Tracy Hall

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106 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 6 Jul

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7am · The dating app conman who stole millions and the victim pushing for change · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

So in July last year, I was alerted to a profile that was live on Bumble and it was using the image of Hamish McLaren, who was presenting as Steve 53.

When Tracy Hall was sent that profile, the man pictured, Hamish McLaren, was locked up in prison.

So it was pretty shocking to see that because 10 years earlier he had presented himself

as somebody that I met on a dating app.

However, that time his name was Max Tevita and he was 41.

I still don't know whether that was him operating that profile or not, but I think that's actually beside the point either way.

Incredibly dangerous for women, really.

So we met on a dating app 10 years ago and we started a relationship that went on for nearly 18 months.

And he basically continued on for that time, presenting himself as Max Tavita.

He was a chief financial officer for a family office, so high-level finance executive.

We took family holidays.

We had very much an in-real-life relationship, planning our future together.

And it wasn't until about 16 months later that I woke up to a Crimestoppers video of him being arrested outside of his apartment.

Of course, I didn't know what was going on.

I knew him as this man that I was in a relationship with and building a future with.

And very soon after dealing with detectives and law enforcement, I was told that his name was actually Hamish McLaren.

and he had been arrested for swindling 15 Australian victims out of $7.6 million.

What he had done was convinced and groomed me to set up a self-managed super fund that I believed was in my name, but there was a bunch of false documentation and, you know, a web of lies.

and actually discovered that it wasn't in my name.

So I lost 22 years of career superannuation.

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