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The FOX True Crime Podcast

To Catch A Scammer

The FOX True Crime Podcast

Fox News

True Crime

4.7 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

From phishing to identity theft, digital criminals are always finding new ways to pull off a scam. YouTubers Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik are sounding the alarm on the dangers of these tech predators in their new FOX Nation special, Scammed: Getting Even. Art and Ashton discuss how their vigilante endeavors began, and expose the insidious nature of these crimes. Later, they provide a glimpse into some of the high-stakes cases featured in their show. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Based on the worldwide best-selling novel.

0:02.0

Why do you want this job?

0:03.0

I really enjoy being a housemaid. This Christmas. Would you like the Grand Tora? See what you're getting yourself into? Discover what lies. I don't know what's been going on with her lately. Behind closed doors. I need this job. I do not want to go back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred. What kind of monsters are we?

0:23.0

I want you to feel stupid. back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred.

0:23.0

What kind of monsters are we?

0:25.4

I want you to feel safe here.

0:26.4

The House Maid.

0:27.9

In Cinema's Everywhere, Boxing Day.

0:29.8

See it first with previews from December 22.

0:33.5

I'm Chanley Painter, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast. Yeah. Whether it's phasing. Whether it's fishing, telecoms fraud, or identity theft, it seems like digital criminals are always finding new ways to pull off a scam.

0:53.9

Well, one duo is fighting back and taking down fraud networks all across the globe.

0:59.3

Art Kulik and Ashton being in Make-Up Trilogy Media, together they aim to raise awareness about the dangers of tech predators.

1:07.2

Art and Ashton join me now with a look inside their pursuit of vigilante justice as showcased in their new Fox Nation special Scammed Getting Even.

1:19.6

I, first of all, cannot wait to watch this episode, guys. First of all, tell me what brought you here and inspires you to do this work? First of all, thank you so much. Yeah, thank you, Jan Lee, having this is awesome. Thanks for being here. Oh my, where should we start? We originally came to Los Angeles as a filmmaker, content creator, so we always want to get our own voice, you know? Sure. They will put you in a box, they will tell you like you can do only this and this in Hollywood. And me and Ashen, we're just like, we just don't have seven lives and dedicate one life. You sit and wait for opportunities. We just did all opportunities ourselves. Yeah. Scampading kind of happened on accident. It was probably about five or six years after we initially met and we had already been working together making content. We needed a vehicle for us to just be entertainers.

2:04.8

That's what we want to do. We wanted to make content. That's really all it was. And then I had

2:08.1

a viral video kind of on accident messing with an IRS scammer. And it kind of just married our

2:13.0

drive for content with something that was actually really like impactful and something

2:17.2

really important. And so entertainment, education. we're like impractical jokers with a mission right it actually

2:23.5

makes a difference you're helping people and changing people's lives looking back at the work first

2:28.2

well how long have you been doing this but is there any particular case or instance that really stands out to you as like, okay, this

2:36.3

was something that changed the course of everything?

2:39.5

Well, how long we were doing it?

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