At first glance, pet adoption scams and romance cons seem worlds apart—but in this episode, we reveal how both rely on the same playbook of emotional manipulation, false urgency, and calculated deception. We begin with a disturbing case of potential aniaml exploitaiton involving a self-proclaimed volunteer and so-called cattery and a severely injured kitten, then uncover the darker side of a cat rescue as experienced by MeloCat. In a seemingly unrelated corner of the con's world, we explore t...
All content for MeloCat's Expert Chat is the property of MeloCat and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
At first glance, pet adoption scams and romance cons seem worlds apart—but in this episode, we reveal how both rely on the same playbook of emotional manipulation, false urgency, and calculated deception. We begin with a disturbing case of potential aniaml exploitaiton involving a self-proclaimed volunteer and so-called cattery and a severely injured kitten, then uncover the darker side of a cat rescue as experienced by MeloCat. In a seemingly unrelated corner of the con's world, we explore t...
Ep12: Different Cons, Same Playbook: When Pet Adoption and Romance Cons Collide
MeloCat's Expert Chat
21 minutes
7 months ago
Ep12: Different Cons, Same Playbook: When Pet Adoption and Romance Cons Collide
At first glance, pet adoption scams and romance cons seem worlds apart—but in this episode, we reveal how both rely on the same playbook of emotional manipulation, false urgency, and calculated deception. We begin with a disturbing case of potential aniaml exploitaiton involving a self-proclaimed volunteer and so-called cattery and a severely injured kitten, then uncover the darker side of a cat rescue as experienced by MeloCat. In a seemingly unrelated corner of the con's world, we explore t...
MeloCat's Expert Chat
At first glance, pet adoption scams and romance cons seem worlds apart—but in this episode, we reveal how both rely on the same playbook of emotional manipulation, false urgency, and calculated deception. We begin with a disturbing case of potential aniaml exploitaiton involving a self-proclaimed volunteer and so-called cattery and a severely injured kitten, then uncover the darker side of a cat rescue as experienced by MeloCat. In a seemingly unrelated corner of the con's world, we explore t...
