S2 E14 A Romance Scam Nightmare - The Last Victim of Hamish McLaren ft. Tracy Hall
Not a Single BotherShow Notes
On this week's episode I’m joined by Tracy Hall who is author of The Last Victim which tells the story of how she was scammed by her partner of 18 months, Hamish McLaren, out of over $300,000. Hamish, who Tracy knew as Max, turned her life upside down leaving her and many others with no savings and absolutely heartbroken.
Hamish is currently in prison in Australia for scamming many people out of over $7 million but he is known to have scammed people across the world out of over $80 million and probably more.
Seven years on, Tracy is so brave for telling her story and trying to help others to avoid the endless amounts of scams that are becoming more and more prevalent. Hear how Tracy met and fell in love with “Max” who she was building a life with until the day she saw him on the news getting arrested outside of his Bondi home and life as she knew it was flipped upside down.
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