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How convincing could you be if no one checked the script? The Imposter Trap pulls back the curtain on frauds, fabricators and the psychology that lets them succeed.

Each episode dissects real impostors and the patterns behind their lies, mixing forensic storytelling with clear lessons you can use to spot deception. Expect concise case breakdowns, behavioral clues, red flags in resumes and social media, and conversations about why smart people fall for confidence dressed as competence. This is not true crime melodrama — it's an evidence-forward look at how imposture works and how to protect yourself from it.

New episodes drop every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 9:00 AM. Episodes are short, focused and actionable so you can listen on the commute, before a meeting, or when you want a quick dose of skeptical thinking.

For listeners who worry about being fooled, who hire or date online, or who want to recognize manipulation before it costs them time or money, The Imposter Trap gives the tools and vocabulary to see through a confident act.

Subscribe now and train your instincts — new insights arrive daily at 9:00 AM.

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  • He Loved Me, He Lied: The 41K Romance Scam That Framed a Life

    He Loved Me, He Lied: The 41K Romance Scam That Framed a Life
    Oct 15 2026
    He Loved Me, He Lied: The 41K Romance Scam That Framed a Life

    Fear and betrayal: a man spent seven months and $41,200 building a private life with someone who never existed, until a Christmas card and a reverse image search began to unravel a machine that had targeted a dozen people across nine states. How did routine kindness and carefully staged intimacy turn into a network that almost got away with $400,000?

    In this episode, we tell how a fourth-grade teacher named Ronald Young fell for a fabricated identity on HorizonConnect, the sequence of escalating payments that followed, and the small, ordinary details that ultimately exposed the fraud - could a single card be the thread that unravels the whole operation?

    Person: Ronald Young
    Date: September 8, 2019
    Amount: $41,200
    States: nine
    Profiles: twelve people

    - Ronald Young made nine separate transfers totaling $41,200 between February and August 2019.
    - Ronald was 26 years old and taught fourth grade at Alderman Elementary School in Pellham, Indiana.
    - The fake profile used photos of Brad Solis, age 34, an architect from Tucson, Arizona, whose public Instagram dated back to 2014.
    - The initial money request in May was $800 via Zelle for a property management LLC short-term cash flow issue.
    - The fraud involved twelve people and amounted to more than $400,000 across nine states.

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    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
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    21 min
  • The Shoebox Full of Lies: How a Stranger Stole His Heart-and Savings

    The Shoebox Full of Lies: How a Stranger Stole His Heart-and Savings
    Oct 14 2026
    The Shoebox Full of Lies: How a Stranger Stole His Heart-and Savings

    He trusted a profile that didn't exist and wire-transferred $11,040 to a stranger who was actually someone else; the shoebox that hid forty-seven photos was taped size eleven and buried along Pipe Creek Trace-so who crafted the fiction and why bury the evidence?

    In this episode, we tell how Robert Stein met "Leanne Garrett" on ConnectCircle, how the profile was assembled from three real women's accounts, and how small transfers for emergencies grew into $11,040 in payments-what finally unravels the deception?

    Person: Robert Stein
    Age: 48
    Location: Halverson, Minnesota
    Platform: ConnectCircle
    Amount sent: $11,040

    - The shoebox contained forty-seven photographs and was a size eleven box sealed with three strips of tape.
    - Robert sent his first transfer of $420 in April 2022 for a claimed broken alternator near Cloquet.
    - Between April and June 2022 Robert made five transfers totaling $11,040 for alleged expenses including medical bills and a security deposit.
    - The "Leanne Garrett" profile used photos from a public Instagram account in Portland and biographical details from accounts in Asheville, North Carolina and a Detroit suburb.
    - ConnectCircle had received a complaint about the Leanne Garrett profile three months before Robert matched with it but took no action.

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    This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
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    19 min
  • He Sent $16,800 to a Stranger Who Left a Sympathy Card on His Porch

    He Sent $16,800 to a Stranger Who Left a Sympathy Card on His Porch
    Oct 13 2026
    He Sent $16,800 to a Stranger Who Left a Sympathy Card on His Porch

    Grief made him vulnerable, and a pale-blue sympathy card left on an empty house started an eleven-month unraveling that ended with $16,800 wired to a man he never met in person. Who engineered a sympathy ploy that began online, showed up in a mailbox, and culminated in a composition notebook naming ten people?

    In this episode, we follow the timeline from a propped sympathy card found on July 9, 2019 to the online friendship that started in spring 2018, tracing how small requests for money escalated into large transfers and a recorded ledger - and asking how empathy became a method for exploitation.

    Person: Todd Taylor
    Date: July 9, 2019
    Location: Cutter's Mill Road, Harnett Falls, Indiana
    Person: Lloyd Russo
    Event: $16,800 sent to an online contact

    - The sympathy card was postmarked June 3 and delivered to the Cutter's Mill Road address on June 7.
    - The resident had vacated the house on May 19, nineteen days before the card arrived.
    - Lloyd Russo turned thirty-two in February 2019 and had sent $16,800 to a man he never met.
    - The first money request in October 2018 was $800, which Lloyd sent and was repaid nine days later.
    - Lloyd cared for his wife Melissa during her final six weeks in 2017 and administered Pepper's medication at 5:50 PM every evening.

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    23 min
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