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Scamtime

Scamtime

Karen Johnson-Diamond and Stephanie Wolfe

Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond gasp and giggle over the topic of frauds and phonies, Ponzis and pyramids plus hoaxes and hilarity.Got a scam you want to tell us about? Email us: [email protected]

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In this episode, Stephanie tells us the real story of a fake Picasso, Elmyr de Hory and Karen picks a real "winner", lottery scammer Eddie Tipton. Neither of these scammers have anything to do with Bibimbap or Debbie. We don't know who Debbie is. Any similarity to any Debbies real or fictional is unintentional.
Cubism!
16.5 million dollars!
Turkeys playing craps with their little drumsticks!
Things to help this episode make sense:
Elmyr de Hory
Elmyr de Hory's Self Portrait
Pablo Picasso
'The Forger's Apprentice - Life with the Most Notorious Artist' By Mark Forgy
Read all about Eddie Tipton! Watch the surveillance video!
Bigfoot!
Here are all the podcasts we mentioned!
Small Town Dicks
It's a Conspiracy! (APN member)
That's A Thing? (APN member)
Putting it Together (APN member)
The Bad Gays Podcast
Swindled
The Breakfast Dish (APN member hosted by Karen and her son Griffin Cork)
Bridging the Gap Between Generations Who Assume Things About Each other! (another APN member hosted by Stephanie and Karen)
True Crime in the 50s
Fraudcast

SCAMTIME is a brand new proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of SCAMTIME is sponsored by The Edmonton Community Foundation and Rumi.
SCAMTIME Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/
SCAMTIME Art: Stephanie Wolfe
Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at [email protected]

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With Stephanie live on stage in Edmonton for the next few weeks, Karen gets the chance to play with guest host Mark Bellamy
we share scams from Miami and Borneo about Saudi Arabian Princes and Bornean Prospectors.
Gold
Goldfinger
Gold Standard Scams
Jimi Hendrix and the Queen!
Check out these links:
Somewhere in Time - The Movie
The Grand Hotel
Fellow APN Podcast "It's a Conspiracy!"
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/he-actually-believes-he-is-khalid-the-odyssey-of-a-counterfeit-saudi-prince

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/how-the-fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac-was-exposed

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/06/how-fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac-conned-investors-out-of-millions.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/true-crime-how-a-fake-saudi-prince-stole-$8m-from-investors

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14450946/?ref_=ttep_ep8
SCAMTIME is a brand new proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of SCAMTIME is sponsored by The Edmonton Community Foundation and Rumi.
SCAMTIME Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/
SCAMTIME Art: Stephanie Wolfe
Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at @[email protected]

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Hello Scamtime listeners
Stephanie and Karen are back in September, and in the meantime you get to listen to some of our favorite past episodes. Meet Scott, the toehead.
Scamtime is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported
This episode of Scamtime is brought to you through the generous support of The Calgary Foundation and the Business Council of Alberta

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about 10 months ago, Karen and Stephanie shared two scams that have proved to be very popular; one famous, and one closer to home
The real voices of the scammers! If you are revisiting this episode with us, have fun. If you are hearing these scams for the first time you'll be shaking your head.
SCAMTIME is a brand new proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of SCAMTIME is sponsored by The Edmonton Community Foundation and Taproot Edmonton
SCAMTIME Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/
SCAMTIME Art: Stephanie Wolfe
Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at @[email protected]

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Your hosts Stephanie and Karen mark one full year of pandemic-hood by doing what we do best: trying to avoid talking about the pandemic, (and failing), and then sharing stories of frauds and scams.
This week on Scamtime: Brice Carrington fakes his own accomplishments, and Rick Singer fakes the accomplishments of others.
THIS EPISODE IS FILLED WITH EXCELLENT, VERY PROFESSIONAL SOUND EFFECTS!
Things to make this episode make sense:
Some Brice history
The Varsity Blues episode of "The Con"
Wolverines! Turkeys!


Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/
Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe
Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at @[email protected]

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Stephanie Wolfe's kitchen renos are finished and Karen Johnson-Diamond is causing water damage in her house. Yet they STILL found time to record this episode of Scamtime.
Hear all about the twists and turns of Marianne "Maire" Smyth and polka to the ponzi played by Jan Lewan
Stephanie grew up with Polka!!! Karen doesn't know when the Irish Constitution was written!
Things that will help this episode make sense;
THE blog! That Johnathan Walton wrote and Bob's ex-wife found
The Con (Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg)
Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson
Jan Lewandowski The Polka King
People crowding around him like Beatles fans!!!
The Polka King (2017 Movie with Jack Black)
The Man Who Would Be Polka King (2009 Documentary)
Hey! Why not REALLY give money to the Cystic Fibrosis Canada
The Irish Constitution was written in 1937
Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/
Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe
Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at @[email protected]

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Scamtime - Welcome to Scamtime
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08/21/20 • 6 min

Karen and Stephanie are fascinated by the scams that pepole perpetrate, pass up, or place confidence in. Have you been suckered in? You are not the only one. Listen to this podcast and...we've got an island in florida we'd love to sell you.
Been scammed? Wanna share? [email protected]

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Welcome to SCAMTIME, a true crime podcast where your hosts Stephanie and Karen talk about all sorts of cons and frauds, bamboozlers and hoodwinkers, and fun hoaxes. This week Stephanie and Karen have a couple of fun little nuggets, and they are joined by good pal Trevor Leigh. Trevor has knocked the gold leaf and plaster off of an excellent scam and brings us the story of Jonathan Tokeley-Parry. (My goodness! Doesn't that just sound like the name of a fancy British gentleman dandy?)
Egypt!
Trunks of cars!
puppy scams!
Camels!
Things to help this episode make sense:
Camels
Botox
Camel Botox!

Look at these great links that Trevor sent us!
http://illicitculturalproperty.com/tag/jonathan-tokeley-parry/

Just Out Of Jail: A Smuggler's Story - Newsweek

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/nyregion/witness-in-antiquities-case-tells-of-a-smuggling-plot.html

https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/schultz/details.html


SCAMTIME is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of SCAMTIME is sponsored by EPSB and Edmonton Community Foundation is helping us give a PodPower shout out to fellow podcasters "Is This For Real?"
SCAMTIME Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/
SCAMTIME Art: Stephanie Wolfe
Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at @[email protected]

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Thanks for your patience as we repaired this episode. If you downloaded it before 2022/10/04, please download this version.
It's Season THREE of SCAMTIME! A podcast where your hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond share stories of liars, cheaters, hoodwinkers and swindlers, not to mention scoundrels, dirtbags, bamboozlers and toeheads. We are not investigative journalists , though at times we have played the part of investigative journalists in our daily lives as actor/improvisers.
In this episode; Karen reels in the story of how pro football player Manti Te'o was catfished, and Stephanie 'points' us towards more about the American National Ballet scam, from the dancers' point of view
Sandwiches!
Horticulture!
Tippy Toes!
SCAMTIME is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown, community supported. This episode of SCAMTIME is sponsored by Edmonton Community Foundation and Alberta Blue Cross
SCAMTIME Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald
https://paulmorgandonald.com/
SCAMTIME Art: Stephanie Wolfe
Find us on Twitter @scamtime
Find us on Instagram @fraud.broads
email us at @[email protected]

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Scamtime - Scamtime Trailer
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07/28/20 • 0 min

Sure, it's been over a year, but here's a trailer to tell you who we are and that we are proud to have joined the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally Grown, Community Supported
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How many episodes does Scamtime have?

Scamtime currently has 51 episodes available.

What topics does Scamtime cover?

The podcast is about True Crime, Improv, Comedy, Podcasts, Crime, Scam and Fraud.

What is the most popular episode on Scamtime?

The episode title 'Scamtime Trailer' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Scamtime?

The average episode length on Scamtime is 71 minutes.

How often are episodes of Scamtime released?

Episodes of Scamtime are typically released every 14 days, 21 hours.

When was the first episode of Scamtime?

The first episode of Scamtime was released on Jul 28, 2020.

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