August 19, 2025 • 7 mins
On another installment of True Crime Turner, KT informs us that there's WAY more catfishing going on in the LPGA than we realize.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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(00:23):
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the latest in crime.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Serial killers, cold cases, cult leaders and blood.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
You know him, you fear him. It's time for true
crime KT. Kevin.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
What's your question for Roday?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
I have many questions for oj but not now.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I'm gonna continue with this little series that The Athletic
did on stalking and sports. Meet Rodney Raclette. Rodney Roclett's
in Indiana native, sixty two years old, big golfer and
a huge fan of the LPGA, that's the Ladies Professional
Golf Association. On August fourth, Rodney opened an Instagram account
with the handle at LPGA Fanatic six' five to one to,
(01:08):
two and he quickly followed some verified accounts for female
golfers maybe you know all the female golfers Bit manu
So Shen, STEVENSON a few others that might have looked
official starts following him. Well within twenty minutes of creating
his account and with zero post to his, Name rodney
received a message from what appeared to be the world's
number two ranked female, Golfer Nellie. Corda the message, Read, Hi,
(01:29):
HANDSOME i know this is like a dream to. You
thank you for being a. Fan the Real Nelly corda
was not Messaging, rodney And Rodney raclett also does not.
Exist The athletic created An instagram account for a fake
middle aged man who is a golf fanatic to see
what would happen who these other accounts start spamming him.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
For the second day in a.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Row we have a huge news story that's tied into
the fact that once you could just buy verification on
social media just changed everything bad.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Idea the gist of the con goes like, this AND
i did say just social media. USERS a fan of
the golfer scam account impersonating that athlete reaches out and
quickly moves the conversation to another platform Like.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
WhatsApp all, right there.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
You, go because you can evade the social media moderation
tools that are in place or. Whatever the scamra offers
a private dinner OR vip access to a tournament for a,
fee and then there's untraceable payments that are made via
crypto or gift. Cards so, Basically i've got a few
other examples of, this but it's just they were going
(02:38):
in and just doing good investigative.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Work but this has happened to other, people and this is.
Crazy here's.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Example one Last, may A pennsylvania man in his sixties
drove four hours to AN lpga tournament to meet twenty
two year Old american Golfer Rose. Zang he told the
tournament's staff that she had left A vip package for
him and even booked him a hotel. Room he said
they'd been communicating on social media for over a, year
during which he had center around seventy thousand.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Dollars Oh man God.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Zang's agent confronted the man breaking the, News, sir you
haven't been talking To. Roseang sure enough to look at the.
Count it's Not roseang's verified. Account It's roseang's fan, page
Or roseng two Or rosezang just miss. Misspelled in other,
word this is a guy who traveled From asia to
(03:29):
a tournament in The United states believing he was married
to one of the. PLAYERS a sixty eight year old
man From california attended several tournaments to See South korean
golfer in G. Chun he had been duped out of
fifty thousand. Dollars In, january man showed up at the
home of golf Influencer Hailey ostrom after losing fifty thousand
(03:50):
dollars to an account that was impersonating. Her and this
is this one is wild because this is where the
family gets. Involved not too long after joining A nelly
Core a fan page On, facebook In, june a seventy
two year old man From South carolina received an email
from someone claiming to be the Real Nelly. Korda email
quickly turned to. Texting texting morphed into phone, calls and
(04:11):
within days he told his daughter they were in. Love
he told his, Daughter i'm in love With Nelly. Korda
he was convinced he was speaking to.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Her that is what the daughter.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Said we tried to talk him out of. It he's, like,
no we're gonna get. Married she's, Like dad had spent
fifteen thousand dollars on this fake. Person, now The Rodney reclett,
story the fake profile that The athletics set, up is
interesting because the story ends like this of go little Audio.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Christina.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Okay so another person claiming to Be korda sent him
An instagram direct message, Too so they got multiple messages
and they're, like, oh that's what's going on.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Here a lot of we're taking part in the.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Scam so After rodney and that fake cort exchange, words
she insisted the conversation move Off instagram and go to.
Email and then he's, like, well how DO i know it's?
You because they're trying to like crdate on how DO
i know what? You and, OH i send you a?
Video so they sent AN ai altered. Video, god that
(05:11):
sounds like.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
This, Hey, rodney how are you doing? Today this is
the Real Nelly korda and your only privilege to get
a video for, me get your fans, card and let's
start a.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Conversation, now clearly that good trick and old, man but
this is the fake.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Guy they're not that. Old they're in their. Sixties, yeah
it was very.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Convincing, yeah BUT i mean, again this specific instance is
going to a twenty seven year old working at the
athletic you know or.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Whatever but they are just.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
FOOLING a lot of these are sixties and seventy year old,
men and sixty and seven year old men love THE.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Lpga it is a it's.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
A it's remarkable that more of them don't get catfish
and lose everything they have every.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Day it terrifies, Me LIKE.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
I, AM i have so many struggles with, technology AND
i am vastly superior to all these people that you're talking.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
About with my grasp of.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
It you're a decade younger than these people, Too and.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Dude that is. Scary CAN i put a bow on
this real?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Quickly which is saying there's A they interviewed a private
investigator who used to be a security guard for THE
lpga or a security, consultant and he, said usually all
these catfishers are outside of The United. States THE fbi
cannot deal with all of. This they're, like, thel THE
fbi will only jump in unless we get to a
certain amount of dollars that have been, lost and then,
(06:36):
yeah we have to jump.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
In this is happening all the time and no one
can stop. It thank, You.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Kevin fantastic, Reporting true crime turner coming, up don't. Forget
in the five o'clock, Hour cussing The, cowboys we take
a deep dive into the New netflix docu Series America's,
Team The gambler And His. Cowboys that's coming up in
the five o'clock. Hour don't miss. That but coming up
next the new prank that you you can try out
on all your.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Friends it's next
We always use that free iHeart app where you stream
and download podcasts. There's a talkback feature. We'll give you
a clue from the show, and then whoever leaves the
information and uses the talkback feature with the right answer
gets those tickets. Pantera's coming in September. Sometime in the
next two hours, we will give away those tickets. Have
your ears by the speakers. My friends coming up here shortly,
(00:23):
got some audio to check out. Here's the new prank
you can try on your friends. But before all that,
here's this guys. Let's go to Kevin and now for
the latest in crime.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Serial killers, cold cases, cult leaders and blood.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
You know him, you fear him. It's time for true
crime KT. Kevin.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
What's your question for Roday?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
I have many questions for oj but not now.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I'm gonna continue with this little series that The Athletic
did on stalking and sports. Meet Rodney Raclette. Rodney Roclett's
in Indiana native, sixty two years old, big golfer and
a huge fan of the LPGA, that's the Ladies Professional
Golf Association. On August fourth, Rodney opened an Instagram account
with the handle at LPGA Fanatic six' five to one to,
(01:08):
two and he quickly followed some verified accounts for female
golfers maybe you know all the female golfers Bit manu
So Shen, STEVENSON a few others that might have looked
official starts following him. Well within twenty minutes of creating
his account and with zero post to his, Name rodney
received a message from what appeared to be the world's
number two ranked female, Golfer Nellie. Corda the message, Read, Hi,
(01:29):
HANDSOME i know this is like a dream to. You
thank you for being a. Fan the Real Nelly corda
was not Messaging, rodney And Rodney raclett also does not.
Exist The athletic created An instagram account for a fake
middle aged man who is a golf fanatic to see
what would happen who these other accounts start spamming him.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
For the second day in a.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Row we have a huge news story that's tied into
the fact that once you could just buy verification on
social media just changed everything bad.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Idea the gist of the con goes like, this AND
i did say just social media. USERS a fan of
the golfer scam account impersonating that athlete reaches out and
quickly moves the conversation to another platform Like.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
WhatsApp all, right there.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
You, go because you can evade the social media moderation
tools that are in place or. Whatever the scamra offers
a private dinner OR vip access to a tournament for a,
fee and then there's untraceable payments that are made via
crypto or gift. Cards so, Basically i've got a few
other examples of, this but it's just they were going
(02:38):
in and just doing good investigative.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Work but this has happened to other, people and this is.
Crazy here's.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Example one Last, may A pennsylvania man in his sixties
drove four hours to AN lpga tournament to meet twenty
two year Old american Golfer Rose. Zang he told the
tournament's staff that she had left A vip package for
him and even booked him a hotel. Room he said
they'd been communicating on social media for over a, year
during which he had center around seventy thousand.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Dollars Oh man God.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
Zang's agent confronted the man breaking the, News, sir you
haven't been talking To. Roseang sure enough to look at the.
Count it's Not roseang's verified. Account It's roseang's fan, page
Or roseng two Or rosezang just miss. Misspelled in other,
word this is a guy who traveled From asia to
(03:29):
a tournament in The United states believing he was married
to one of the. PLAYERS a sixty eight year old
man From california attended several tournaments to See South korean
golfer in G. Chun he had been duped out of
fifty thousand. Dollars In, january man showed up at the
home of golf Influencer Hailey ostrom after losing fifty thousand
(03:50):
dollars to an account that was impersonating. Her and this
is this one is wild because this is where the
family gets. Involved not too long after joining A nelly
Core a fan page On, facebook In, june a seventy
two year old man From South carolina received an email
from someone claiming to be the Real Nelly. Korda email
quickly turned to. Texting texting morphed into phone, calls and
(04:11):
within days he told his daughter they were in. Love
he told his, Daughter i'm in love With Nelly. Korda
he was convinced he was speaking to.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Her that is what the daughter.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Said we tried to talk him out of. It he's, like,
no we're gonna get. Married she's, Like dad had spent
fifteen thousand dollars on this fake. Person, now The Rodney reclett,
story the fake profile that The athletics set, up is
interesting because the story ends like this of go little Audio.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Christina.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Okay so another person claiming to Be korda sent him
An instagram direct message, Too so they got multiple messages
and they're, like, oh that's what's going on.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Here a lot of we're taking part in the.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Scam so After rodney and that fake cort exchange, words
she insisted the conversation move Off instagram and go to.
Email and then he's, like, well how DO i know it's?
You because they're trying to like crdate on how DO
i know what? You and, OH i send you a?
Video so they sent AN ai altered. Video, god that
(05:11):
sounds like.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
This, Hey, rodney how are you doing? Today this is
the Real Nelly korda and your only privilege to get
a video for, me get your fans, card and let's
start a.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Conversation, now clearly that good trick and old, man but
this is the fake.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Guy they're not that. Old they're in their. Sixties, yeah
it was very.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Convincing, yeah BUT i mean, again this specific instance is
going to a twenty seven year old working at the
athletic you know or.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Whatever but they are just.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
FOOLING a lot of these are sixties and seventy year old,
men and sixty and seven year old men love THE.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Lpga it is a it's.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
A it's remarkable that more of them don't get catfish
and lose everything they have every.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Day it terrifies, Me LIKE.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
I, AM i have so many struggles with, technology AND
i am vastly superior to all these people that you're talking.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
About with my grasp of.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
It you're a decade younger than these people, Too and.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Dude that is. Scary CAN i put a bow on
this real?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Quickly which is saying there's A they interviewed a private
investigator who used to be a security guard for THE
lpga or a security, consultant and he, said usually all
these catfishers are outside of The United. States THE fbi
cannot deal with all of. This they're, like, thel THE
fbi will only jump in unless we get to a
certain amount of dollars that have been, lost and then,
(06:36):
yeah we have to jump.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
In this is happening all the time and no one
can stop. It thank, You.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Kevin fantastic, Reporting true crime turner coming, up don't. Forget
in the five o'clock, Hour cussing The, cowboys we take
a deep dive into the New netflix docu Series America's,
Team The gambler And His. Cowboys that's coming up in
the five o'clock. Hour don't miss. That but coming up
next the new prank that you you can try out
on all your.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
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