Episodes

  • Introducing Conning the Con

    Introducing Conning the Con
    Nov 30 2020
    It was a relationship that was going just the way Andrew Thomson planned...right up until the point, Emma discovered his real identity and that's when things start to derail... for the both of them. And with the stakes high, there can be only one victor in this confidence game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min
  • S1|E1 The RomCON

    S1|E1 The RomCON
    Jan 10 2021
    Episode one, The RomCON, takes us back to where it all began... One swipe to the right. One small, seemingly insignificant flick of the index finger..... Meet my sister, Emma as she takes us back to the fateful day when she swiped right on the profile of Andrew Thomson. He's charming, charismatic, successful and empathetic, everything you look for in a life partner, right? He seemed like the perfect date but by date four the cracks were starting to appear. And they would be the first of many... Dr Sophie Muir, Clinical Psychologist joins us, shining a retrospective light on Emma's story and highlighting the red flags along the way Useful links HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR INDEPENDENTLY MADE PODCAST? WANT TO SUPPORT US AND GET AD FREE BONUS CONTENT LIKE THE TONKA TRILOGY? CLICK THE LINK buymeacoffee.com/conningthecon Or SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Conning The CON on Apple CRIMECON UK TICKETS HERE CRIMECON US TICKETS HERE DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS” Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days. The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network Check out more: STOP THE KILLING KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON GUILTY GREENIE If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us. email: conningthecon@yahoo.com Facebook: conningtheconpodcast Instagram: conningthecon Twitter: conningthecon1 If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction. UK: Action Fraud NZ: NZ Government - Scams NZ: Netsafe Australia: Scamwatch US: USA Government - Scams If this topic has got you curious and you want to know more about the art of the con then check out: The Confidence Game: The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for it Every Time by Maria Konnikova Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • S1|E2 The CONfidence Man

    S1|E2 The CONfidence Man
    Jan 13 2021
    By March 2019, Emma and the man she knows as Andrew Thomson have been dating for almost six months, their relationship appears to be going from strength to strength. Andrew had put in months and months of graft, it was now time for him to double down on his lies and do what he does best, exploit, rinse ..... and repeat. In the last Episode Emma meets a man called Andrew Thomson on tinder He is a charming, outgoing, entrepreneur from Tasmania, Australia The relationship moves from strength to strength over the first few dates, he seems too good to be true By date four Andrew lets Emma into what she thinks is his deepest, darkest secret, his false imprisonment in a Melbourne jail Emma is faced with a decision..... but everyone deserves a second chance, right? Useful links Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days. The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR INDEPENDENTLY MADE PODCAST? WANT TO SUPPORT US? CLICK THE LINK buymeacoffee.com/conningthecon CRIMECON UK TICKETS HERE CRIMECON US TICKETS HERE DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS” This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network Check out more: STOP THE KILLING KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON GUILTY GREENIE If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us. email: conningthecon@yahoo.com Facebook: conningtheconpodcast Instagram: conningthecon Twitter: conningthecon1 If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction. UK: Action Fraud NZ: NZ Government - Scams NZ: Netsafe Australia: Scamwatch US: USA Government - Scams If this topic has got you curious you may like: The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson Supporting our sponsors supports the show Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender coupon: con12 (case sensitive) custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12 Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12 to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • S1|E3 ReCONnaissance

    S1|E3 ReCONnaissance
    Feb 7 2021
    Emma's friends, Sarsha and Jo, smell a rat. However, smelling a rat and catching a rat, well, they are two entirely different things! In the last Episode Andrew had spent six months grafting, building Emma's trust. By March 2019 he had finally hit the payload and convinced Emma to invest in a "property venture" with him. She 'invests' a smaller amount for a month before Andrew doubles down and goes in for the kill. Come the 8th of April, Emma is set to transfer the next big chunk of cash. HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR INDEPENDENTLY MADE PODCAST? WANT TO SUPPORT US? CLICK THE LINK buymeacoffee.com/conningthecon Useful links Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days. The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com CRIMECON UK TICKETS HERE CRIMECON US TICKETS HERE DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS” This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network Check out more: STOP THE KILLING KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON GUILTY GREENIE If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us. email: conningthecon@yahoo.com Facebook: conningtheconpodcast Instagram: conningthecon Twitter: conningthecon1 If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction. UK: Action Fraud NZ: NZ Government - Scams NZ: Netsafe Australia: Scamwatch US: USA Government - Scams Supporting our sponsors supports the show Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender coupon: con12 (case sensitive) custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12 Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12 to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • S1|E4 IrreCONcilable Differences

    S1|E4 IrreCONcilable Differences
    Feb 14 2021
    Andrew has been playing a game of chess with Emma for six months. However, Emma's discovery of his real identity means the tables are about to turn on Andrew, just when he was almost at checkmate. In the last Episode Emma's friends, Sarsha and Jo, do some digging and find the ODT article (link below) Meanwhile, Emma is oblivious to their discovery and transfers $250,000 directly to Andrews account to invest Emma is the last to discover Andrew Thomson is actually convicted Fraudster Andrew Tonks Unravelling the truth from the lies she discovers Andrew Tonks works at a freighting company in dispatch! Otago Daily Times Article https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/fraudster-jailed-after-theft-pay-reparation HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR INDEPENDENTLY MADE PODCAST? WANT TO SUPPORT US? CLICK THE LINK buymeacoffee.com/conningthecon CRIMECON UK TICKETS HERE CRIMECON US TICKETS HERE DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS” This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network Check out more: STOP THE KILLING KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON GUILTY GREENIE Useful links Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days. The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us. email: conningthecon@yahoo.com Facebook: conningtheconpodcast Instagram: conningthecon Twitter: conningthecon1 If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction. UK: Action Fraud NZ: NZ Government - Scams NZ: Netsafe Australia: Scamwatch US: USA Government - Scams Our thanks to the talented: Aroha Min for the theme tune Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist Supporting our sponsors supports the show Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender coupon: con12 (case sensitive) custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12 Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12 to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • S1|E5 CONcaved

    S1|E5 CONcaved
    Feb 22 2021
    We rejoin the story with Emma digesting the aftermath and calculating the cost of Andrew's deception. He still had a sizeable chunk of her money and getting it back was not going to be for the fainthearted. A plan was percolating, it was time to Con the Con. In the last Episode For the last six months, Andrew Tonks had been playing a game of chess with my sister Emma and up until the 9th of April 2019, she had no idea that she was playing it, let alone that Andrew was almost at checkmate. In the previous episodes, unbeknownst to Andrew, Emma had discovered his real identity. Fight or flight kicked in ..... Emma chose to fight. She had swung into action to recover the money that had been transferred into his account only the day before. However, to have any chance of retrieving the money she couldn't let on that she knew his true identity. And so operation "Bank Transfer" swung into action. Useful links Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days. The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR INDEPENDENTLY MADE PODCAST? WANT TO SUPPORT US? CLICK THE LINK buymeacoffee.com/conningthecon Supporting our sponsors supports the show: CRIMECON UK TICKETS HERE CRIMECON US TICKETS HERE DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS” This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network Check out more: STOP THE KILLING KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON GUILTY GREENIE If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us. email: conningthecon@yahoo.com Facebook: conningtheconpodcast Instagram: conningthecon Twitter: conningthecon1 If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction. UK: Action Fraud NZ: NZ Government - Scams NZ: Netsafe Australia: Scamwatch US: USA Government - Scams Our thanks to the talented: Aroha Min for the theme tune Jon Stubbs - Voiceover Artist Annabel Miller - Voiceover Artist Supporting our sponsors supports the show Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender coupon: con12 (case sensitive) custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12 Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12 to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • S1|E6 CONnections

    S1|E6 CONnections
    Feb 28 2021
    The New Zealand police were slowly but surely building that case against Andrew Tonks. And as far as we knew, Andrew, although he seemed a little suspicious, he didn't know that the net was closing in around him. But what he did know is that his house of cards had a few rather large cracks appearing in the foundations. In the last Episode Emma had just received a text from Andrew outlining his latest scheme to repay his debt to her. And so it was that Andrew Tonks, the world's most unassuming spy, was forced out of retirement to complete one last very dangerous mission, a mission so dangerous that payment for it would clear his debt to Emma in its entirety and some. HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR INDEPENDENTLY MADE PODCAST? WANT TO SUPPORT US? CLICK THE LINK buymeacoffee.com/conningthecon CRIMECON UK TICKETS HERE CRIMECON US TICKETS HERE DON’T forget to use DISCOUNT CODE “FERRIS” This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network Check out more: STOP THE KILLING KLOOGHLESS - THE LONG CON GUILTY GREENIE Useful links Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing online courses. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days. The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us. email: conningthecon@yahoo.com Facebook: conningtheconpodcast Instagram: conningthecon Twitter: conningthecon1 If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction. UK: Action Fraud NZ: NZ Government - Scams NZ: Netsafe Australia: Scamwatch US: USA Government - Scams Our thanks to the talented: Aroha Min for the theme tune Jon Stubbs - Voiceover artist Annabel Miller - Voiceover artist Supporting our sponsors supports the show Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender coupon: con12 (case sensitive) custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12 Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12 to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • S1|E7 CONtradictory Stories

    S1|E7 CONtradictory Stories
    Mar 7 2021
    If past behaviour is a predictor of present behaviour, can we learn anything from Andrew's? In the last Episode We uncovered Andrew's involvement with Queenstown Restaurant, a deal that meant for Tony, the owner, he would be selling his flagship restaurant for a cool seven-figure sum. And for Tom, Andrew's investor and would-be Chef, it meant the funds he was days away from borrowing from his family to pay the deposit was saved from getting tangled in a Tonker turd storm. Resources Mercury - April 12th 2015 Mercury - June 28th 2015 Useful links Join Emma @thebreatheffect on Facebook and Instagram To learn the tools that Emma used to help both survive and thrive through trauma join Emma on one of her amazing courses online. Choose to reset your stress response and rewire your brain over 30 days. The Breath Effect - thebreatheffect.com Dr Sophie Muir - drsophiemuir.com If you have your own true crime story to share please contact us. email: conningthecon@yahoo.com Facebook: conningtheconpodcast Instagram: conningthecon Twitter: conningthecon1 If you believe you have been targeted by a Fraudster then please reach out for help. Many places can help, below are a few to get you pointed in the right direction. UK: Action Fraud NZ: NZ Government - Scams NZ: Netsafe Australia: Scamwatch US: USA Government - Scams Our thanks to the talented: Aroha Min for the theme tune Jon Stubbs - Voiceover Artist Simon Small - Voiceover Artist Annabel Miller - Voiceover Artist Supporting our sponsors supports the show Check out BlendJet: The original portable blender coupon: con12 (case sensitive) custom URL: https://zen.ai/con12 Use my special link https://zen.ai/con12 to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins