Romance Scam Rebellion
The Romance Scam Rebellion is a bold, experience-led podcast that eposes the dark tactics behind online relationship scams and empowers targets to fight back. Hosted by a real life survivor, each episode breaks the silence around digital deception, shares insider knowledge from lived experience, and dismantles the shame that scammers count on.
Whether you're reeling from betrayal, questioning red flags, or ready to reclaim your power, this is your battleground for truth and recovery. No sugar coating. No victim-blaming. Just raw stories, real strategies, and rebellious self compassion.
Episodes
34 episodes
Erin West's War on the Global Scamdemic
Romance scams, pig butchering (we agree to disagree on this term), cryptocurrency fraud, and transnational organized crime have become a multi-billion-dollar global industry. But one former prosecutor has made it her mission to fight back.<...
Pause. Reflect. Protect - AARP's Fraud Whisperer
I'm calling her AARP's Fraud Whisperer, and for good reason. Kathy Stokes, Senior Director of Fraud Prevention Programs at AARP's Fraud Watch Network, has spent years on the front lines helping everyday Americans recognize, resist, and report s...
Inside The Scam Factories
What if the person sending you those messages wasn't a willing criminal at all?For years, we've been told to picture online scammers as heartless fraudsters sitting behind computer screens, stealing life savings without remorse. But the ...
Kidnapped into a Scam Compound
He thought he was accepting a job opportunity that would help support his family.Instead, he was trafficked into a scam compound, stripped of his freedom, and forced to scam strangers online under the constant threat of violence.
Two Women One Mission: Exposing Romance Scammers and Protecting Victims
They say laughter is the best medicine. Unfortunately, it doesn't stop romance scammers—but it certainly helps expose them.In this episode of *The Romance Scam Rebellion*, I sit down with author, scam baiter, and professional destroyer ...
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The Face That Launched A Thousand Scams
For more than a decade, one military veteran has been living a nightmare he never signed up for.His photographs have been stolen and used by romance scammers around the world. Day after day. Week after week. Year after year.Thousa...
The Scam that Broke My Family
April Helm — Journalist & Host of the podcast "Scammer Stories"Some scams don't just steal money. They steal relationships, fracture families and leave wounds that no amount of recovery can fully heal.April Helm is a journali...
When Swiping Right Goes Wrong
After a divorce and years of rebuilding her life, Beth Hyland thought she had finally found someone who truly understood her. What began as a promising Tinder match quickly evolved into a sophisticated romance scam built on emotional manipulati...
Season 3 - Romance Scam Warriors
Season 3 begins with a look at the journey since the close of Season 2 — the advocacy, the conversations, and the growing movement determined to confront the scam epidemic head-on. This season is dedicated to the warriors, whistleblowers, survi...
The Stolen Face: A Romance Scam Victim Speaks Out - Season 2 Finale
The man I thought I loved was real — just not the one talking to me.In this episode, I unpack the emotional aftermath of discovering that the identity behind my romance scam belonged to an innocent man whose photos were stolen and used ...
Seven Deadly Signs You're in a Romance Scam (Or About to Be)
What if the person you’re falling for… was never real?In this urgent, reality-check episode, Anola walks listeners through the seven most common psychological and behavioral signs of a romance scam — the same playbook used on her ...
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Testify - Life After a Romance Scam
Two years after the scam, I'm 69 with 27 years left on a mortgage I almost owned outright. My professional reputation is damaged. My retirement is gone. And the systems that could help? Silent.This is what life after a romance scam actua...
Seen. Chosen. Scammed. Viola's Story
Scammers don’t target a type — they target vulnerability. Gender, age, education, politics, religion, or sexual orientation don’t matter. The tactics are the same.In this episode, I sit down with Viola Barker, a 68-year-o...
Scammed Twice: Crypto ATM's Part 2 - Who Profits When Victims Pay
In Part 1, I exposed how Bitcoin ATMs take 30-40% of scam victims' money through hidden markups. In Part 2, I investigate who's profiting from this system.Meet Brandon Mintz—Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, CEO of Bitcoin Depot, operator of 8...
Scammed Twice: Part 1, The Crypto ATM Gets Its Cut
In Part One of Scammed Twice, we move past the emotional manipulation and into the machinery that quietly profits from it. This episode exposes how cryptocurrency ATMs have become a critical—and largely unregulated—link in the scam pip...
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Your Cruelty is Their Business Model S2 E4
In this episode, I confront the cruel comments often directed at romance scam survivors — calling them stupid, desperate, or deserving of what happened. These reactions aren’t harmless opinions. They actively protect scammers.When...
Jennifer French Tomasic MSc on Coercive Control S2 E3
In this powerful episode of The Romance Scam Rebellion, Anola sits down with Jennifer French Tomasic MSc, a psychologist and expert in coercive control, to explore one of the most insidious psychological dynamics behind m...
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The Manipulation Playbook. S2 E2
Romance scams don’t happen by accident. They follow a script.In this episode of The Romance Scam Rebellion, I'll break down the exact psychological playbook scammers use worldwide to brainjack trust, attachment, and ...
Brainjacked: The Dopamine Trap S2 E1
In the Season 2 opener, Anola exposes the hidden psychological mechanism powering nearly every modern romance scam: love bombing. This isn’t just cheesy sweet talk — it’s a deliberate strategy built to overwhelm your emotions and chemica...
Episode 13 — 🌊💥 Aftershocks: The Ripple Effects 💔🔍
Season finale. After the initial shock of a romance scam, the damage doesn’t stop — it ripples through every part of your life. From identity theft to fake crypto schemes, government inaction to emotional and physical fallout, this episode brea...
Episode 12 — 🔄🎭 Oops, I Did It Again! The Search for Closure 🎭🔄
After my first disaster, I needed more than closure — I needed the truth. This episode follows my painful journey chasing the “real man” behind a fake profile, hoping to find answers and redemption.But chasing closure led me into a secon...
⏰ Episode 11 - The Wake up call - The day my fantasy died 📲
This episode is deeply personal. It’s about betrayal, financial trauma, and the painful moment when denial breaks — when the fantasy shatters and harsh truth takes hold.Despite growing doubts, desperation pushed me forward. As suspicion ...
🔥 Episode 10: Ember to Inferno Part 2: The Five-Alarm Meltdown 🔥
What started as emotional kindling erupts into a full-scale inferno.In this second half of Ember to Inferno, I take you into the fire — where emotional manipulation turns into financial devastation. From credit lines and wire tr...
🔥 Episode 9: Ember to Inferno Part 1– The Five-Alarm Meltdown 🔥
What starts with a spark of affection can ignite into a full-blown inferno of deception. In this first half of a two-part episode, I walk you through the slow burn of how trust, love, and hope get weaponized — one calculated move at a time....
🤥 Episode 8 - Excuse Me While I Lie to Myself 🤦♀️
What happens when the truth stares you in the face — and you still can’t accept it?In this painfully honest episode, I take you back to the moment the fairytale started to unravel. A street sign in Hebrew. A reverse image search...