Why scammers only want to steal your heart
Scams & ConsNovember 14, 2024x
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Why scammers only want to steal your heart

Tell me what's on your mind.

Our last episode told the story of Brittani Ard who had her heart stolen by a romance scammer. Well, technically not a romance scammer, he didn't ask for money, but he did want to be part of her life. He also wanted to be a part of the lives of many other women at the same time.In this episode, we ask Dr. Cortney Warren about whether this is a love con, a sex con or something else. She helps us understand why some people want to steal hearts, not money.Why would a guy described as good looking, go online and troll for women to whom he would profess and demonstrate love? Let's explore.Dr. Warren has also written a book, Letting Go Of Your Ex, that helps people leave relationships with people they care desperately about.Dr. Cortney WarrenBrittani ArdOur previous episode with Britani ArdLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[00:00:00] Tag Herr Jauch!

[00:00:01] Herr Ulmen, was haben Sie diesmal wieder nicht verstanden?

[00:00:04] Ja, Herr Jauch, können Sie mir das mit dem E-Rezept nochmal erklären?

[00:00:07] Es ist doch nun wirklich einfach. Also, Shop Apotheke App öffnen, Krankenkassenkarte dranhalten...

[00:00:13] Karte dranhalten, Rezepte auswählen, bestellen, fertig...

[00:00:16] Ja, Sie wissen doch wie es geht.

[00:00:17] Ja, aber also einfach nur dranhalten ist das... Ich dachte meine Frau wollte mich verarschen.

[00:00:22] Diesmal ausnahmsweise nicht.

[00:00:25] E-Rezept, Shop Apotheke. Hältst du schon dran?

[00:00:28] Für uns geht's, wenn wir ein paar Dinge wissen, um das zu wissen, was es zu wissen.

[00:00:34] Wenn du nicht so gehört, hast du das letzte Mal mit Brittany Ard,

[00:00:38] sollte das zu machen.

[00:00:40] Brittany war scammed by ein Mann, der wollte mit ihr, aber nicht für Geld.

[00:00:45] Er hat einen Spannsatz zu wollen, aber er hat sich nicht in den Gründen.

[00:00:48] Er hat sich in die Zeit nicht in den Gründen für die Schulden.

[00:00:52] He used those same techniques on many other women, all at the same time he was seeing Brittany.

[00:00:58] Brittany has told her full story on her podcast, I Bet You Think the Story is About You,

[00:01:04] and I'll put a link to that in the show notes.

[00:01:07] Like her, I'm calling it a con because it required someone misrepresenting themselves

[00:01:12] in exchange for something else.

[00:01:15] In our last episode, Brittany told us how the scam went down.

[00:01:19] Today, I'll explore what the scammer may have wanted.

[00:01:23] It's also very important to keep in mind that I have only Brittany's side of the story.

[00:01:28] Kanan, the name she gave him, refused to return many requests for an interview, as he's done with others.

[00:01:35] I did research on the man, his military and other records check out.

[00:01:40] The only interactions with police I found were from minor traffic violations.

[00:01:45] In our last episode, Brittany spoke candidly about what she did, how she fell for it, and what she's doing to recover.

[00:01:54] This week, I'm speaking with Dr. Courtney Warren, a psychologist and adjunct clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry

[00:02:03] at the Kirk Kirkorkian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.

[00:02:08] She also has a recent book about how to deal with breaking up with someone you care deeply about.

[00:02:14] Dr. Warren has listened to our episode with Brittany, but she has never spoken with Brittany or her scammer,

[00:02:21] the man whose fictitious name is Kanan.

[00:02:24] Dr. Warren's observations here are based on her professional experience and are not an opinion about Brittany's story or anyone involved.

[00:02:33] Dr. Warren's observations are based on my thoughts and opinions, but her answers are independent and professional.

[00:02:39] Lastly, our conversation includes talk about obsession and compulsion.

[00:02:44] We also talk about sex in general.

[00:02:47] Nothing graphic, I'd consider it safe for work, even if you work at the Vatican, but that's your call.

[00:02:53] So let's get started and find out how the scam was run and why someone fell for it.

[00:02:59] When it comes to love addiction, I think, again, it's also a very natural human desire to be connected to another person,

[00:03:09] to fall in love, to want that high that comes from magically connecting in a sexual and romantic way to a partner.

[00:03:20] And it isn't inherently problematic until you realize that perhaps it's not a healthy partner for you,

[00:03:29] or perhaps it isn't a relationship that you think you want to be in because there are some deal breakers,

[00:03:35] or maybe because they're not in love with you or don't want to be in a relationship with you.

[00:03:40] Then that magical love aspect of getting high on another person can have some really big consequences.

[00:03:51] And I think in situations where someone is addicted in a romantic way to a partner who isn't healthy for them,

[00:04:00] but yet stays in the relationship or tries to stay in the relationship because they feel stuck

[00:04:05] and because they can't seem to leave, that is really difficult.

[00:04:21] That's Dr. Courtney Warren responding to my question about love addiction.

[00:04:25] Love addiction and sex addiction were two of my theories about how and why Brittany was conned.

[00:04:31] In terms of love, Caden was very giving, very loving.

[00:04:40] He shared little of his own life, but he doted on Brittany and the other women in his life.

[00:04:45] He remembered details from woman to woman, but he wasn't perfect.

[00:04:49] There were inconsistencies, and that's how he was unmasked.

[00:04:52] I'm going to start with love addiction.

[00:04:57] Caden wanted sex, apparently a lot of sex, but he was a good-looking, personable guy

[00:05:02] and probably wouldn't have had problems finding sex if that was all he was after.

[00:05:13] Love addiction certainly can overlap with sex addiction because, as you might imagine,

[00:05:20] when you're thinking about sexual behavior and sort of this drive and cravings for sexual behavior,

[00:05:26] that will manifest in your romantic relationships oftentimes.

[00:05:30] But love addiction is different than sex addiction in the sense that it's really the biological drive

[00:05:37] for connection and belonging and the high that we get naturally when we fall in love.

[00:05:46] And when you think about humans from a biological perspective,

[00:05:50] there are a lot of evolutionary biologists and psychologists that will point to this drive in our brain

[00:05:59] to make us seek out a romantic partner and at some point zero in on one

[00:06:05] and think about them and crave them and fall madly in love for them

[00:06:10] so that we will want to have sex with them,

[00:06:12] so that we will want to have children procreate and promote the survival of our species, really.

[00:06:19] And so when you think about love addiction,

[00:06:22] generally that's more about one specific individual that a person has fallen head over heels for

[00:06:29] and feels like they are stuck, attached, even when they don't want to be attached.

[00:06:37] Brittany says her situation was different.

[00:06:40] I'll refer you to the previous episode for the details,

[00:06:44] but Kanan was involved with many women while he was also seeing Brittany.

[00:06:49] Dr. Warren suggests that love or sex addiction might have its roots in traumatic childhood experiences.

[00:06:55] Those experiences might leave them with flawed beliefs about how love,

[00:06:59] sex, and romantic relationships work.

[00:07:02] The result could be addictive patterns around sexual partners and around love interests,

[00:07:07] which led me to scratch my head.

[00:07:10] Are these activities a result of some mental trauma?

[00:07:14] Are they genetic?

[00:07:16] Are they the result of behavior witnessed in others?

[00:07:19] Love and sex addictions are actually not clinical diagnoses, right?

[00:07:24] So because of that, in part,

[00:07:27] the formal definitions of what constitutes love addiction and sex addiction

[00:07:32] are really pretty controversial, even in the mental health sphere.

[00:07:36] But what I would say is that we are biologically programmed to fall in love,

[00:07:42] and the experience of falling in love is magical for anyone who has ever experienced it.

[00:07:47] It's probably one of the most wonderful natural highs we will ever have as a human.

[00:07:52] And it isn't inherently unhealthy, right?

[00:07:57] Much like having a positive sexual interaction with someone isn't inherently unhealthy.

[00:08:02] It can actually be a really wonderful, bonding, fulfilling part of our lives.

[00:08:07] So you can fall in love with multiple people over the course of your life.

[00:08:12] But again, I come back to the fact that Brittany wasn't the only person in Kanan's life,

[00:08:17] and to me, that seems quite unusual.

[00:08:20] We can fall in love with many people, but in this case,

[00:08:23] it was a lot of people at the same time.

[00:08:26] It's hard to know what someone's experience is in romantic relationships,

[00:08:31] because you're relying on their self-report, right?

[00:08:35] So if someone comes in to me and says,

[00:08:36] well, I fell in love with all of these people,

[00:08:39] I can't really say, well, no, you didn't, or are you sure,

[00:08:43] or is it the same experience?

[00:08:45] But what I will say is that

[00:08:47] there are people who are incredibly distressed

[00:08:53] by their love interactions with people,

[00:08:55] where they might come to me and say,

[00:08:57] I think I'm a sex addict.

[00:08:59] I think about sex constantly.

[00:09:01] I am wanting to have sex with indiscriminate people,

[00:09:05] or I'm spending hours and days and weeks

[00:09:07] searching for people online

[00:09:09] because it makes me feel high,

[00:09:11] and it makes me feel good.

[00:09:13] But it's actually upsetting to me

[00:09:15] because I know these aren't people I really care about.

[00:09:17] They don't even know me.

[00:09:18] Maybe I'm catfishing.

[00:09:19] Maybe I'm creating a profile online that isn't even me.

[00:09:23] Like they don't actually even know the real me,

[00:09:25] but I'm compelled to do it

[00:09:27] because it makes me feel alive.

[00:09:30] That to me is indicative of you're seeking the high.

[00:09:35] I don't know if that's actually being in love.

[00:09:37] I don't know that they know anything about you

[00:09:39] or that you really know anything about them.

[00:09:42] It's more that you're chasing the dopamine rush,

[00:09:44] and perhaps there's something in your psychological makeup

[00:09:47] that is leading you to crave importance,

[00:09:51] that's leading you to feel special,

[00:09:54] that's leading you, even in a more negative way,

[00:09:56] to try to take advantage of people

[00:09:58] or to try to harm people in some way

[00:10:00] because it makes you feel alive,

[00:10:02] as if these are sort of pawns or just stimuli

[00:10:05] and aren't actual people

[00:10:06] that you are actually falling in love with

[00:10:09] and trying to build a relationship

[00:10:11] based on trust and mutual understanding

[00:10:14] and real lived experiences with another human,

[00:10:18] which is kind of the crux

[00:10:19] of a meaningful attached relationship.

[00:10:22] If you're jumping from person to person,

[00:10:24] not really being honest because you like the chase,

[00:10:28] is that really love?

[00:10:30] I'd probably say it isn't,

[00:10:32] at least from a diagnostic or a conceptual perspective,

[00:10:36] but it might be their experience of love in the moment

[00:10:39] because maybe they don't know what real attached love feels like.

[00:10:42] And it becomes more confusing.

[00:10:45] Two people can be in love,

[00:10:47] not particularly like one another,

[00:10:49] but choose to stay together.

[00:10:51] And I'm trying to understand you and work with you

[00:10:54] and I don't like everything about you,

[00:10:55] but I still choose you.

[00:10:57] This is an active choice to figure it out.

[00:11:00] But if you're in a love-addicted relationship

[00:11:03] or a dysfunctional romantic relationship

[00:11:06] and you start to see those cracks

[00:11:08] and you want to explain them away,

[00:11:11] you're in denial about them,

[00:11:13] you are going to rationalize whatever it is

[00:11:16] that you see that probably is a red flag.

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[00:12:55] Red flags.

[00:12:57] In the last episode,

[00:12:59] Brittany acknowledged there are red flags everywhere,

[00:13:02] but she chose to ignore them.

[00:13:04] How do people rationalize what they can plainly see?

[00:13:08] When we fall in love with someone,

[00:13:11] we really start a journey of trying to understand who they are,

[00:13:16] but probably more importantly, who we are,

[00:13:18] and whether we can actively choose to be with this person

[00:13:22] on our journey of personal growth and discovery along the way.

[00:13:26] There are many times that someone who is a love addict

[00:13:31] will fall in love with someone

[00:13:33] that also is damaged or struggling in some addictive way,

[00:13:40] but together they find a way to work through it.

[00:13:44] So I wouldn't say that inherently

[00:13:46] feeling like you're a love addict

[00:13:48] means you're never going to have a successful relationship.

[00:13:51] Which raised the question in my mind

[00:13:54] of whether codependence is a factor,

[00:13:56] where two people with the same or complementary needs

[00:13:59] come together to fulfill those needs.

[00:14:02] Codependence, another term that, again,

[00:14:05] is not a diagnosis,

[00:14:06] but is a term that you'll hear

[00:14:08] a lot of mental health professionals refer to.

[00:14:10] It was originally described

[00:14:13] in the substance abuse literature, actually,

[00:14:17] way back in the early 80s, I would say,

[00:14:21] to describe how people in family systems

[00:14:25] that had a drug or substance use addict

[00:14:28] responded to that person.

[00:14:30] And it really is used to describe an enabler,

[00:14:33] someone who kind of is the giver

[00:14:36] in a romantic relationship dynamic

[00:14:39] or in a family system

[00:14:41] that sort of tiptoes around,

[00:14:45] tries to meet everybody else's needs,

[00:14:47] is kind of the giver

[00:14:48] in order to avoid conflict in their relationship.

[00:14:53] But codependency is tricky

[00:14:54] because ultimately,

[00:14:57] it's often really unhealthy for everyone involved.

[00:15:00] A lot of codependents will have a difficult time

[00:15:02] setting boundaries, reasonable boundaries.

[00:15:05] They'll have a hard time expressing

[00:15:07] their own feelings authentically.

[00:15:10] They will oftentimes seem passive-aggressive even

[00:15:14] because they're behind the scenes

[00:15:16] feeling a bit like a martyr,

[00:15:18] but are also trying to control things

[00:15:20] that are not in their control,

[00:15:22] like the addict's behavior

[00:15:23] or the addict's feelings.

[00:15:25] And so in that way,

[00:15:28] being in a codependent relationship

[00:15:29] with a sex or love addict

[00:15:31] is not uncommon,

[00:15:32] but also will maintain

[00:15:35] a very unhealthy dynamic

[00:15:38] for everybody involved.

[00:15:40] So far, I've focused on love addiction.

[00:15:43] That's because the emotional tools

[00:15:45] used in Brittany's case

[00:15:46] are the same as a romance scammer,

[00:15:48] without asking for money.

[00:15:51] Romance scammers want money,

[00:15:53] not sex.

[00:15:54] So before we move on to sex addiction,

[00:15:57] let's take one last question.

[00:15:59] How do love addictions end?

[00:16:02] When do enough red flags fly up

[00:16:04] that the person realizes

[00:16:05] they are in a potentially toxic relationship?

[00:16:09] Now, this is Dr. Warren's wheelhouse.

[00:16:11] She just wrote a book about breaking up.

[00:16:14] It's called Letting Go of Your Ex,

[00:16:16] and I'll have a link to it

[00:16:17] in the show notes.

[00:16:20] It conceptualizes romantic love

[00:16:22] from an addictive perspective

[00:16:24] and really highlights

[00:16:26] how when you fall in love

[00:16:28] and then break up,

[00:16:29] it is really pretty normal and natural

[00:16:32] to have a strong withdrawal experience

[00:16:35] where you're thinking about your ex,

[00:16:37] you're craving them,

[00:16:39] you're reliving old experiences,

[00:16:41] you're thinking about

[00:16:42] whether you can get back together or not.

[00:16:45] Those are really common reactions

[00:16:48] when you break up with someone

[00:16:49] you were in love with

[00:16:50] or when they break up with you.

[00:16:51] And so this book offers

[00:16:53] a conceptualization

[00:16:55] and a host of tools

[00:16:57] for people to actively practice

[00:16:59] in their daily lives

[00:17:00] so that they can break

[00:17:02] the addictive cycle

[00:17:04] and let go of their ex

[00:17:06] in an effort to enjoy

[00:17:07] their present life without them.

[00:17:10] Brittany told us of how she reacted

[00:17:12] when she learned the truth about Canaan,

[00:17:14] and her reaction was to focus

[00:17:16] on learning more about him.

[00:17:17] It's really written for people

[00:17:19] who are in the middle of a breakup

[00:17:21] where they're either

[00:17:22] trying to break up with them

[00:17:25] or aware that they have been broken up with

[00:17:27] and need to find a way to move forward.

[00:17:30] But I think if someone is thinking

[00:17:33] about a breakup,

[00:17:34] it's really important

[00:17:35] to ask yourself

[00:17:36] some very honest questions

[00:17:39] about who you are

[00:17:41] and who your partner is

[00:17:42] and what your motivation to stay

[00:17:44] really is

[00:17:46] when you're most honest with yourself.

[00:17:48] It's when you can really stare down

[00:17:50] the truth in its most brutal,

[00:17:54] realistic form

[00:17:55] and then make choices based on it

[00:17:57] that you will not only live a life

[00:18:00] that you want to live,

[00:18:01] but you will become comfortable

[00:18:03] and confident in your own skin

[00:18:06] in such a way

[00:18:07] that a tsunami of horrible material

[00:18:09] could come your way

[00:18:10] and you'll stand strong.

[00:18:13] In speaking with Brittany,

[00:18:14] I think she's still on that journey

[00:18:16] and perhaps her podcast

[00:18:17] is a path to reconcile

[00:18:19] what's happened to her.

[00:18:20] But that's her story to tell

[00:18:22] on her podcast.

[00:18:24] So let's talk about sex addiction.

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[00:19:04] It's probably too much

[00:19:05] of a leap for most of us

[00:19:06] to imagine sex addiction.

[00:19:08] Sex is fun,

[00:19:10] it's exciting,

[00:19:11] and if you're a young male

[00:19:12] full of piss and vinegar,

[00:19:13] it's nearly always

[00:19:14] on your mind.

[00:19:16] I'm a guy,

[00:19:17] so I can't speak

[00:19:18] with any authority

[00:19:18] about the sex lives

[00:19:20] of young women.

[00:19:21] But I do know

[00:19:22] a lot of women

[00:19:22] who are comfortable

[00:19:23] with their sexuality

[00:19:24] and aren't shy

[00:19:25] about expressing it.

[00:19:27] But I have to wonder

[00:19:28] about men or women

[00:19:29] who aren't comfortable

[00:19:30] with their sexuality

[00:19:31] and seek experiences

[00:19:32] to bolster

[00:19:33] what they may see

[00:19:34] as their own needs.

[00:19:36] So in the context

[00:19:37] of sex addiction,

[00:19:39] the addictive behavior

[00:19:40] is around sex

[00:19:42] and orgasm.

[00:19:43] I think that it's

[00:19:45] a very mixed,

[00:19:48] messy interaction

[00:19:49] of psychological

[00:19:51] predispositions,

[00:19:53] probably,

[00:19:53] which we can talk about,

[00:19:55] biological needs

[00:19:57] and urges

[00:19:57] and sort of

[00:19:58] dopamine hits,

[00:20:00] as you just mentioned,

[00:20:01] that are hijacking

[00:20:03] the pleasure sensors

[00:20:04] in the brain,

[00:20:05] which are really

[00:20:06] around survival

[00:20:09] and probably

[00:20:10] some genetic

[00:20:12] predisposition

[00:20:13] and environmental factors

[00:20:14] that are all

[00:20:15] coalescing together

[00:20:16] to put someone

[00:20:17] at risk

[00:20:18] or at higher risk

[00:20:19] for developing

[00:20:20] addictive behavior

[00:20:21] of some kind.

[00:20:22] And Dr. Warren

[00:20:23] believes some people

[00:20:24] are predisposed

[00:20:25] to sex addiction.

[00:20:27] This is an anonymous

[00:20:28] sex addict

[00:20:29] who spoke with CBS News.

[00:20:31] It started when I was

[00:20:33] eight, nine.

[00:20:34] I could spend hours

[00:20:35] and hours and hours

[00:20:36] just fantasizing

[00:20:37] about women's body parts.

[00:20:40] One fantasy

[00:20:41] I used to have

[00:20:41] as a kid

[00:20:42] was that I was

[00:20:43] undressing a woman's shirt

[00:20:45] and underneath that shirt

[00:20:46] was another shirt

[00:20:48] then another shirt.

[00:20:49] The hunt

[00:20:50] is more intoxicating

[00:20:52] sometimes

[00:20:53] than the actual

[00:20:54] getting the prize

[00:20:55] having the orgasm.

[00:20:57] My mother

[00:20:57] had poor boundaries

[00:20:58] around clothing

[00:20:59] in the house.

[00:21:00] She'd walk around

[00:21:01] in a t-shirt

[00:21:02] and panty

[00:21:03] and no bra on.

[00:21:05] My sexuality

[00:21:06] was so contained

[00:21:07] and I was so isolated

[00:21:09] with it.

[00:21:10] And then when

[00:21:11] I had the opportunity

[00:21:13] to become sexually active

[00:21:14] to what I fantasized about

[00:21:16] and when that opened up

[00:21:18] I hit it full force.

[00:21:19] whatever you have

[00:21:22] internalized culturally

[00:21:23] as a teen

[00:21:24] is going to influence

[00:21:26] how you approach

[00:21:27] romantic relationships

[00:21:28] and sexual behaviors.

[00:21:30] And given that

[00:21:31] these are going to be

[00:21:31] your first

[00:21:32] ones probably

[00:21:34] the first time

[00:21:35] that you've done

[00:21:35] these things

[00:21:36] it's really

[00:21:38] a

[00:21:39] perfect setting

[00:21:40] for

[00:21:41] all kinds of struggles.

[00:21:43] even for

[00:21:44] those of us

[00:21:45] who were the most

[00:21:46] well-adjusted teens

[00:21:47] which is kind of

[00:21:48] an oxymoron really

[00:21:49] because I don't know

[00:21:50] if we really have

[00:21:51] well-adjusted teens.

[00:21:53] It's difficult.

[00:21:54] It makes you vulnerable.

[00:21:56] It makes you uncomfortable.

[00:21:58] It also makes you excited

[00:22:00] and interested

[00:22:01] and intrigued.

[00:22:02] So I think

[00:22:03] the adolescent years

[00:22:04] are particularly

[00:22:05] prone

[00:22:06] probably

[00:22:07] to having

[00:22:09] a very

[00:22:10] large mix

[00:22:11] of sexual

[00:22:12] and romantic

[00:22:12] relationships

[00:22:13] that can have

[00:22:14] longer lasting

[00:22:15] consequences

[00:22:16] for how you

[00:22:17] approach those

[00:22:17] relationships

[00:22:18] into adulthood.

[00:22:20] So as I read it

[00:22:21] when we talk

[00:22:22] about love addiction

[00:22:23] it's about

[00:22:24] intimacy.

[00:22:25] intimacy

[00:22:26] when we're talking

[00:22:26] about sexual addiction

[00:22:27] intimacy may play a role

[00:22:30] but the goal

[00:22:31] is sex.

[00:22:32] And this is one

[00:22:33] of the other things

[00:22:34] that captivated me

[00:22:34] about Brittany's story.

[00:22:37] Kanan wanted sex

[00:22:38] and a lot of it

[00:22:39] not only from Brittany

[00:22:40] but from the other

[00:22:41] people he was with.

[00:22:43] Was love the con

[00:22:44] that got him

[00:22:45] the sex he wanted

[00:22:46] and if so

[00:22:47] why did he need

[00:22:48] so much sex?

[00:22:49] If the estimates

[00:22:50] I've heard her

[00:22:51] to be believed

[00:22:52] he'd need a red S

[00:22:53] on his shirt

[00:22:54] and be able

[00:22:54] to jump over

[00:22:55] tall buildings

[00:22:56] in a single bound

[00:22:57] to rack up

[00:22:57] those kinds of numbers.

[00:22:59] So

[00:23:01] here I sit

[00:23:02] at a keyboard.

[00:23:03] I've been writing

[00:23:04] about a situation

[00:23:05] that has all

[00:23:06] the elements

[00:23:07] of a con

[00:23:07] except it's

[00:23:08] not for money.

[00:23:10] There are two

[00:23:11] essential elements

[00:23:12] of a con

[00:23:13] fear

[00:23:13] and greed

[00:23:15] and those

[00:23:16] don't seem

[00:23:16] to exist here.

[00:23:18] In a Carrie Bradshaw

[00:23:19] moment I have

[00:23:20] to ask myself

[00:23:22] am I conning

[00:23:23] myself?

[00:23:24] Am I witnessing

[00:23:25] psychological conditions

[00:23:27] that have nothing

[00:23:28] to do with a con

[00:23:29] yet have most

[00:23:30] of the elements

[00:23:31] of a con?

[00:23:32] People are greedy.

[00:23:33] Some are greedy

[00:23:35] for sex

[00:23:35] some for love

[00:23:37] some for the

[00:23:38] approval of others

[00:23:39] some are in it

[00:23:40] for power.

[00:23:41] Also note that

[00:23:42] no crime

[00:23:43] has been committed.

[00:23:45] Brittany has

[00:23:45] interviewed lawyers

[00:23:46] about the situation

[00:23:47] and there's

[00:23:48] essentially nothing

[00:23:49] legally wrong.

[00:23:51] At this point

[00:23:52] I'm supposed to

[00:23:52] tie everything

[00:23:53] up into a nice

[00:23:54] bow and make

[00:23:55] some poignant

[00:23:55] proclamation.

[00:23:57] I got nothing.

[00:23:58] All I can offer

[00:24:00] is a cautionary

[00:24:01] tale.

[00:24:01] I try to tell you

[00:24:03] about how scams

[00:24:04] are run

[00:24:04] and why people

[00:24:05] fall for them.

[00:24:06] I pass along

[00:24:08] the techniques

[00:24:08] scammers use

[00:24:09] but those

[00:24:10] techniques can be

[00:24:11] used to steal

[00:24:12] other things too.

[00:24:14] Things like your

[00:24:15] heart.

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[00:24:55] surprised to know

[00:24:56] that not all

[00:24:57] serial killers are

[00:24:58] straight cisgender

[00:24:59] white men and

[00:25:00] the victims of

[00:25:01] true crime are

[00:25:02] not a monolith

[00:25:03] either.

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[00:25:14] perps and

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