The Hollywood Ponzi Scheme | The Talented Mr. Avery | Part One

Scamfluencers

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Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Zach Horwitz owns a sandwich and smoothie shop in Chicago, but dreams of moving to Hollywood to make it as an actor. Luckily, Zach knows a thing or two about creating high-stakes fantasy worlds, just like in the movies. So he crafts an opportunity of a lifetime out of thin air that lands him and his girlfriend, Mallory, in Los Angeles. Mallory is his biggest supporter, and for a while, it seems like Zach is finding fast success… until he bites off more than he can chew. Over the next three episodes, Scaachi and Sarah will explore the meteoric rise of a Hollywood wannabe best-known for his headline-making arrest.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to scam influencers
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0:06.0	Sarah, what do you think of when I say Hollywood scam?
0:19.2	I think of 3D movies.
0:21.1	Like, I have to pay five extra dollars to wear some dumb glasses that don't work.
0:26.0	And then I have to give them back after.
0:28.0	Okay.
0:29.0	Well, you're setting the bar really, really high, but I feel like I can still clear it.
0:33.5	I have a bunker story about a wannabe actor who pulled off one of the biggest scams in
0:37.8	Hollywood history.
0:39.5	By pull off, I mean, he lived the high life while lying to his friends, his family, and
0:44.4	the world until it all came crashing down.
0:47.2	I can't wait to hear it, baby.
0:49.7	It's early morning, April 6, 2021 in Los Angeles.
0:53.6	Super early, like 6 a.m.
0:56.3	And Mallory Horowitz is fast asleep in her $6 million house in a bougie neighborhood
1:01.4	near Beverly Hills.
1:03.2	And she joltes awake when someone pounds on the front door.
1:06.7	Mallory is in her 30s, and she's pretty successful.
1:09.8	She's a hair stylist, and she's married to an actor and movie producer named Zach Horowitz.
1:14.4	The two of them have this picture perfect life.
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