The FBI are trying to track down a scam artist that that they have called the ‘Con Queen
of Hollywood’, who has been targeting social media influencers, artists, photographers
and actors.
She goes by the name Wendi Deng, but she’s so good at impersonating people, that she’s
able to convince her victims she’s pretty much anyone.
Victims are lured in with the promises of work and money and they travel to Indonesia
to be reimbursed, only to find out later that no reimbursement is coming.
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Tell me down there in the comments if you’ve ever been the victim of a scam artist.
The con queen of Hollywood is back after a 6th month haitus.
Several new victims have come forward with reports of a female scam artist who was posing
as huge Hollywood executives.
She convinced freelance artists to dish out thousands of dollars.
Basically what she does is, she calls, or emails independent workers in the entertainment
industry.
She entices them into flying to Indonesia for a work assignment.
These workers then spend thousands on expenses, drivers, translators and fixers.
None of which who ever showed up.
A travel photographer called Carly Rudd was one of her victims.
The con queen of Hollywood contacted her through the web address dengmurdoch.com . Wendy Deng
Murdoch is a chinese American businesswoman and movie producer.
Shes a really big deal.
But the person who contacted her was not Wendi Deng, it was a conartist, who convinced Carley
rudd to fly to Indonesia.
Carley isn’t stupid, she was sceptical at first.
But the conartist called her and spoke to her, and talked to her in extreme detail about
her childhood experiences in china.
The con artist spoke of people in china who, betwee the hours of 10 pm to 7 am, would talk
about their dreams and aspirations.
She then convinced Carley to come to southeast asia to photograph the chinese communities
who had immigrated there.
The conartist sent over a professional looking contract, and Carley traveled to Jakarta,
on a first class plane ticket, for a meeting.
The con artist then convinced her to dish out an additional 1400 dollars.
Which doesn’t seem like much.
But little by little, the con artist convinced them to pay for more and more.
Things like tour guides, drivers and other expenses.
A quote ‘moneyman’ comes to them to collect the money, and apparently he drives a moped.The
victims are always promised that they will be reimbursed.
Slowly, expenses began to pile up, and before long, Carley was owed 16 thousand dollars.
And Carley wasn’t the only victim in recent months.
According to investigators, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been taken from hundreds of
victims over the last 2 and a half years.
She briefly went on a 6 month hiatus, but now shes back.
When she got back to the states, carley reported her story to the FBI and investigators at
K2 Intelligence in new york.
Most of the victims are from Australia, Asia, Europe and America.
In an interesting turn of events, this con artist also impersonates powerful women in
Hollywood in order to convince male actors to participate in a scene that requires them
to participate in phone sex.
Shes impersonated Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kenedy, Gigi Pritzker, Sherry Lansing, Lesli Linka
Glatter, and Stacey snider as well.
This con artist is extremely talented at accents, she can change her voice and mimic many different
people.
She knows intimate details about Hollywood and huge Hollywood executives, so there is
a very high chance she might have worked in the industry at some point as a makeup artist.
Investigators believe she is Asian because of some inflections in her voice that can
be heard on recordings of exchanges.
The con queen of Hollywood calls her victims constantly, sometimes twice a day or more,
and would spend hours talking to them, using intimidation tactics, charm and psychology.
She really messes with their heads.
Victims have said that she left them feeling insecure and destroyed when their relationship
came to an end.
Its clear this is woman is an evil genius, and shes working with a huge network of people.
It Possibly points to organized crime.
I’ve personally been a victim to a scam like this.
Con artists tend to prey on vulnerable people looking for employment.
When you’re desperate and hungry for opportunity, a glimmer of hope like a huge Hollywood executive
calling you seems like your big break that you’ve been anxiously waiting for.
The entertainment industry is full of people like this.
I feel like half the entertainment industry consists of fake agents, fake producers and
fake directors, all preying on your love of your craft and desire to do well.
Another huge market for scam artists is the rental market, especially in places with outrageous
living costs.
If you’re looking for a job, or for a new home, be wary of scam artists.
Remember, if an opportunity sounds like its too good to be true, it probably is.
Never, ever dish out money for an employer in advance.
If they ask, run for the hills.
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