You never really know someone…especially online. In today’s world, the power of influence can be the quickest path to money and fame, and it often ends in ruin. These are the stories of the world’s most insidious Scamfluencers. And we are their prey. On Wondery’s new weekly series, join co-hosts Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi as they unpack epic stories of deception from the worlds of social media, fashion, finance, health, and wellness. These influencers claim to be everything from charismatic healers to trusted financial insiders to experts in dating. They cast spells over millions. Why do we believe them, and how does our culture allow them to thrive? From Black Swan Murder to a fake social media influencer to an audacious Hollywood Ponzi schemer, each season will take the listener along the twists and turns, the impact on victims, and what’s left when the facade falls away.
New episodes come out every Monday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Listen ad-free on Wondery+ or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.
The two host format needs to disappear or at least get rid of the forced “bubbly” conversational format for investigative type podcasts. It’s a tired and outdated concept. Works well for interactive discussions but used for a story like this is now a bit lame.
Love it but…..
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14963725
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2023-02-23
Really enjoy all of these whacky stories! But I wish the hosts would try and research into pronouncing names, especially the “stupid” English ones such as ‘Chichester’ - the only thing stupid about the name is how they pronounce it - painful! 😆 This of course this won’t stop me from being a fan and enjoying this quirky podcast though 👍🏻
Not very sensitive
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LordSam
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2023-02-08
Really bizarre.
There’s just no empathy or sensitivity from the hosts who often make light of devistating situations.
Sure, comedians have done that for centuries... but these ladies are not comedians, they’re podcast hosts. And there’s no payoff or social commentary from the joke like a comedian would set up. It’s just laughing at a victim for being trusting - which literally anyone else would be in that situation.
Love it
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Psychic ability
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2023-01-29
Two great hosts whose fine sense humour never gets in the way of relating the story, which is in turn, brilliantly researched and narrated. Well done ladies!
Ok but a bit racist
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Woody11309
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2023-01-13
The hosts are like two friends discussing a topic privately which works quite well. The topics are presented at a high level which keeps it entertaining rather than a deep dive investigation.
The more I listen however the more their racist, man hating views come out. The latest episode “The yoga hustler” starts with the question “What would you not want to learn from a white person?” And is answered with “Like 70 things, dancing, cooking non-white food…” followed later with the statement “Never trust a white woman in a turban”.
I get the distinct feeling that the hosts both struggle to put themselves in others shoes, struggling to understand motivations. It would be nice if we could get rid of the racism and put a little more time into understanding others points of view.
Gotta love’em
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Atyrone
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2023-01-12
Great podcast, well presented and engaging.
Two podcasters are just brilliant,girly and funny too.
Pug
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puggapoo1378
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2023-01-11
Obsessed! This show was my intro to wondery! I binged all seasons within a couple of weeks and am now exploring other shows as well! Love everything!
Favourite Podcast
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Clairelouhughes
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2023-01-09
This podcast is my absolute favourite! So funny and such a treat.
Love it!
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Dhibla
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2023-01-05
I love this podcast. The girls have such good chemistry and are funny. They are also evidently smart. I want to be their friend!
Love it!
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Fluffy Thoughts
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2023-01-04
One of my favourite podcasts. Look forward to it each week. Great stories told in a captivating way.
Love
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Rebby11
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2023-01-02
Don’t understand the negative reviews - love this podcast and look forward to the new episodes coming out!
Well written and binge- worthy
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Rixxy29
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2022-12-27
I’m glad I found this. Love Scaachi and Sarah the presenters- they're so likeable and talented. Needed something to entertain and interest me. Getting lots of ideas for future scams…just kidding… maybe
Great storytelling
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Trell70
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2022-12-26
I really like Sarah and Scaachi’s banter, and they have great narrative skills. The stories are conversational, while avoiding ‘like’ and ‘you know’ every second word that is characteristic of many podcasters out there. The stories are interesting and don’t drag. Great podcast.
Love this podcast
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E113y
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2022-12-23
love the way the stories are told!!!!!
Astonishingly poor podcast.
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MaskedPhotographer
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2022-12-22
These two always show so much sympathy for girls who have made such horrible decisions in their life. It’s annoying! Plus, their forced and fake ‘Oh my gaaaad’ personas really grate after a while.
My daughter, 12, asked me: ‘How much do they get paid for hosting this crap?’
She and her 10 year old sister often make up pretend Scamfluencers episodes, lampooning the annoying style of Satchy and Sara.
Avoid.
Simple premise simple broadcasters
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Pixiscar
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2022-12-17
There are some “fun” stories in these episodes… I just couldn’t really get over two broadcasters repeatedly saying that they didn’t understand why someone would choose to steal book manuscripts when they were “just PDFs” and “worthless”…. It just made them sound dim. It’s more than a PDF, it’s usually a decade or more of someone’s work. Ridiculous presenters.
Did I miss a meeting?
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Third Lister Sibling
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2022-12-10
No idea why there are so many “grrrrrrr woke” reviews… I hadn’t noticed 😂😂 I’m not offended they used the term “white people” nor do I feel “race baited” 😂 Christ. Were the angry people listening to the same podcast?! This podcast is fun. It’s two entertaining people discussing interesting stories. They are fairly witty and have excellent chemistry… it’s not hard hitting journalism, it features personal opinions- GOOD.. well done ladies. Keep having fun with this.
Love this podcast
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Samlalalala
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2022-12-05
Just the right amount of snark, humour, information and insight. Love it. Stories I’d never hear without listening to this ❤️
Love love love
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LaraZib
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2022-12-01
I just binge listened to every single episode. HOOKED. It's soooooo good. Honestly one of my favourite podcasts right now!!
Goes downhill as the series goes on
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mlr234
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2022-11-28
Plus I don’t need to hear “is there anything you don’t want a white person to teach you?” from the presenters. Then the smug giggles as they go to say “hundreds of things”. Grow up
True crime fast food
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podcastbruce
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2022-11-20
Kinda see this as the fast food of true crime, it’s clearly not the most highbrow of podcast but it’s entertaining and an easy listen. The cases they choose tend to interesting and are usually ones I’m not familiar with which is a big plus!
A great podcast ruined
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peanutseller
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2022-10-31
By unnecessary swearing, not needed not relevant to podcast
One sided story
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Udidin
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2022-10-30
Quite an interesting take on the infamous Matharoo sisters scandal but this should have been balanced by input from the other players in this game. I recall reading about them some years back as they were pretty well known. From what I remember they were call girls who had quite a few wealthy clients. Hey, no shade, work is work! However it’s hard to believe the wealthy Femi went to all this trouble because he was a jealous ex. His extramarital proclivities were an open secret & he could pretty much have any woman he wanted so…hmm. Nigeria has huge Indian, Lebanese & other ethnic communities so lots of beautiful women there- foreign & local. I guess the sisters need to clean up their image or tell their version of the scandal by claiming it’s down to ‘haters’, jealous exes’ and so on.
Fantastically narrated stories
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mayaxxxxxxxx
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2022-10-28
Recently started listening to the show and I can’t stop. The stories are wonderfully written and narrated. Love it!
Live from Obsessed Fest
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Chelqueen
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2022-10-25
I usually enjoy this podcast but this live show is truly awful.
Lazy, insulting & forced
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HaHaBhog
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2022-10-16
I listened to a few episodes before finally unsubscribing. The hosting style is very fake & forced; I think they’re aiming for natural & endearing but it doesn’t jibe for me at all. In addition, the sneering tone for anyone who doesn’t fit the hosts’ model of righteousness is just off-putting. Blah blah bad white racist but also let’s insult what other people think & hold sacred because we after all are the epitome of morality & everything outside our ironically narrow worldview must be trampled upon. No depth, no insight, no original journalism. Existing podcasts like American Greed & The Perfect Scam, & in depth podcasts like Who The Hell is Hamish do this much, much better.
very entertaining!
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MintyNeon
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2022-09-25
the hosts are funny and I love their banter and chemistry, it adds a lot to the interesting stories that they cover. also lol at all the mad people in the reviews.
Interesting subjects, irritating hosts
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P. S. Doff
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2022-09-24
I consider myself “woke” but even I was rolling my eyes at some of the lazy race-bating. I also find the hosts’ accents/cadence/speech patterns very irritating - the croaky falling inflections at the end of every sentence, the way “and” is pronounced as “ay-end”, “but” pronounced as “bet”, “cool” pronounced as “koo-al” etc. The “just two gals chatting at the mall” style banter feels pretty artificial too. I recently listened to the “Gossip Girls” series and their apparent endorsement of two gold-digging Canadian sisters, who ponced off rich Nigerian men but crossed the wrong guy and ended up in trouble, as modern feminist icons grated. However, I suppose that’s just an example of the kardhasianisation of western culture……
Such low quality ‘journalism’
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DSbali
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2022-09-22
I listen to podcasts extensively - and this is one of the lowest quality productions I have listened to. The presenters are annoying and ask no difficult questions. Just awful. Read an article and don’t waste your time if you have any intelligence.
Interesting and funny
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Vic3012
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2022-09-21
As the title says. Not a fan of the statement about white people. Kind of skews the validity of anything the presenters say when they let themselves down with disappointing comments. Some pronunciations are wrong also. Maybe research more on how to pronounce words and names that you aren’t familiar with. I will carry on listening because the subjects are interesting and it’s funny at times.
Casual racism/ageism disguised as jokes
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CathRusch
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2022-09-20
These podcasts are largely interesting, researched and descriptive. What puts me off is the casual racism against white people. In a jokey style but still offensive. The ladies are better than this and it was a shame.
REVIEW
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suada2017
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2022-09-19
To the person who said their constant use of ‘white people’ is racist, read a book I beg!!! We are tired of your ignorance.
Anyways, an excellent podcast that has a very modern perspective to it. I really enjoy the relation to pop culture and the diversity of the stories, I regards to different countries, languages etc. I cannot wait for continuance of season 3 and hopefully more seasons to come. Continue you being great girlies 😊🔥
LOVE
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Brichar13
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2022-09-13
Really look forward to it every week. Love the interaction between the presenters and they do a great job making the stories funny and intriguing. Thank you ladies!
Fun
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nevertoomucht
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2022-09-12
An entertaining podcast with fun co-hosts. I enjoy the international choice of scammers, the deep dives into their backgrounds and learning about different bits of pop culture while indulging in a good dose of gawping at rich people followed by schadenfreude.
As a middle aged white person I’m surprised that some other commenters seem fixated on how the show talks about race - to me it seemed they only make identity an issue when covering scammers who themselves chose to make it an issue. IMO unless you spend your life thinking about this stuff you won’t find it an issue.
I like it, but
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misk234
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2022-09-09
This podcast is informative and I find the stories very interesting and funny and scandalous. The only issue is the presentation - the laughter and banter feels too scripted and the friendship between the cohosts seems so exaggerated to the point of being unbelievable. It just sounds so…American and ott. Their voices are also quite jarring and i’m not even white, but the contant trying to be woke and anti-white nonsense is ridiculous. step into the real world for a second. The pair seen chronically online. Life isn’t twitter.
Lots of triggered white people writing reviews
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Blomsbury
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2022-09-06
It’s a really lighthearted and entertaining show. Love hearing the hosts interact with each other.
Pretty funny to read all the comments by white people (I’m also white)
Hmm
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Splatbean
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2022-08-29
I have to say I agree with Rees 8789, I felt the comments about white people etc were racist and completely put me off, which is a shame as the podcast was great up until then
Good pod
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Lrihokay
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2022-08-24
Looooove this podcast I’m obsessed. Can you make an instagram which has all the photos that you show in the Ep though for reference? Thanks 😊
Good but grating
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rews8789
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2022-08-23
I do enjoy listening…but the consistent digs at “white people” are grating. Try mentally replacing “white people” with “brown people” to hear how those comments sound. It’s not progressive and honestly it’s bordering on racist.
Binge worthy
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Victoria2500
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2022-08-20
Interesting and entertaining topics. Great presenters.
So gooooood
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Lemonade 🍋
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2022-08-18
Just binged last two seasons! Can’t wait for S3!
Fav ep - the Housewives scandal 😬😬😬
Timbre
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Busy_Bee32E
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2022-08-13
Very squeaky voices please soften your tone
Great
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cccllaauuddiiaaa
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2022-08-12
Why does this have such a low rating?? It’s great, I’m bingeing
Cheesy & cringe-worthy
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hollabee23
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2022-08-11
Stories are okay, too many cringe interactions between the presenters. Okay if you can get past them.
Missing episode?
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Gareth2408
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2022-08-10
Hey I can only see 2 episodes for the Supermom story - should there be more?
Riveting podcast
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JawaJones45
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2022-08-09
Thoroughly enjoyed binging on season 1 & 2. Love the episodes and the chemistry between Scaachi and Sarah, it’s like listening to two besties sharing stories - super engaging and interesting with jokes in between that often made me smile. Keep up the great work ladies! I’m looking forward to Season 3 ♥️
Loved this podcast and listening to both series within a week
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lizuk2k
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2022-08-08
I really enjoyed this podcast and didn’t get bored listening to the different stories - I like both of the hosts who are really relatable
Fascinating
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clarea73
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2022-08-02
Really enjoyed the show - binged a bunch of them. Great chemistry between the hosts.
Topics are ok - style gets tiring
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JB77777771
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2022-08-01
The subject is reasonably interesting, but it feels very much like one person reading a script that they don’t know much about, interspersed with some extremely fake, scripted ‘banter’ that gets grating after an episode or two.
There are much better podcasts out there.
Great content, very moreish
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Irisgoran
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2022-07-26
Entertaining and addictive. Find the negative reviews unjust.
