Off Script: Catching Scammers with Jerri Williams

DEVIANT

Cold Open Media

True Crime

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Former FBI agent Jerri Williams shares her extensive career spent catching scammers, con artists, and fraudsters. Williams discusses her unexpected path to the FBI, the challenges she faced as a minority and a woman in the bureau, and her notable cases, including an intriguing credit extortion investigation. She also delves into her endeavors post-retirement, including her work as an author and prolific podcaster, and her collaborative efforts with Hollywood to bring authentic FBI stories to the screen. Join the fascinating conversation and learn about the real-life experiences behind the badge. FIND ALL THINGS JERRI HERE: https://jerriwilliams.com/ JOIN OUR PATREON: http://www.deviantpodcast.com Visit DEVIANT's socials: http://www.instagram.com/deviant.podcast http://www.tiktok.com/@deviant.podcast Copyright 2025 Cold Open Media LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Scammers, con artists, fraudsters, they're some of the toughest criminals to catch.
0:06.4	And today on Deviant Offscript, former FBI agent Jerry Williams is going to tell us how she spent a long career catching them.
0:14.2	Most of those types of criminals think that they're smarter than the people who are trying to catch them.
0:19.0	Many found out the hard way that they're not smarter than Jerry.
0:22.1	We had a great conversation about her time in the FBI and all the amazing things she's doing
0:27.0	post-retirement.
0:28.3	So let's get to it.
0:29.2	It's our talk with the amazing Jerry Williams.
0:31.7	This is Deviant Off Script.
0:40.5	Jerry Williams, thank you so much for joining us today on Deviant Offscript.
0:44.5	I'm so excited to talk to you.
0:45.5	I've been wanting to talk to you for a while.
0:48.3	Man, I don't know where to start with you.
0:50.1	And I say that in a really good way because you have had such a interesting and varied career,
0:56.6	both within the FBI and outside of it.
1:00.2	How would you, I guess how would you describe yourself to someone at a cocktail party saying,
1:04.7	hi, I'm Jerry Williams.
1:06.7	Here's what you need to know about me.
1:08.4	I think my, right now I would call myself not only a
1:12.7	storyteller but a story sharer. I love to gather information and and put it out out there,
1:21.4	which is what I did as a career and what I'm doing now as a podcaster and an author.
1:29.3	And that's that's succinctly put And, you know, when I learned about you and I, you know, I'm reading your bio and I'm diving into all the stuff that you've done, you know, a couple things jump out to me.
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