Hollywood Con Queen | 4. Cat and Mouse

Chameleon

Audiochuck | Campside Media

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Nicole, the private investigator, joins us inside the rabbit hole, and begins to chip away at some of the scammer's defenses. That work also uncovers one incredible secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Camside media.
0:05.5	Hello?
0:06.0	What is the, what do you want to do?
0:08.0	Oh, it's just a...
0:10.0	Camelia.
0:11.0	Camelia, okay?
0:12.0	You're listening to Camelia.
0:14.0	A production of Camside Media.
0:16.0	Oh.
0:18.0	Hey everyone, I just wanted to check in and let you all know that I'm overwhelmed by the support and message.
0:24.5	Photographer Carly Rudd's Instagram post about her trip to Jakarta really raised the profile of the Indonesia scam among creatives in and around Hollywood.
0:33.0	But even before that, entertainment reporters were starting to catch wind of this weird-ass story.
0:39.0	That was a good thing for victims.
0:41.0	Normally the way you get a lot of attention for a scandal is the press.
0:45.0	And as word of this fake movie scam got out, it began to blow up.
0:48.0	Big time.
0:50.0	Nicole, the private investigator we met last week in chapter three, was happy to encourage this.
0:55.0	Because usually when a specific scam gets exposed, the scammer gives up, which makes publicity one of a fraud hunter's most potent weapons.
1:03.0	The first big story in the Hollywood Reporter focused on the fake Chinese movies, like the one Heather thought she was working on.
1:11.0	Later, there was some broadcast coverage.
1:13.0	Like NPR.
1:16.0	It's a story that sounds like a Hollywood movie.
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