Listen Now: Scamfluencers “Pharmacist Femme Fatale”

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David Yontef

Entertainment News, Tv & Film, News, Society & Culture

4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

You never really know someone…especially online. In today’s world, the power of influence can be the quickest path to money and fame, and it often ends in ruin. These are the stories of the world’s most insidious Scamfluencers. And we are their prey. On Wondery’s new weekly series, join co-hosts Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi as they unpack epic stories of deception from the worlds of social media, fashion, finance, health, and wellness. These influencers claim to be everything from charismatic healers to trusted financial insiders to experts in dating. They cast spells over millions. Why do we believe them, and how does our culture allow them to thrive? From Black Swan Murder to a fake social media influencer to an audacious Hollywood Ponzi schemer, each season will take the listener along the twists and turns, the impact on victims, and what’s left when the facade falls away. Listen to Scamfluencers: https://Wondery.fm/Scam_BTVR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How many scams have we talked about together over the past several years that have occurred in our reality TV world?
0:06.5	We've been through it together, right guys?
0:08.2	Listen, scams are everywhere.
0:09.8	They're on your phone.
0:10.8	They're in your inbox.
0:12.2	And I have to wonder, like, what is it about scams that has us pop culture people so obsessed?
0:17.7	I think it's probably because it can happen to anyone.
0:20.4	Or maybe we're just all deeply
0:22.0	fascinated by the psyche of someone who can lie with such ease, cheat with no guilt, and convince
0:28.0	the world that they are who they are, even though they're not. That's why I need to tell you
0:31.8	about scamfluensers. Scamfluensers is a weekly podcast that takes you into the world of deception.
0:37.9	This podcast is sharing stories of today's most notorious scams.
0:41.7	Take, for example, the recent episode of Natalie Cochrad, the pharmacist Femfetal.
0:46.9	It seemed like she had it all, a good job, a loving husband, two kids, but behind the scenes,
0:52.0	Natalie was scamming friends and family. She was using fake
0:55.6	contacts, fake government emails. She even faked cancer. Don't we know someone else in our
1:00.9	reality TV world who was accused of faking cancer? Well, listen, when the wall started closing in,
1:06.8	Natalie started to do anything to keep the lie alive. That is, until someone ended up dead.
1:12.5	Listen to scam influencers now wherever you get your podcasts.
1:15.6	I'm about to play a clip from scamfluencers.
1:18.0	Follow scamfluencers wherever you get your podcasts.
1:27.4	Sachi, have you ever watched a movie and just been like so inspired? It changed your life.
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