Jack Monroe #509 The Silence of the Scams.

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I wonder does her time with the slop goblin feature in her routine
It does not - she talks mainly about dating , being petty and her relationship with her mum. She does sometimes mention her pr/marketing background but I’ve never heard any stories that were obviously about guest .
 
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And before we we shouted at for Red Dwarf references:

You think I've got nothin' better to do than hang around watching you serve chicken chasseur in a stool bucket?

Its like they knew
 
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This is what I mean. It’s the repeated pattern on a grand scale that makes it a scam rather than the result of “meaning well but being chaotic and mentally ill” which is what she says when she’s caught out. Same pattern: big heroic promises, solicits money, goes quiet whilst money is spent, pleads severe mental ill health when challenged.

Perhaps “confidence trick” is a better phrase than “scam” because there’s such a big element of emotional manipulation to each episode. She’s more Dirty John than Nigerian Prince.

ETA to add: I don’t think I’m reaching when I say that the scams have got closer together in time, and increasingly sloppily thought out, since the start of 2020 and the break with Louisa. I think that’s interesting too.
 
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Don't forget the "bratty kids of mean lady in pub garden stole my wallet" and other assorted short-term "emergency" begs.
 
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Agree - the fact she's done it multiple times and also not stepped down/stopped her physical patreon tiers for the best part of 2-3 years suggests that it's intentional grifting, rather than sMoL ChaOs BrAiN
 
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It would be interesting if a forensic frau with time on their hands could look at Guest's sm posts in the aftermath of the kickstarter money landing. What new designer goods magically appeared? Where there holidays? Trips to expensive restaurants? Pricey gourmet ingredients bought? Expensive booze?
 
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Perhaps “confidence trick” is a better phrase than “scam” because there’s such a big element of emotional manipulation to each episode. She’s more Dirty John than Nigerian Prince.
The manipulative direct messages definitely point to that. I dread to think what we haven't seen yet.
 
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It's why I think she was unwise to have mentioned it all last week - she has to be hoping that people let it drop. If she ever finds herself in court over it, a barrister is going to really enjoy having so much material to use when demonstrating a pattern of behaviour.

I think her best bet would have been to DM anyone talking about it to offer them a refund privately, and to have pressured any stans into deleting their "it's in the escrow!" tweets.

Of course, that risks a "Lyn said it's fine" moment with DMs being published - but I would think she really needs to get the furore to die down before the Hay festival.
 
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I would imagine a good portion of it went to something that wasn't shown on sm, namely J1G . Allegedly, m'lud.
 
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babe, same x
I even wondered for a split second if maybe it might be better to be in that camp rather than the actual reality we live in
 
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It does not - she talks mainly about dating , being petty and her relationship with her mum. She does sometimes mention her pr/marketing background but I’ve never heard any stories that were obviously about guest .
I read that as "pretty" then and wondered if she was sharing her magic mirror with Jack.
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babe, same x
I even wondered for a split second if maybe it might be better to be in that camp rather than the actual reality we live in
Same, when they kept showing the clip of Jacob Rees Mogg and the incoherent, screeching climate activist (I assume that's what they were) I had to turn it off before I started buying The Mail and wittering on about "woke lefties" .
 
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This would be great. I don’t have access to the Ms Gloss or whatever it’s called group, but I’ll wager there’s a lot of crossover there. Also I seem to remember she used to show off on insta a lot.
 
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It is strange that none of her army of GOOD friends and family thought to help her. May be a lift to the main post office .

Although why she couldn't pay for a taxi...
 
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can anyone think when would the kickstarter cash have landed?

In November 2016 she was making herself a lipstick & gin advent calendar. Because you know, may as well buy TWENTY FIVE LIPSTICKS.

 
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The kickstarter predates her joining Mrs Gloss. When she started it in December 2015, she was still being non binary. She joined Gloss in September 2016. It’s my guess that the kickstarter was when she realised that people would just send her cash on a promise.

Having seen how much cash that woman I know who pretended she had cancer made from a small largely quite impoverished community, I can well believe Jack’s made ££££££ from Sue Lee with the reach she has. Look how many people still sent money to her Patreon despite her not sending any rewards at all.

The kickstarter awoke the grift.
 
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