She Invested $300,000 With Her Tinder Date. Then She Found Out Who He Was

Today’s guest has one of those stories where, if it was a Netflix series, you’d probably say the writers had gone a bit too far.

Emma Ferris is a physio, business owner, mum of two, and a smart, switched-on, capable person. And definitely not the sort of person you would think was an easy target for a scammer.

But after coming out of a divorce, Emma met a guy on Tinder.

He was charming. Successful. Interesting. And over time, he worked his way into her life.

There was just one fairly major problem: Almost everything about him was bullshit.

His name. His history. His business dealings. His money. His stories.

And eventually Emma would discover that the man she thought she knew was actually a convicted conman.

By then, she had transferred him hundreds of thousands of dollars. What happened next is absolutely wild.

This episode isn't really about the money. It's about what happens when somebody completely destroys your ability to trust your own judgment.

And how you rebuild yourself after discovering that someone you let into your life was never actually the person they claimed to be.

If you've ever heard about somebody being scammed and thought, “How could anyone fall for that?” —this episode might completely change the way you think about it.

This is Emma Ferris.

00:00 – Introduction 00:49 – The Bigger Story 01:34 – Emma’s Family Background 04:07 – Starting a Newspaper & Finding Her Identity 07:14 – Podcasting, Family Stories & Moving Countries 12:42 – Relationships, Loneliness & Vulnerability 20:12 – Andrew, Moving Overseas & Thanksgiving 24:50 – Money, Business & Company Involvement 31:30 – Family Conflict, Manipulation & Gaslighting 44:00 – Recovery, Therapy & Building Resilience 59:00 – Psychopathy, Criminal Behaviour & Court 1:22:00 – Lessons Learned, Support & Moving Forward