ENCORE: Gossip Girls | Part II | 149
Scamfluencers
Wondery
4.1 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The Matharoo sisters have gone from globe-trotting tastemakers to detained prisoners. Stuck in an airport hotel without their passports or phones, they decide to take matters into their own hands – and hatch a bold escape plan. Before long, their story goes from local gossip fodder to an international scandal.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, scam influencers listeners. If you're as hooked on these jaw-dropping schemes as we are, you'll love Wondry Plus. Think of it as you're all access past the world of scams. Add free episodes, early access, and exclusive deep dives that uncover even more shocking details. Don't just listen. Immerse yourself in the chaos with Wondry Plus. |
| 0:29.0 | This is part two of our two-part series, Gossip Girls. |
| 0:33.3 | If you haven't listened to the first episode yet, that is a really chaotic decision, |
| 0:36.3 | and I highly recommend you go back and listen to Part 1. |
| 0:37.6 | Sarah, hello. |
| 0:38.5 | Hey, honey. |
| 0:42.1 | I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. |
| 0:46.9 | Were you the type of kid who, like, snuck out at night without your parents knowing, |
| 0:52.2 | and you, like, got up to some mischief, you know, back in Canada, you tipped some cows, |
| 0:55.9 | you did donuts in a Tim Horton's parking lot. Tell me all about it. |
| 1:02.6 | Okay, Sachi, two things. All right. You're assuming that I had the kind of friends who were cool enough to sneak out. Right. And second of all, no, are you kidding me? The fear of God was in me. I'm still |
| 1:08.6 | scared of my parents. If I would have done that, |
| 1:11.8 | I wouldn't be here today. Well, this is why I think this story is so interesting about the |
| 1:17.0 | Mothruz because they had upbringings like we did. And yet, they're out and about. They have |
| 1:23.1 | all these daring escapes. I know. It's like low-key inspiring. Well, this episode is the most of everything. |
| 1:30.7 | And Sarah, I cannot wait to tell you all about it. It's December 2016 in Lagos, Nigeria. |
| 1:38.3 | Kieran Mathru and her sister Jothi have just spent a traumatic night in a crowded jail cell. |
| 1:44.0 | Remember, cops barged into their hotel room, took their phones and passports, and carted them off to prison. |
| 1:50.3 | They're accused of running Nijja just live, a vicious gossip blog, even though they've been talked about on the blog, and it's written in Pigeon, a language that they don't actually speak. |
| 2:01.5 | And now, police have relocated Jothi and Karen to an airport hotel. |
| 2:05.9 | Their room is dark and cramped. |
| 2:08.1 | It's got that airport hotel thing where staying there for one night is convenient, |
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