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I sit down with a man who's spent HOURS with Sugarbaby Adva Lavie aka Mia Ventura and he's sharing some pretty disturbing stuff. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Adva Lavie (aka Mia Ventura) is engaged to marry a billionaire who's running for governor while she's working as a sugarbaby in Beverly Hills. But authorities say she's really a con artist scamming rich men posing as their girlfriends to rob them. FYI this is the link to the incredible 'Holly Randall Unfiltered' interview of Adva Lavie aka Mia Ventura https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ygz_2Y-xF8 Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

He's a billionaire running for Governor. She's a sugarbaby charged with scamming old rich men in Beverly Hills - and she's shockingly engaged to be married to the billionaire running for Governor. A trial date has not been set. But a wedding date has:) Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

There are scammers working at Facebook, X and Amazon who are intentionally nuking accounts for the purpose of taking bribes to reinstate them. It happened to TV producer Aliza Rosen and Bed Scrunchie inventor Jack Nekhala. And it's happening to thousands of people every day. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

There are professional scammers working for tech platforms like Facebook and Amazon shaking customers down for money. Lots of money. And no one is doing a damn thing about it. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What would you do to own a Malibu beach house, a new Tesla and have $3 million dollars in the bank? Con artists are shapeshifters. They can appear in your life masquerading as many things. And back in 2017, Dr Mark Sawusch is convinced a former prom king (Anthony Flores) and a stunning Hollywood actress (Anna Moore) are saving his life. But in reality, they were scamming him to death. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

He was a prom king oozing charisma and charm. She was a Hollywood actress staring in an Uma Thurman film. They wanted to be Hollywood's next 'power couple' and to make that happen, they target a vulnerable mentally ill man. They take his car. They take his house. And they scam him to death. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sometimes the scammer is 'the good guy' exploiting a tiny loophole in a giant corporation's promotion designed to move their product off store shelves. And this promotion in particular backfires spectacularly - and our David in this David and Goliath story walks away with $800,000 in airline miles and becomes a folk hero to the 'little guys' all over the world. And the ultimate Godwink here is that this guy's name is actually David! (David Phillips) Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A homeless man walks into a bar and scams a waitress out of $70,000. This is not the setup to a joke. This actually happened to a woman named Glenda Toews. And she wrote two books about it 'Spinning on a Barstool' and 'Spun' - you can get your copies here: https://glendatoews.com/ Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Some people go their whole lives without scamming anyone. And then there's a death in the family. And suddenly they start SCAMMING like there's no tomorrow. More at JohnathanWalton.com Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

When an unemployed man's mother dies, he sees a macabre opportunity to start scamming. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The death of Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy at just 32 years old has been shrouded in mystery for the past 17 years. But based on my recent investigation, there is no mystery. Brittany Murphy fell in love with a con artist. And it literally killed her. More at JohnathanWalton.com Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hollywood actress Brittnay Murphy falls madly in love with a professional con artist. And it literally kills her. And I'll explain exactly how on the next episode of Hardcore Con. More at JohnathanWalton.com Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What on earth could convince an Ivy League-educated journalist to fork over a shoebox with her entire life savings in it to a complete stranger for safekeeping? This is an intricate and complex con involving multiple con artists. And it could happen to any one of us so pay attention to the tricks, the brain hacks and the dark psychology these A-list scammers use to successfully pull off this $50,000 con. Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

They say write what you know… well having investigated hundreds of con artists over the years and even putting my own scammer in jail. Twice. I know hustlers! And guess what? I’ve got a brand new podcast out now called Hardcore Con. And in each episode we not only tell you a crazy con story but we analyze the specific brain hacks and mental tricks professional scammers use to get what they want. Sometimes it’s money. Sometimes it’s marriage. Sometimes it’s murder But whatever it is you can bet your life that when a professional con artist targets you, they will succeed… Unless you know what the tells are. Listen to ‘Hardcore Con’ on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. More at: JohnathanWalton.com Our Sponsors: * Check out BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com * Check out BreezeMeds and use my code WALTON for a great deal: https://www.breezemeds.com * Check out Vinted: https://www.vinted.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy