Con Men and Coercive Control: The Psychology of Deception with Sarah Ferris, Part 1
5/4/202657 min
We all like to think we would know a conman when we see one – that’s what savvy Sarah Ferris thought when her sister Emma introduced her to the man she met on Tinder. His name was Andrew Tonks – only it wasn’t. His real name was Andrew W C Tonks Thomson. After six months of dating him he conned her out of more than $250,000.
Together with her sister, Sarah, and a brilliant group of women – they didn't let him get away it and turned the tables on him. They made a podcast about it as it happe...
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First 90 secondsLaura Richards· Host0:00
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Sarah Ferris· Guest0:18
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Speaker 20:52
Something is creeping in. Don't follow it down.
Emma Ferris· Soundbite0:59
24 hours ago, I found out the person that I've been dating and seeing for the last six months is a con man. Turns out he has several other aliases and names that he goes by. I thought I'd done the research into him, but the webs and the lies that this man has told goes very deep.
Sarah Ferris· Guest1:21
That is my sister Emma. Andrew Tonks's lies had been so convincing, she'd invested $300,000