A video of a San Francisco 49ers "wide receiver" running routes on a beach went viral last week, and football fans immediately clocked a dozen red flags. The helmet he took home. The wobbly spiral from whoever was throwing. The guy drawing routes on the ball like he'd never heard one named before.
Daejon Love told women he matched with on dating apps that he was either a wealthy Swiss banker from one of the richest families in the country or a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. For about five years he ran both stories, and a surprising number of people believed him. Jaron and Tim break down how the con worked: the beach workout videos with terrible routes, the POV clips that turned out to be screen recordings stolen from actual NFL players, the LinkedIn that listed his job as "Receiver at National Football League," and the AI search results that made it all look legit. His partner was Taylor Chan, an 18-year-old who handled the technical side, including an app called Fake Bank Account Pro that let them flash phony $30 million balances to pressure women into dumping their savings into fake investment accounts. The FBI tracked 26 women and roughly $1.3 million before detaining both men at the Boise airport. Along the way the hosts get into their own run-ins with scammers, a Threads post about cat-food forks that drew 1,300 furious replies, and the strangest catfish story Jaron has ever heard, which ends with a wedding.
Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today!
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