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The Fake Art Dealer Who Scammed His Girlfriend & Her Son Out Of 50k | Love Cheats

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Extraordinary stories of romance fraud and deception, exposing the lies and jaw-dropping behaviour of heartless manipulators; and the fight to uncover the truth.

A woman falls for a sophisticated art dealer at a luxury resort, blind to a high-stakes trap being set with romance and gold coins for bait. (S2 EP3)

00:00 Intro
01:28 Boca Raton, Florida
04:11 The fake art dealer
11:55 Gold coins and money promises
20:24 Naples, Florida
23:53 The investments
30:12 The fallout
35:00 Investigator on the case
42:31 The impact

First shown: 30 Aug 2026

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20 Comments

@scowil456 10 hours ago

This woman has the option of listening to her financial accountant who she had entrusted her pension with but instead said ‘but he’s my boyfriend’. Just laughable.

@SpeakUp-r6q 1 day ago (edited)

The naivety of this woman is staggering. She has a Private Detective on the case and calls her scamming boyfriend's gf's son, tells him everything, and says, "Don't tell your mum". Unimaginable. Just unbelievable.

@Jeffoshi 1 day ago

Please please more of these channel 4!!! They’re so good!

@renedream66 1 day ago

Discussing with a stranger your money savings etc is pure insanity

@Cachtice1181 13 hours ago

Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly comes to mind

@theallegationsaretrue 1 day ago

what on earth would Brexit have to do with a woman in Boca Ratan? Did she even know what Brexit was?

@renedream66 1 day ago

Ok one more thing! That Catalina should have gave her son the whole $5k! It’s her fault her son even invested in it. Unbelievable!!

@SpikeyAlbinoPotato 1 day ago

Love how the estate agent lady said her dead mothers £60k was a small inheritance then at the end when she only got £5k back, suddenly it was a large substantial amount the her dear mother worked so hard to leave to her. 🤦‍♀️

@NigelPowell-w5z 1 day ago

Shallow women abandon all sense of reality when someone handsome pampers them 😂

@staceyd7986 10 hours ago

He projects sliminess the second you see a photo of him 🤮

@MaxMillion-yv8ib 1 day ago

Too many romance scams these days. Be careful out there folks, not everyone is genuine.

@HasnaYaHasna 6 hours ago

Imagine having a financial advisor telling you not to invest your pension and you ignore them and listen to a “boyfriend” wtaf. I just can’t find the sympathy 😩

@rwb3562 1 day ago

4 years?! Crazy 😮 he's a career criminal, he'll get out and start doing it all over again

@spencerhulme1203 1 day ago

:face-turquoise-covering-eyes:Court records reveal that Frederick is facing 24 felony counts in Riverside, Calif., east of Los Angeles, for allegedly defrauding four people of nearly $2.4 million. The payout the victims recieved in my opinion should have been the whole ammount!

@spencerhulme1203 1 day ago

:thanksdoc:Channel 4 documentaries are one of the best investigative channels on YouTube, wanted to thank the entire production team for an outstanding service to others; by producing information so many people are unaware the types of people we share society with. You should all be commended, more channels should expose these missfits.💯

@TheLydiaR 13 hours ago

More of these please channel 4. People need to be aware of scammers.

@JonBaguley 1 day ago

These women remind me of the Tinder Swindler women.... the moment someone mildly decent looking pays them some attention and shows off, these women open their banks accounts to them.