‘Scamanda’ Creator Reveals How She Tracked Down Amanda Riley
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- The number one true crime podcast “Scamanda” told the story of Amanda Riley, a mom and Christian blogger who was sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud relating to faking a cancer diagnosis and collecting over $100,000 in donations for treatment. Riley plead guilty and is currently in a Texas prison but will transfer to a halfway house in July. Now, ABC is digging deeper in a four-part docu-series “Scamanda” featuring the investigating producer Nancy Moscatiello who helped take Amanda down. Access Hollywood’s Zuri Hall spoke with Nancy who talked about who Amanda was, how she was able to track her down and how the scam impacted people who knew Amanda. Part one of “Scamanda” premieres Jan. 30 at 9 p.m. on ABC and the next day on Hulu.
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Someone who's going through cancer battle right now this just devastates and sickens me
I'm very sorry to hear this....I hope you have a really good support system.
It is quite devastating how easily people lie especially something like a terminal illness.
I hear you. I had the same exact reaction to this. Did her husband know? The very next appointment after my diagnosis my husband came with me. We both had questions! And her poor kids!
my uncle is dyeing from cancer its heart wrenching than to see what this woman did playing on the kindness,weakness of others is so shameful
I'm sorry that you have to deal with cancer but also this absurd faker (there's actually a lot of them which is disgusting). I hope you can find some comfort in some way as you go through this. Wishing you the best
Watched the first episode and wow. Can't wait for the rest!
Also, reminds me a lot of a "friend" who claims to have stage 3 stomach cancer and a lot of her stories don't add up. People are crazy for faking such a horrible illness.
Scamanda is a brilliant name for her!!!
Sounds a bit silly
As someone who actually had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2019, I am horrified to think anyone could fake it AND scam her friends & generous strangers.
5 years is definitely not enough jail time. She took advantage of the good will of hard working people. Once you are deceived like that you carry emotional scars. Who can you trust?? SHAME ON HER.
How are you now?
I hope you've recovered or on your way Dianna. God Bless n Ill send off a prayer for you tonite.❤.
Bless you with many years of happiness and good health.
@@classycats3700 Going on 6 years remission. 💜
@@D.Townsend-r8q Yes I am. 6 years remission this October. 💜🙌🏼
Also, her pregnancy was “reversing the disease”? TF?!!!?
As someone with stage 4 carcinosarcoma this is mind blowing to me,
I really hope that your health improves and you become healed
So NOBODY went to ONE doctors appt with her in all that time? Her hubby never went or questioned why she wasnt sick AF at home????
I know. There is no way her husband and family werent part of this.
He knew.
According to the podcast, her husband and mother "went to appointments" with her but it's pretty heavily implied they knew it was a lie and they claim ignorance. I'm interested to see if the statements they made about going to appointments with her came up in court and how they defended themselves. There were people who *visited* hey in the hospital because she did her herself admitted.
Yeah...the husband is lying if he says he never knew!! He would be VERY concerned about her boing preggo whilst going thru Chemo treatments
@@The_flightless_bird Thanks for answering my main question, which was whether her husband knew.
Her story started way before this. It started in about 2002 when she was 17, she was hired by a family to help care for their 8 year old who had Hodgkins Lymphoma. Get this, the husband left his wife for her and she married him. That is her current husband that you see in the show. If that wasn’t enough they went on to try and get custody, refuse to pay child support and ruin the ex wife’s life. This is an evil person, the Cancer was the cherry on top of a life of lies and deceit.
True. She lied so the mother lost custody for 18 months.
But the scim bag, get off scot-free.
yes they talk about it in the series
AND not only did she actually take money from other supporting cancer patients but their kids.. From the kids’ piggy bank.. SICK.. 😡
How was she able to stage all these photos of her in hospital beds with IVs and monitors?
I am really looking forward to the second part.
I keep thinking this woman needs to be closely observed when she is released.
Absolutely sickening!
Jezus! I can't imagine trying to fake all the appointments, the scans, the labs, the meds, the side effects... Did her husband never once go to an appointment with her or speak with her doctor? Was he in on it? I want to see this documentary.
He had to have been. I really doubt she could have gotten away with the scam without her husband in on it
She was my kid’s principal and I did not like her or her husband
Disgusting. As in this era,,healthcare so Expensive or not available for many. Many in society thinking every Plea for help is a fraud. She's made it harder for those GENUINELY suffering n need help. It makes more of us Suspicious of All pleas.
100 percent agreed. Extremely disgusting behavior.
Nancy is soooo good! Can’t wait to see this.
Universal healthcare would put an end to these scams 🤷🏼♀️
Exactly!
I listened to this whole story on a podcast, and I am very interested to know how much money, gifts, trips, etc, she got away with. They “ estimated” around $100K, but with so much uncounted cash, Professional Sports tickets, gifts, more cash, more gifts, food, clothing, house payments, etc., it had to be way more than a $100K.
Used her privilege card and got away with it. Deceiving conniving liar!
She will get her comeuppance 🤦🏽♀️
There is a woman from my hometown who did this exact thing. They even look alike.
These same generous givers do little to nothing for the poor who truly need the support.
She got away with it for so long because Christians think they are superior. They are unfairly suspicious of everyone who isn't.
Not necessarily true. Many still give to many causes. I know my family does.
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I wonder how Amanda didn't loose all her followers when she said her pregnancy seemed to be reversing the cancer, not a medical professional but that sounds like bull.
She makes me Sick! What a Lying Troll.
Is Mario sick? He sounds weak.
Christian. Why am I not surprised.
She's a false one.
She isnt a Christian. Being a Christian means to be christ like. Christ would never do this. Smh. Dont let the devil confuse you!!!