#236 Rachel DeLoache Williams: My Friend Anna, The Scammer

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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My guest today is Rachel DeLoache Williams,Vanity Fair photography editor and now author of My Friend Anna: The True Story Of The Fake Heiress Of New York City. One of TIME magazine's must-read books of 2019.

This book is the true story of Anna Delvey through her friend Rachel's eyes -- someone you might have read about in the news, the fake heiress whose deceit and elaborate con-artistry deceived the Soho New York scene before her lies were dramatically exposed. This is Rachel's story who is still dealing with the consequences of being so betrayed.

The pair met through mutual friends, and became inseparable. But after Anna’s debit card was declined in a Morocco whilst on holiday in a five-star luxury resort, Rachel began to suspect that her increasingly mysterious friend was not all she seemed.

This book has been called Catch Me If You Can meets Gossip Girl with Instagram filters. Between Anna Delvey, Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland (Anna even tried to scam Billy) and Elizabeth Holmes, whose start-up app duped the high and mighty of Silicon Valley, 2019 seems to have be the year of the scammer.

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0:56.7	Hello and welcome back to Control-O- Delete. My guest today is Rachel Deloach
1:07.4	Williams, Vanity Fair Photography Editor and now author of my friend Anna,
1:12.4	the true story of the fake heiress of New York City.
1:15.9	It's one of Time magazine's must read books of 2019 and it's the true story of Anna Del, the scammer you might have read about in the news,
1:25.6	the fake heiress whose deceit and elaborate con artistry deceived the Soho New York media scene
1:32.3	before her lies were dramatically exposed.
1:35.2	This is Rachel's story, Friend of Anadelli, who is still dealing with the consequences of
1:40.9	being so betrayed by such a close friend. The pair first met
1:44.9	through mutual friends and became inseparable and after Anna's debit card
1:49.3	was declined on a holiday in Morocco in a five-star hotel, Rachel began to suspect that something
1:55.4	wasn't quite right and the truth started to slowly come out surrounding her
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