Scamtime

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 d...

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! &quo...

Doctor Doctor! This week The Fraud Broads, Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond get MEDICAL! Dr. James Barry (real doctor) and Malachi Love-Robinson (not real doctor) are the subjects of this week's episode. Ally McBeal! Loser brothers! Sesame Street!!! Things to help this episode make sense: Malachi Love-Robinson has a FACEBOOK PAGE!! That video from WPBF 25 In some photos, Dr. James Ba...

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

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 supp...

This episode, hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond discuss Belle Gibson (a scammer)  and Orson Welles, (an accidental scammer). Belle Gibson benefitted from a fictional  cancer diagnosis, and Orson Welles made every effort to let the public know that his broadcast of The War of The Worlds was completely a work of fiction. Fake News! Hazel Eyes! Coffee Enemas! Links to help this episode...

ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST!!!!  Actor John Ullyatt joins Stephanie Wolfe on this episode to discuss his worst holiday of all time. Stephanie shows off her French while naming wines and difficult connoisseurs.  Rudy Kurniawan goes for badminton bad-guy-ness,  and Jose can't decide what his name is. Check out these links: Our fabulous guest host John Ullyatt Coconut Taxis in Havana The statue of the...

Welcome to SCAMTIME where your hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond share the scams that we find the most scammy-scammerson of all the scams. This episode, Nik Russian's  Great Reality TV Swindle and Paolo Macchiarini unromantic tracheas. SCAMTIME is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network ; locally grown and community supported. This episode is sponsored by Park Power and Th...

Co host Karen returns to join Stephanie for another round of scammie-scammersons. After starting off with some creepy stories,  Stephanie covers the Hollywood Con-woman  and Karen tells the story of John and Anne Darwin. We also name drop a LOT of celebrities Things to help this episode make sense: More info on John and Anne it IS Enrique! Not Enriquo Tyra Banks didn't get scammed Clinton Car...

Stephanie and guest host Mark Bellamy wonder at the world of decietful doctors and spoiled socialites. Mark kicks the episode off with big news about why he is learning to knit, and then tells us the story of Dr.  Farid Fata, oncologist (or on CON ogist). Then Stephie shows off her dialect training as she  slams Russian socialite Anna Sorokin for her brand name badness. Farid Fata Anna Sorokin La...

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...

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...

Scamtime is back with a helluv an episode! This is one ROYAL scam, and our guests, sisters Shelley Frost and Linda Young, give us all the deets about the tsunami of assholery behind their brand new book "Her King, The Con" Cuba! The Squad! And hey, what ever happened to those laptops? Here are some great links! Her King, The Con on Amazon Her King, The Con at Barnes and Noble Podcast rec...

Karen and Stephanie are taking a few weeks off.  Karen will be arranging travel for her Nigerian Prince husband who is bringing her $2,700,000, and Stephanie will be in jail for tax fraud. See you in a few weeks! 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 @thebroadgap@gm...

In episode 10, Karen's mouth gapes astonishingly as Stephanie tells a 9/11 scam  she'd never heard of.  Stephie's mouth gapes in astonishment at the kick-assery of Karen's mom Sandy dealing with a scammer. Also, enjoy a scam shared by Justin (who is astonished that his name came out of Karen's mouth) Email us at thebroadgap@gmail.com and tell us about scams you think we sh...

Stephanie and Karen get some good ol' girl hang out time with their guest Jan Alexandra Smith.  Jan feels scammed by a woman, but she's really OK with it. Karen shares a phone scam (not the kind you are thinking) and Stephanie gives a dialect lesson and an incredible dramatic reading of a scam email. Special thanks to Jan Randall for sharing his email scam! Things to make this episode ma...

This time, THIS time on SCAMTIME....it gets personal. Karen shares the story of how a family member was recently scammed. Like this JUST happened a few weeks ago. Stephanie would like to  "Catch (the scammers) if she can" (HINT!) Dave got scammed but came out unscathed Frank scammed and came out better for it. Karen tried really hard to make the sound quality good and Stephanie got a new...

Episoe #7 features our first SPECIAL GUEST STAR Mark Bellamy !!! Mark woos Karen and Stephanie with a romance scam about Marcel Andre Vautour (if it's a romance scam, can you call it a SCROmance?) Stephanie and Karen perform an INCREDIBLE radio drama about diamonds (no, not Neil Diamond)  while Stephanie shares the horrors of wedding planner scams Finally,  Karen reports on how many times Mic...

Stephanie  brings you "The Missing Cryptoqueen" and Karen 'cheers' her on. Ruja Ignatova   is a convicted Bulgarian Fraudster. She is best known as the founder of a Ponzi sceme known as OneCoin.  She was the subject of the 2019 BBC podcast series The Missing Cryptoqueen . Wendy Brown just wanted to get her highschool degree, and one other thing... Pre pay for your dental work! ...

One oldie timey scam and one from just six years ago. One man. One Woman. Two Boxes and a bunch of junk sellers. Karen and Stephie tell each other about Count Victor Lustig and Elizabeth Holmes. Things that MIGHT make this episode make more sense: Patrick Jones and 'The Vault' can be found on this Youtube Channel 'Cheddar' Schrodinger's Cat: Wire Fraud "The Boys"...

It's the Salimillievanilliji episode! Stephanie tells us about Salim Damji Karen tells us about Milli Vanillli Teeth whitening! Lip syncing! Game show hosts! Plus: What would your hosts Stephanie and Karen do with each other's SIN numbers? Theft vs Fraud: https://davidsongregory.com/areas-of-practice/fraud-vs-theft The Milli Vanilli Carefree gum commercial: https://youtu.be/po3bLGgL6Lc E...

Your hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond discuss scams we have known and loved. Join in! In this episode: Fyre the mechanics! Stephanie Talks about the Fyre Festival Karen talks about the Mechanics who took advantage of her 21 year old self Also in this episode: Stephanie makes up Karen's new favorite word! Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald https://paulmorgandonald.com/ Scamtime...

Who Ponzi-ed before Ponzi?  Are you a real artists if you are a 'scam' artist? In this episode Karen and Stephanie talk so fast that they mispronounce words like "month" and "ten" Scamtime Jingle: Paul Morgan-Donald https://paulmorgandonald.com/ Scamtime Art: Stephanie Wolfe Things to help this episode make more sense: Hemiplegia is a condition caused by brain damage...

Your hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond discuss scams we have known and loved. Join in! Links to randomly mentioned stuff below! Charles Ponzi was a bit of a hottie! https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/charles-ponzi

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? thebroadgap@gmail.com