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Sep 3, 2020 · Like the popular Bravo series Dirty John, Showtime's Love Fraud documentary series is the story of how con artist Richard Scott Smith married at least 10 women and defrauded them, often draining their bank accounts in the process. Sabrina Dunlap, a 49-year-old featured in Love Fraud, estimates her debt from Smith totaled $100,000.
- Elena Nicolaou
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Aug 30, 2020 · Richard Scott Smith, the subject of the new Showtime docuseries Love Fraud. Over the course of two decades, he seems to have conned an unknown but not insignificant group of women out of a ...
- arathe@hearst.com
- Deputy Features Director
The series is a "manhunt", following efforts of private detectives hired by the filmmakers, including bounty hunter Carla Campbell, to find a man from Lenexa, Kansas named Richard Scott Smith. Smith was accused by multiple women, including some he married, of romance scams.
Nov 19, 2022 · Richard Scott Smith is a bigamist who conned dozens of women out of money and property. He was charged with identity theft and domestic violence, but evaded jail time and probation violations. Learn more about his crimes and whereabouts from the Showtime docuseries Love Fraud.
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- Andrea Reiher
Jul 5, 2023 · Richard Scott Smith was a cunning and manipulative fraudster who married multiple women online and drained them of their money and assets. Learn how he was tracked down by a bounty hunter and exposed in a Showtime docuseries.
Sep 7, 2020 · Richard Scott Smith is a chameleon who allegedly scammed multiple women out of millions of dollars and ruined their credit. He was arrested in 2019 after a group of victims tracked him down, but his whereabouts are unknown.
Aug 28, 2020 · Love Fraud, which premieres on Showtime on August 30, is the story of Richard Scott Smith, a con man who seduced and married his way across the country—and the ex-wives and fiancées who banded together to take him down. The four-part series has the life lessons of a Lifetime movie, the vengeful yet empowering spirit of John Tucker Must Die ...
