 28, 2021S1|E10 CONsequences
In the aftermath of Andrew's actions, Emma finds herself in the limbo land of the justice system as a victim.

Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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39min
March 21, 2021S1|E9 CONtainment
With Andrew in Australia and out of our reach, we get creative....or maybe a little desperate!

In the last Episode
We explored Andrew's past in Hobart, Tasmania.
By the end of May, police are still building the case against him.
Andrew had fled the country and was apparently living in Australia.
He has told Emma he is working for the government as a spy and was going into one serious last mission.
Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

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...more
39min
March 14, 2021S1|E8 CONtainers of Tonka's Toys
This episode was put together after the first episode was released and those, who had previously been impacted by Andrew Tonks actions, reached out to us.
Dr Muir shares her insight into what behaviour we should really question and how important it is to be able to see patterns in behaviour.

In the last Episode
We heard from Fabian Christoph, who sold his restaurant to Andrew Tonks. He had purchased the restaurant using a truck worth $150 000AUD as security....a truck he didn't actually own.

Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help.
Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover Artist
Simon Small - Voiceover Artist
Annabel Miller - Voiceover Artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
50min
March 07, 2021S1|E7 CONtradictory Stories
If past behaviour is a predictor of present behaviour, can we learn anything from Andrew's?

In the last Episode
We uncovered Andrew's involvement with Queenstown Restaurant, a deal that meant for Tony, the owner, he would be selling his flagship restaurant for a cool seven-figure sum.
And for Tom, Andrew's investor and would-be Chef, it meant the funds he was days away from borrowing from his family to pay the deposit was saved from getting tangled in a Tonker turd storm.
Resources
Mercury - April 12th 2015
Mercury - June 28th 2015

Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help.
Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover Artist
Simon Small - Voiceover Artist
Annabel Miller - Voiceover Artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
40min
February 28, 2021S1|E6 CONnections
The New Zealand police were slowly but surely building that case against Andrew Tonks. And as far as we knew, Andrew, although he seemed a little suspicious, he didn't know that the net was closing in around him. But what he did know is that his house of cards had a few rather large cracks appearing in the foundations.

In the last Episode
Emma had just received a text from Andrew outlining his latest scheme to repay his debt to her.
And so it was that Andrew Tonks, the world's most unassuming spy, was forced out of retirement to complete one last very dangerous mission, a mission so dangerous that payment for it would clear his debt to Emma in its entirety and some.

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This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network
Check out more:
STOP THE KILLING
KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON
GUILTY GREENIE

Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist
Annabel Miller - Voiceover artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

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47min
February 22, 2021S1|E5 CONcaved
We rejoin the story with Emma digesting the aftermath and calculating the cost of Andrew's deception. He still had a sizeable chunk of her money and getting it back was not going to be for the fainthearted. A plan was percolating, it was time to Con the Con.

In the last Episode
For the last six months, Andrew Tonks had been playing a game of chess with my sister Emma and up until the 9th of April 2019, she had no idea that she was playing it, let alone that Andrew was almost at checkmate.

In the previous episodes, unbeknownst to Andrew, Emma had discovered his real identity. Fight or flight kicked in ..... Emma chose to fight.

She had swung into action to recover the money that had been transferred into his account only the day before. However, to have any chance of retrieving the money she couldn't let on that she knew his true identity. And so operation "Bank Transfer" swung into action.

Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR INDEPENDENTLY MADE PODCAST?
WANT TO SUPPORT US?
CLICK THE LINK buymeacoffee.com/conningthecon

Supporting our sponsors supports the show:
CRIMECON UK TICKETS HERE
CRIMECON US TICKETS HERE
DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS”

This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network
Check out more:
STOP THE KILLING
KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON
GUILTY GREENIE

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover Artist
Annabel Miller - Voiceover Artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
45min
February 14, 2021S1|E4 IrreCONcilable Differences
Andrew has been playing a game of chess with Emma for six months. However, Emma's discovery of his real identity means the tables are about to turn on Andrew, just when he was almost at checkmate.

In the last Episode
Emma's friends, Sarsha and Jo, do some digging and find the ODT article (link below)
Meanwhile, Emma is oblivious to their discovery and transfers $250,000 directly to Andrews account to invest
Emma is the last to discover Andrew Thomson is actually convicted Fraudster Andrew Tonks
Unravelling the truth from the lies she discovers Andrew Tonks works at a freighting company in dispatch!
Otago Daily Times Article https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/fraudster-jailed-after-theft-pay-reparation
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DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS”

This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network
Check out more:
STOP THE KILLING
KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON
GUILTY GREENIE

Useful links
Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram
To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days.
The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com
Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com

If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us.
email: [email protected]
Facebook: conningtheconpodcast
Instagram: conningthecon
Twitter: conningthecon1
If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction.
UK: Action Fraud
NZ: NZ Government - Scams
NZ: Netsafe
Australia: Scamwatch
US: USA Government - Scams

Our thanks to the talented:
Aroha Min for the theme tune
Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist

Supporting our sponsors supports the show
Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender
coupon: con12 (case sensitive)
custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12

Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12
to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
29min

FAQs about Conning the Con:

How many episodes does Conning the Con have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

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