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‘Scamanda' Series Documents Fake Cancer Scheme: What to Know


ABC’s docuseries ‘Scamanda,’ based on the podcast of the same name, documents Amanda Riley’s fake cancer scheme

Moscatiello, who turned an anonymous tip into a five-year investigation of Riley and served as an executive producer for the “Scamanda” podcast, can be seen in a trailer for the series and has posted about it via social media. If you listened to the “Scamanda” podcast, you know it painted a detailed picture of Riley’s lies and how she maintained them: shaving her head to make it look like she was undergoing chemotherapy, staging convincing photos of herself in the hospital and even suing Moscatiello for defamation after learning about her investigation. The series will provide further information via new interviews from former friends of Riley, a neuropsychologist who sheds light on why certain people commit scams, and law enforcement officials and an IRS investigator who covered the case.

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