Why do we believe scammers? Gabrielle Bluestone is the Emmy-nominated producer of Netflix's Fyre, the story of Billy McFarland’s fraud known as FYRE Festival. So what is FYRE festival and what happened to Billy McFarland and Ja Rule?

Gabrielle Bluestone is also the author of Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, Con Artists and Influencers Are Taking Over the Internet - and Why We're Following. The book covers some of the biggest scams of the past decade which of course includes FYRE Fest.

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