Matthew Cox: Main Character Syndrome | 129

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Cox wanted to prove his haters—especially his dad—wrong, so he goes into real estate in Florida and quickly gets involved in “light fraud.” That quickly expands to very real fraud and soon Matthew is on the run, stealing identities and opening illegal bank accounts all across the South. His grit and determination run so deep that, when he’s eventually caught and sent to prison, he executes the perfect scammer pivot: using his story to platform himself as a true crime host.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Scamfluencer's fans.
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0:13.0	Just search for scamfluencers on Patreon and dive deeper into the scandal.
0:17.7	A heads up to our listeners.
0:19.2	This episode contains references to abuse.
0:28.5	Sachi, you're not only a podcaster, but you have appeared in many documentaries as a
0:33.4	talking head. How does it feel when you watch or listen to yourself later on? It doesn't feel good.
0:39.3	It feels like that episode of The Simpsons when Homer falls behind the bookshelf and then he ends up in
0:44.6	like a different dimension. Yeah, you know, I avoid it as much as I can because I shouldn't be
0:51.0	seeing myself that way and I also shouldn't be seeing you that way, you know?
0:54.7	I am best neither seen nor heard.
0:57.3	Yeah, well, we do have the luxury of avoiding having to watch
1:01.2	and listen to ourselves unless we absolutely have to.
1:04.0	But I'm going to tell you about a scammer who turned his scammy life
1:07.0	into true crime content multiple times
1:09.9	and no, that did not stop him from continuing
1:13.1	to grift.
1:17.7	It's 2024 and Matthew Cox is making a reaction video.
1:22.3	Matthew runs a YouTube channel called Inside True Crime, where he interviews convicted criminals
1:27.3	about what landed them in
1:28.5	jail. His videos have clickbaity titles like, Credit Card Scammer reveals his secrets, and
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