The Cons of Mair Smith, Part 2 (Maine)

Dark Downeast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Would you know how to spot a scam in your life before it was too late? For years, Johnathan Walton didn’t know that the woman he called his best friend was actually a career con artist, suspected of numerous scams and fraudulent activity across the country and internationally. Once he uncovered the truth, though, Johnathan made it his mission to stop her. If you haven’t heard Part 1 of his story on Dark Downeast yet, go back one episode and listen to The Con. This is Part 2: The Convict.

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0:00.0	How do you spot a scam? The unlisted phone numbers that contact you about your extended auto warranty? An email from an unknown source informing you of the
0:16.2	large sum of money you're due. Text messages with links from someone you don't
0:21.7	know urging you to view the site they sent. with links from someone you don't know,
0:22.5	urging you to view the site they sent.
0:25.0	These kinds of online scams are getting easier to spot.
0:30.0	The tactics aren't working on us like they used to. We ignore, delete, block them as they roll in, and move on.
0:38.0	But would you know how to spot a scam in your real life before it was too late? For years, Jonathan Walton didn't know that the woman he called his best friend was actually a career con artist, suspected of numerous scams and fraudulent
0:57.3	activity across the country and internationally.
1:02.5	Once he uncovered the truth, though, Jonathan made it his mission to stop her.
1:09.6	If you haven't heard part one of his story on Dark Down East yet. Go back one episode and listen to The
1:15.8	Khan. Meet us back here when you're ready. I'm Kylie Lowe and with Jonathan Walton this is part two the convict on dark down east. Jonathan Walton met the woman he knew as Mayor Smith in 2013 at a wine and
1:48.0	cheese night he hosted at his apartment. They were as close as brother and sister, best friends, and their relationship
1:56.4	deepened over dinners at high-end restaurants where she footed the bill
2:00.1	and the kinds of conversations that come from tall pours of wine and the kinds of conversations that come from tall pores of wine and the space to be vulnerable
2:06.5	among people you know and trust.
2:10.5	Mayor claimed she was an Irish heiress due for a multi-million dollar inheritance,
2:16.0	but she was estranged from her family and they would apparently stop at nothing to keep
2:21.2	mayor from the money, including setting her up for what she said
2:25.9	was a bogus accusation of stealing from her employer.
2:30.8	Jonathan lent Mayor money to make bail and then again to pay legal fees.
2:36.0	Next thing he knew, he was in the hole for close to $100,000.
2:41.0	Mayor was good for it, though.
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