The Knife: Off Record – 122
The Knife: A True Crime Podcast
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4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re talking scams. Hannah shares the story of a man whose photo was used to con thousands of women, and Patia takes us inside an unsettling case of identity theft.
Alex Couros’ Website: https://educationaltechnology.ca/information-for-romance-scam-victims/
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| 0:36.8 | This story contains adult content and language. |
| 0:39.8 | Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to The Knife Off Record. |
| 1:00.1 | I'm Hannah Smith. |
| 1:01.1 | I'm Pasha Eaton. |
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| 1:17.4 | podcast. |
| 1:18.6 | We have two stories for you today, both involving scams. |
| 1:22.3 | Mine's shorter, kind of a mini story, so I will jump right into it. |
| 1:26.4 | Yeah, let's hear it. |
| 1:27.2 | So I first came across this |
| 1:29.5 | story on Reddit as we do. And it was a post from 2015 by this guy named Alec Coros. He lives in Canada. |
| 1:38.9 | He's a professor. And he made this post, and this is the title of it. For the past eight years, my photos have been used by romance scammers, aka Catfishers. |
| 1:49.0 | I really need Reddit's help to have this get the attention of Facebook. |
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