April 11, 2022
EP. 133 — ‘Girls Trip’ Gone Bad w/ Danielle Pinnock
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Danielle Pinnock joins us to discuss Nakesia Washington, a scamming travel agent who specialized in planning trips for the Essence Festival, only to leave clients high and dry. Plus, romance fraud is on the rise and one man sends nearly $500,000 to a love interest he never met. Stay Schemin’!
Research by Kaelyn Brandt.
Sources:
https://www.blackenterprise.com/travel-agent-arrested-essence-festival/
https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_1966499c-9d9e-11e9-874b-9b8a792ac22f.html
https://alwaysalist.com/?p=15543
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/romance-fraud-love-wrong-place-proves-costly-82958741
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