Fraud Friday: Love Fraud w/ Scottie Beam & Sylvia Obell

In this week’s Fraud Friday, Scottie Beam and Sylvia Obell hear from Laci about Richard Scott Smith—a man who promised love but instead conned a group of Midwestern women out of over $1 million. Plus, a Los Angeles family is shocked to learn that someone posted their home on Airbnb to rent it. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 01/17/2022) 

 

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Research By Kaelyn Brandt. 

 

SOURCES:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/style/taking-down-bad-men-is-her-job.html

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a33821604/love-fraud-richard-scott-smith-true-story/

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a33915040/richard-scott-smith-love-fraud-now/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8644523/Richard-Scott-Smith.html

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-carla-the-bounty-hunter-from-love-fraud

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/11/30/exclusive-local-family-discovers-home-listed-on-airbnb-after-strangers-arrive-saying-they-rented-it/

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