This episode, hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond discuss Belle Gibson (a scammer)  and Orson Welles, (an accidental scammer).

Belle Gibson benefitted from a fictional  cancer diagnosis, and Orson Welles made every effort to let the public know that his broadcast of The War of The Worlds was completely a work of fiction.

Fake News!

Hazel Eyes!

Coffee Enemas!




Links to help this episode make sense:


The Original Broadcast of The War of the Worlds in 1938

What is The Streisand Effect?

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein


SCAMTIME is a brand new proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of SCAMTIME is sponsored by The Alberta Association of Optometrists and Rumi.


SCAMTIME Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


SCAMTIME Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST!!!!

 Actor John Ullyatt joins Stephanie Wolfe on this episode to discuss his worst holiday of all time.
Stephanie shows off her French while naming wines and difficult connoisseurs.

 Rudy Kurniawan goes for badminton bad-guy-ness,  and Jose can't decide what his name is.

Check out these links:

Our fabulous guest host John Ullyatt

Coconut Taxis in Havana

The statue of the women and the rooster and the fork. Yes. That.

Rudy Kurniawan

The (Thomas) Jefferson bottles.


SCAMTIME is a brand new proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of Scamtime is sponsored by ATB financial and The Edmonton Community Foundation


Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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Welcome to SCAMTIME where your hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond share the scams that we find the most scammy-scammerson of all the scams.

This episode, Nik Russian's  Great Reality TV Swindle and Paolo Macchiarini unromantic tracheas.

SCAMTIME is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network; locally grown and community supported.
This episode is sponsored by Park Power and The Edmonton Community Foundation and the Well Endowed Podcast.


Nik Russian

Raven's Ait Island (Not the island Karen got stuck on)

Paolo Macchiarini

Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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Co host Karen returns to join Stephanie for another round of scammie-scammersons. After starting off with some creepy stories,  Stephanie covers the Hollywood Con-woman  and Karen tells the story of John and Anne Darwin.

We also name drop a LOT of celebrities

Things to help this episode make sense:

More info on John and Anne

it IS Enrique! Not Enriquo

Tyra Banks didn't get scammed

Clinton Carew


Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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Stephanie and guest host Mark Bellamy wonder at the world of decietful doctors and spoiled socialites.
Mark kicks the episode off with big news about why he is learning to knit, and then tells us the story of Dr.  Farid Fata, oncologist (or on CON ogist). Then Stephie shows off her dialect training as she  slams Russian socialite Anna Sorokin for her brand name badness.



Farid Fata

Anna Sorokin

La Mamounia Resort

and, in case you want to buy a FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLAR HOUSECOAT...
Balenciaga (slam!)


Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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Your hosts Stephanie and Karen mark one full year of pandemic-hood by doing what we do best: trying to avoid talking about the pandemic, (and failing), and then sharing stories of frauds and scams.
This week on Scamtime: Brice Carrington fakes his own accomplishments, and Rick Singer fakes the accomplishments of others.

THIS EPISODE IS FILLED WITH EXCELLENT, VERY PROFESSIONAL SOUND EFFECTS!



Things to make this episode make sense:

Some Brice history

The Varsity Blues episode of "The Con"

Wolverines!
 Turkeys!

 


Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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Stephanie Wolfe's kitchen renos are finished and Karen Johnson-Diamond is causing water damage in her house. Yet they STILL found time to record this episode of Scamtime.
Hear all about the twists and turns of Marianne "Maire" Smyth and polka to the ponzi played by Jan Lewan
Stephanie grew up with Polka!!! Karen doesn't know when the Irish Constitution was written!

Things that will help this episode make sense;

THE blog! That Johnathan Walton wrote and Bob's ex-wife found

The Con  (Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg)

Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson

Jan Lewandowski  The Polka King

People crowding around him like Beatles fans!!!

The Polka King (2017 Movie with Jack Black)

The Man Who Would Be Polka King (2009 Documentary)

Hey! Why not REALLY give money to the Cystic Fibrosis Canada

The Irish Constitution was written in 1937

Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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Scamtime is back with a helluv an episode!
This is one ROYAL scam, and our guests, sisters Shelley Frost and Linda Young, give us all the deets about the tsunami of assholery behind their brand new book "Her King, The Con"
Cuba! The Squad! And hey, what ever happened to those laptops?

Here are some great links!

Her King, The Con on Amazon

Her King, The Con at Barnes and Noble

Podcast reccomendation: Music for the Quarantined Soul

Podcast reccomendation: Crimetown Presents the Ballad of Billy Balls / The RFK Tapes

Will Ferguson's book 419

Here we are on Twitter, and Instagram

Karen and Stephanie are taking a few weeks off.  Karen will be arranging travel for her Nigerian Prince husband who is bringing her $2,700,000, and Stephanie will be in jail for tax fraud. See you in a few weeks!


Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

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In episode 10, Karen's mouth gapes astonishingly as Stephanie tells a 9/11 scam  she'd never heard of.  Stephie's mouth gapes in astonishment at the kick-assery of Karen's mom Sandy dealing with a scammer. Also, enjoy a scam shared by Justin (who is astonished that his name came out of Karen's mouth)

Email us at [email protected] and tell us about scams you think we should know about!


Things to help this episode make sense:


Here's the podcast Music For The Quarantined Soul

Here's the podcast The Vigilante Book Club

Welles Crowther - The Man in the Red Bandana

Neil LaBute's play  "The Mercy Seat"

THERE ARE STILL SMOKE ALARM SCAMS HAPPENING!!!

Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/


Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe

Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at @[email protected]