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Are you ready to expose the dark side of romance? Bankrup Love uncovers the shocking true stories of victims who lost everything to manipulative con artists.

Dive deep into the world of romance scams, catfishing, and financial exploitation. We explore the tactics these predators use, from elaborate love bombing to sophisticated phishing schemes, leaving a trail of broken hearts and empty bank accounts. Bankrup Love offers a raw, unfiltered look at the psychological toll and financial ruin caused by online dating scams and other deceptive relationships.

New episodes drop every single day, Monday through Sunday, at 7:00 AM. Each installment provides gripping narratives, expert insights, and crucial warning signs to help you identify and avoid these devastating traps. We dissect real-life experiences, offering a vital resource for understanding the complexities of emotional fraud.

This podcast is for anyone who has ever questioned a suspicious online connection, fallen victim to a romantic fraud, or wants to protect themselves and their loved ones from predatory schemes. Learn how to spot the red flags and empower yourself with knowledge.

Subscribe to Bankrup Love today and arm yourself against deception.© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators Crimini reali
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  • He Wrote Like a Dead Critic - I Lost $5,500 to It

    He Wrote Like a Dead Critic - I Lost $5,500 to It
    Aug 22 2026
    He Wrote Like a Dead Critic - I Lost $5,500 to It

    The first message that felt off was a perfectly warm goodnight text - nineteen words copied verbatim from a 2011 food magazine byline. A dead critic's sentences threaded through six months of messages, a lost phone found on a hiking trail, and $16,500 that vanished between two women who never spoke: how did a voice borrowed from a deceased writer turn into a costly deception?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline and people in the record to show how the relationship began online, moved to an anonymous platform, and then unraveled after a lost phone became evidence; could an encrypted, identity-free app and a love of precise prose have enabled a literary impersonation that cost real money?

    Person: Jean Watson
    Age: 48
    Location: Varnell, Ohio
    Platform: Amore Vero
    Amount missing: $16,500

    - Jean Watson had 40,000 subscribers to her food blog Plate & Place.
    - The copied line contained exactly nineteen words and matched a 2011 article by Aldo Ferrini.
    - Aldo Ferrini died in 2016 at age 61 of cardiac arrest in a Bologna restaurant.
    - Jean lost her phone on a hiking trail in August 2019; its recovery triggered the investigation.
    - The correspondence with "Norman Hughes" began in February 2019 and continued daily across multiple platforms for four months.

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    19 min
  • The Voice That Stole $36,000: How a Fake Coast Guard Won Him Over

    The Voice That Stole $36,000: How a Fake Coast Guard Won Him Over
    Aug 21 2026
    The Voice That Stole $36,000: How a Fake Coast Guard Won Him Over

    Loneliness made him vulnerable: a man with a steady routine lost $36,000 to a constructed persona who repaid an initial loan to prove trust. How did months of morning messages, a single six-minute video call, and a staged repayment convince him to hand over everything?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from the phone found at Pelican Cut to the bank parking lot where Earl sat frozen, and we outline how the impersonator built credibility through voice, small asks, and bureaucratic excuses. What sequence of touches and transfers turned a careful marine technician into a victim?

    Person: Earl Brooks
    Date: July 11, 2019
    Location: Pelican Cut; Regions Bank on Delamar Street; Grover's Landing, Mississippi
    Amount: $36,000
    Investigator: Beverly Edwards

    - Phone found face-up in sedge grass at Pelican Cut with thirty-one percent battery remaining.
    - Incident occurred at 2:47 a.m. on July 11, 2019; phone discovered at dawn.
    - Impersonator profile created in late February 2019 as "Aaron Whitfield - Lieutenant Commander, United States Coast Guard."
    - Initial requested transfer in May 2019 was $800, which was repaid with $940 in fees recorded in cloud documents.
    - By early July 2019 Earl had sent $22,000 across three accounts before total losses reached $36,000.

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    18 min
  • Glasses Case on a Dock: How He Mapped a Widow's Trust and $48K

    Glasses Case on a Dock: How He Mapped a Widow's Trust and $48K
    Aug 20 2026
    Glasses Case on a Dock: How He Mapped a Widow's Trust and $48K

    A small burgundy glasses case on an empty dock led to a name that did not belong there and ultimately to $48,000 wired into four cryptocurrency wallets - how did a pair of progressive lenses become the first clue? Who built the architecture of trust that turned a woman’s steady habits into a target?

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of discoveries from a surveyor’s find to the online messages that converted personal details into a financial scheme, and we ask how everyday routines were used to engineer confidence and loss.

    Person: Dawn Stein
    Date: June 2022 (dock discovery); March 2022 (prescription fill)
    Location: 14 Crestwater Lane (dock); 14 Quarry Street (residence)
    Case: $48,000 transferred into four cryptocurrency wallets
    Perpetrator: Dennis Pratt (alias used: Wayne Vickers)

    - A surveyor, Monica Young, found a burgundy quilted glasses case on a dock at 7:40 AM on a Tuesday morning in June 2022.
    - The prescription label named Dawn Stein with a Barton Falls address and a fill date of March 2022.
    - Dawn Stein joined the Rebuilding Circle forum in October 2021 and began messaging "Wayne Vickers" in November 2021.
    - The man in the profile was actually Paul Devereaux’s photo; the real sender was Dennis Pratt, age 49, living in short-term rentals across three states.
    - $48,000 was converted into wire transfers and routed into four cryptocurrency wallets that never returned to Dawn.

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    20 min
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