It goes back as far as 2015, maybe even 2012.' 'You might think this wouldn't work two times, but it's worked hundreds of times. 'The con artist is such a convincing impersonator that it just seems legit to these people,' Dean said. 'We know hundreds have been scammed, and we've been told up to 1,000 people have fallen for some version of this.'ĭean said the scammer would impersonate up to three different people – an executive, an assistant and a lawyer – in one call, switching between impressions seamlessly, and provide reams of fake documents to convince his victims. 'We've spoken to dozens of victims,' Dean said. Josh Dean, co-host of the show Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen, which revealed the alleged identity of the trickster on Thursday, told the con artist may be one of the most prolific of his kind ever identified. Most recently, he allegedly impersonated Bourne Identity and Jumper director Doug Limanīut he has also targeted screenwriters, make-up artists, production crew, trainers and stuntmen.
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The scammer appeared to pick handsome, muscular men as his primary targets, and has even tricked some of them into having phone sex with him by asking them to read out a sex scene from a fake movie script, the victims told the podcast. When they arrive in Jakarta – and after spending thousands of dollars on fake tour guides and other scam fees – they realize the movie is a sham and the phone calls were impersonations. Nicknamed the Hollywood Con Queen, the fraudster was at first believed to be a boiler room scam run by a group of women.īut private investigators and the podcast hosts now believe just one male master-impersonator, UK-based Indonesian Hargobind Punjabi Tahilramani, is allegedly behind the bizarre and complex swindle.įor years, movie industry workers have been receiving phone calls purportedly from moguls including the former chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the former chair and CEO of 20th Century Fox, and the president of Lucasfilm, offering them the opportunity of a lifetime shooting a blockbuster in Indonesia.
The scammer - currently the subject of an FBI investigation - has been operating for at least five years and may have defrauded hundreds of people each out of thousands of dollars, according to new true crime podcast Chameleon. Published: 19:01 BST, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 November 2020Ī conman who impersonated top female Hollywood executives to dupe handsome actors and others into phone sex and steal over $1 million has finally been unmasked.Īnd in audio exclusively obtained by, the conman is heard using a fake high-pitched voice to impersonate Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng as he allegedly attempts to lure someone into the elaborate scam. He's even tricked some of them into having phone sex with him by asking them to read out a sex scene from a fake movie script, the victims told the podcast.The scammer appeared to pick handsome, muscular men as his primary targets.But when they arrive in Jakarta – and after spending thousands of dollars on fake tour guides and other scam fees – they realize the movie is a sham.He would also provide reams of fake documents to convince his victims.The scammer would impersonate up to three different people – an executive, an assistant and a lawyer – in one call, switching between impressions seamlessly.The complex con involved movie industry workers purportedly being contacted by moguls asking them to shoot a blockbuster in Indonesia.In audio exclusively obtained by, the scammer is heard using a fake high-pitched voice to impersonate Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng.The scammer has been operating for at least five years and may have defrauded hundreds of people, and is currently the subject of an FBI investigation.But PIs and hosts of podcast Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen believe UK-based Indonesian Hargobind Punjabi Tahilramani is allegedly behind the swindle.Nicknamed the Hollywood Con Queen, the fraudster was at first believed to be a boiler room scam run by a group of women.A conman who impersonated female Hollywood executives to dupe actors and others into phone sex and steal over $1 million has finally been unmasked.EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Hollywood Con Queen use fake high-pitched voice to impersonate Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng, as scammer is unmasked as UK-based conman who duped men into phone sex and stole over $1M
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