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EP. 121 — Love Fraud w/ Scottie Beam & Sylvia Obell
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, we got Scottie Beam & Sylvia Obell discussing Richard Scott Smith, a man promising love but really conning a group of mid western women out of over $1 million dollars. Plus, a Los Angeles family is shocked to learn that someone posted their home on Airbnb to rent it. Stay Schemin’!
Research By Kaelyn Brandt.
SOURCES:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/style/taking-down-bad-men-is-her-job.html
https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a33915040/richard-scott-smith-love-fraud-now/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8644523/Richard-Scott-Smith.html
https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-carla-the-bounty-hunter-from-love-fraud
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