Love, Janessa

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True Crime, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Performing Arts, Panel, Writer, Crime, Author, Review, Arts

4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Thousands of love-struck men around the world were fooled by untold scammers whose cons all had the same thing in common. They all used stolen images of the same woman: a one-time camgirl and adult entertainer known as Janessa Brazil. Heartbroken men and serious journalists all searched for the real Janessa, only to be fooled by more imposters. But where is the woman whose face drew the victims in? Was she just the unwitting bait used by others for their crimes, or was she part of the swindle? From CBC Podcasts and the BBC World Service comes “Love, Janessa.” Host Hannah Ajala tracks down con artists in West Africa, victims in Europe, and a woman in the US believed to be the face that launched a thousand scams.

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Riders on Aftershow right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
0:06.0	media.
0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders On.
0:14.0	Crime Riders On is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop
0:27.6	culture, other podcasts, and on this episode, she was the bait in thousands of online catfish
0:34.5	scams.
0:35.5	But who is the woman who's stolen images, help break the hearts and break the banks
0:39.8	of so many?
0:40.8	We'll review the podcast Love, Janessa.
0:44.0	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV Journalist and host of
0:49.2	the These Are Their Stories podcast, My Husband and Love of My Life, Kevin Flynn.
0:52.9	Hello, Kevin.
0:53.9	Hello, Rebecca.
0:54.9	Also with us is private investigator certified pet detective resident cat lady and author
1:00.2	of the Piper Green series of cozy mysteries.
1:03.4	Laura Bricker.
1:04.4	Hey, Laura.
1:05.4	Hey, Rebecca.
1:06.6	And finally, our resident doubting Thomas, author of the city trilogy of novels, host of
1:11.7	the Strange Arrivals podcast and our Patreon deep dive book club podcast host Toby
1:16.2	Ball.
1:17.2	Hey, Toby.
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