Hey everyone, just a reminder that the wedding scammer is a seven-part story that isn't complete until you get to the end.

A quick note about this episode. Some of the language you'll hear includes offensive terms used to describe people of color.

Previously on, The Wedding Scammer.

It's this onion factor or like a Russian doll factor.

You'd peel off a layer and there's another one right there.

The fuck, his name isn't Michael Esposito?

It's not even his real goddamn name.

How many people have you written a bunch of checks to that you didn't actually owe money to?

You think there's nothing else that I could possibly learn.

I know everything,

and then here comes another layer. Someone must have spoiled you, really spoiled you so much,

so you must have money.

My girlfriend Nicole likes to joke about the weird network of people I've built through this podcast.

I've got new friends in the Bay Area.

Some random people in Wisconsin and Vegas to say hi to when we travel.

My two Josh's, Janais' husband, and documentary Josh.

A group of people who in normal situations I would have never met.

But because of Michael, Lawrence, Mark, whatever his name is, we've become pretty friendly.

And right now, thanks to this network, I find myself on a car ride in rural Pennsylvania,

talking about our scammer.

At the time I knew Miss Michael Especito. And he was sitting there basically talking about this news magazine and what our role would be.

That's Alice Krantz.

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