Natalie Cochran: The Pharmacist Femme Fatale Part 1 | 183

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Natalie Cochran seems to have it all: a stable career as a pharmacist, a loving husband, and two kids. But when she ditches her job to become a “government contractor” – and suddenly starts raking in cash – her life starts looking a little too good to be true. Behind the scenes, Natalie is running an elaborate con: one with fake government contracts, fake cancer, and a real trail of victims. When her house of cards starts to fall, Natalie will make a devastating choice that will turn her dream life into a nightmare.

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0:00.0	Hey, Scam Fluencers fans, Sarah here.
0:02.8	If you love the drama, deception, and mind-blowing reveals, Wondery Plus is your VIP ticket to more.
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0:30.4	Sachi, have you ever watched a movie and just been like so inspired?
0:31.5	It changed your life.
0:32.5	Oh, for sure.
0:33.4	What was it?
0:54.2	Probably that Helen Keller movie they kept making us watch on junior high. How did it change your life? Learned a lot. Okay. We'll talk about that later. I mean, the real answer's not better. It's probably Robocop. Yeah. Okay. That makes all more sense. Robocop makes sense. For me, it was like Harriet the Spy, maybe. Oh, yeah.
0:55.1	Because I was like, okay, that's me.
0:57.3	I need to be meddling and writing.
0:59.4	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:00.9	A Lizzie McGuire movie, maybe.
1:02.7	True.
1:03.2	Swan Princess.
1:04.3	That was profound.
1:05.3	She rejects him.
1:06.3	It's a great movie.
1:07.4	You're really showing yourself right now.
1:08.7	I really appreciate it.
1:09.8	I know who I am. Well, today, I'm going to tell you about a woman who, after watching a movie, felt so emboldened
1:17.3	to change the entire course of her life, leading to, you guessed it, a very elaborate Ponzi scheme.
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