Here are a few of the craziest female scammers out there!
9 - Azura Luna She seemed to have a
life like in the movie, Crazy Rich Asians. But her life was a big scam. Instead of having a
sugar daddy who gave her money when he wanted, Azura decided to scam multiple men so she could
get money whenever SHE wanted. She scammed the rich friends who was around her as well!
Once thought of as a wealthy philanthropist in her elite social circles,
Azura has become well known as one of Hong Kong's most skilled con artists.
Azura spun a life of lies, and then scammed them for everything they had. One of those
lies included being an Indonesian princess with a wealthy allowance of $150,000 per month
or being highly gifted and attending countless boarding schools worldwide.
Azura requested money from these men for multiple reasons, such as needing $100,000
for her dying father or wanting $30,000 for a donation to charities that didn't exist.
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Let’s quickly get back to Azura. One of those men even gave her his American Express Black Card,
which comes with a $10,000 initiation fee and, according to Forbes,
a $250,000 minimum spending rule to qualify. However, some say it's as high as $1 million.
If you're not on a first-name basis with American Express, you probably don't qualify.
Eventually, after digging around on a website called the Ripoff Report,
many discovered that Azura was notorious for borrowing money from high-society friends that she
never paid back. But that's not all. Azura also sold a fake diamond ring
and allegedly spent the night with the man to convince him to buy it.
One of her boyfriends also learned Azura had been previously arrested for selling fake
Hermes handbags. The buyer of the bags believed they were buying from
Azura's private collection and raising money for a charity.
8 - Wang Ti China can be
strict when enforcing its laws, and fraud is no exception. No one knows that more than Wang Ti.
The wife of a former soccer player, Wang is currently facing a life-long prison
sentence for committing fraud to the tune of 60 million yuan,
which is currently somewhere around $9.5 million US dollars at the time of this video’s release.
Wang spun a ridiculous backstory for herself in which she was the love-child of two senior
Communist Party officials. This made it hard to look into her background,
which was beneficial to Wang in the long run.
Wang married Chinese soccer star Wang Sheng and found a taste of the good life. However,
a rough patch in the relationship left the door open for Wang to meet Olympic gymnast
Xiao Qin, whom she fell in love with and married.
It was through Xiao that Wang met many athletes and other
wealthy celebrities. With rich connections, Wang began a real-estate scam that had
those celebrities giving Wang a lot of money to purchase low-price properties.
The properties that Wang sold were not legitimate and were all rental
properties she had no right to sell. Wang was sentenced to life in prison in 2013,
but can get out in 2035 if she's still alive.
7 - Jody Harris
The Australian "Queen of Con," Jody Harris, was arrested in 2006. She was charged with over 100
identity-fraud offenses after police chased her across three states. Jody had a thing
for police officers and even dated a cop while pretending to be an airline cabin supervisor.
The cop thought nothing of it as Jody had a uniform in her apartment. This was just another
one of Jody's scams. She would steal people's uniforms at the gym to use in her crimes.
She previously posed as a doctor and psychiatrist, among other things,
but had an affinity for impersonating police officers. She even pulled over a young barista,
stole her driver's license, and used it to withdraw $3,000 from her account.
Eventually, Jody went down when her cop boyfriend was tipped off by one
of his colleagues and joined their efforts to bring her in.
In 2006, she pled guilty to 43 charges of identity fraud, having bought more than $175,000 worth of
items using stolen credit cards from 33 victims. A judge sentenced her to nearly six years in jail.
6 - Tracii Hutsona She's a notorious con artist, plain and
simple. She started smooth-talking family members and lying early, even stealing her sister's
driver's license and opening credit cards in her grandparent's name. Turning her sights from family
to celebrities, Tracii kept making up stories and spreading lies. She convinced a car dealership
that she needed a car for Arnold Schwarzenegger on a movie set, and they just let her take it.
Tracii got busted after stealing over half a million dollars in a
fake contracting company scam. She was charged with wire fraud and identity
theft but wasn't the only one involved. Her husband was also charged. However,
none of it stopped her from moving on to another target, Jacqueline Ellman.
Tracii posted couches for sale on CraigsList, and Jacqueline reached out as an eager buyer.
After the two got to talking, Tracii lamented that her house had a mold issue, and Jacqueline
offered to let her live in another place she owned rent-free. Of course, the mold story was a lie.
Tracii was being kicked out of her house because she tried paying the rent with a bad check.
It wasn't long before she began stealing from Jacqueline and even opened a credit card in her
name. Ultimately, Tracii's husband turned her in and provided the evidence needed for a conviction.
He remained loyal for a while, believing his wife of 12 years could never do what they accused her
of. However, as the evidence mounted, he decided to jump off the fast-sinking ship.
5 - Keisha Williams In 2018 Keisha Williams pled
guilty to multiple criminal charges. These charges came due to a multimillion-dollar
scam that stole over 5.4 million dollars from people investing in a fake business opportunity.
With a network of over 50 investors, she was selling people on the chance to double their
money by investing in her telemedicine company, a market expected to be worth $64 Billion by 2025.
Instead of launching her successful software business,
Keisha spent all the money on herself in a manner that one judge described as appalling.
Keisha spent over $1 million on trips to locations around the world, only staying in the nicest
villas, hiring personal chefs, and traveling in style. But the spending spree didn't stop there.
Keisha spent over $1 million on stylish clothes and other items for herself. The
lavish lifestyle of crime came at a cost, and Keisha was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
She was also ordered to pay over $5.3 million to her victims for restitution.
Keisha still believes she's a good person who took a wrong turn despite it all.
She'll have plenty of time to take a right turn behind bars.
4 - Caroline Calloway Caroline Calloway was a social
media influencer looking to live a luxurious life. It seemed like Caroline had it all.
She scored a six-figure book deal to write what's called an "Instabiography." However,
the deal fell through, leaving Caroline $100,000 in debt and needing a backup plan.
Caroline began offering seminars on "how to be yourself" that cost $165 and lasted four hours.
These seminars, however, were not what participants were expecting. She cut
several corners, offered lackluster catering, and seemed unprepared to host a large-scale event.
Some called it the Fyre Festival of self-help seminars. Caroline was quickly labeled a scammer.
However, she took the label in stride and doubled down, calling her second event "The Scam."
Attendants of the scam could drink oat milk and discuss self-love, whatever the heck that means.
The pitchforks were out, but Calloway didn't stop there. If anything, you've got to give her
credit for her "brush the dirt off" mentality. She shifted from her healthy living self-help
persona to a more X-rated profile during Covid-19. She set her sights on OnlyFans,
dubbing herself the "queen of quarniness." We'll let you figure out what that means.
She planned to make $80,000 by the end of 2020 to pay off her six-figure debt. She wound up making
$130,000, deleted her account, and seemingly erased her social media presence.
3 - Ruja Ignatova The Crypto Queen, otherwise known as
Ruja Ignatova, scammed investors out of almost $5 billion and then disappeared. Ruja, the founder of
an online adult entertainment marketplace, ran a fraudulent ICO or initial coin offering. As
the woman behind "OneCoin," Ruja was investigated for scamming investors worldwide of $4.9 billion.
Ruja was flashy and charismatic, boldly claiming that her cryptocurrency, OneCoin,
would overtake BitCoin as the most valuable crypto.
After getting support from many people, and even some celebrities,
Ruja disappeared in 2017 and was never seen again. Now, there's a BBC podcast series
furthering the investigation into the Crypto Queen's case called 'The Missing Crypto Queen.'
In the wake of her disappearance, the public
learned how far-reaching OneCoin was. People in over 175 countries invested in OneCoin.
She pulled in 96-million from the UK and over 400-million from southeast Asia.
The United States charged Ruja with money laundering, calling OneCoin an old-fashioned
pyramid scheme. Nobody ever found Ruja, and her whereabouts lean heavily on speculation.
However, that doesn't mean more scams aren't popping up in the crypto world.
Check out this video for the full story on Ruja Ignatova, The Crypto Queen!
2 - Tanya Rowe
Born in Britain, Tanya claimed she was many things. She was an heiress, property developer,
high-class interior designer, model, and even a Barrister, but in reality,
she was just a con artist. In fact, she’s one of Britain's most accomplished con-artists.
Her most common con was parading as a wealthy Italian heiress
set to inherit a multi-million-pound fortune. She used this con to trick people for over a decade.
Her first scam involved reaching out to a women's magazine to run a feature on her and
her battle with cancer, which she never had. But that's not the only scam Tanya ran. She conned
her dates out of thousands of pounds by claiming she needed money while her accounts were frozen.
She also told these men that she was just getting out of rough relationships and needed their help.
Not only did Tanya lie to the men she was scamming, but she also lied in court.
She said one of her victims was paying her for adult favors, an accusation that he denied.
In 2016 Tanya was found guilty of 14 charges of fraud, one charge of posing as a barrister,
and two for having forged documents. She was sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison.
However, this wasn't the end for Tanya. After being released early,
she quickly returned to scamming and was again convicted in 2021 for having forged documents
related to her relationship with a wealthy older man. She again claimed the money he gave her was
for adult favors, which he, like the ones before him, denied. After promising to stop scamming,
a judge sentenced her to another 15 months. We'll see if that promise holds water.
1 - Bruna Cristine de Castro The tabloids nicknamed Brazilian model Bruna
Cristine de Castro the "Barbie of crime." While she may appear like a sweet girl on the outside,
she's everything but. Over 100 people claimed Bruna scammed them out of money
over the internet. Basically, Bruna sold items to people online but never sent them anything,
often blaming health or family issues. She even scammed her ex-boyfriend out
of money by pretending to be her father and claiming to have cancer.
Bruna was convicted of scamming people over the internet, a common occurrence that lands most
scammers behind bars. However, this wasn't Bruna's first rodeo with internet scams.
Brazilian authorities convicted her of purchase fraud in 2015 for selling fake
phones online. Bruna and the courts played cat and mouse for the next several years.
After missing six hearings and all of her community service appointments, she was
sentenced to house arrest in 2021, a notable compromise because she’s a mother to two young
children. When it was time to appear in court again, she and the kids conveniently got Covid.
Bruna claims to be sorry about her actions. However, her failure
to comply with court orders leads many to believe she's not as sorry as she claims.
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