December 30, 2019
EP. 14 — The Famous Femme Fibber w/ Oscar Montoya
Happy New Year Con-gregation! Scams are all about hindsight so we got together with our good friend Oscar Montoya (Spanish Aquí, Bless The Harts) to look at our favorite scammer of the decade, habitual political line-stepper and possibly my soulmate, Mina Chang!
Research: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1080356
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIhWGIUGboE
https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/unfortunately-i-love-mina-chang-state-department-scammer.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-mina-chang-from-state-department-career-2019-11
https://twitter.com/ksieff/status/1194342219664232454?s=20
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