Fraud Friday: The Perfidious Princess w/ Ron Funches

Hear ye, hear ye con-gregation! It's Fraud Friday and this week we revisit our episode with Ron Funches where we expose the “princess” who was taken hostage by pirates and also her imagination. Stay schemin’! 

This episode was originally released 01/12/2021. 

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Research by Sharilyn Vera. 

SOURCES:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-was-princess-caraboo-scam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Caraboo

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1900621_1900618_1900853,00.html

https://www.historicmysteries.com/princess-caraboo/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6652659/Teenager-jailed-buying-PlayStation-4-8-WEIGHING-paying-6lb-food.html

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