Ex-scammer Matthew Cox joins Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour to reveal shocking fraud tactics that will leave you speechless! 😱 From synthetic identities to elaborate real estate scams, Matthew shares how he masterminded operations that fooled banks, corporations, and even law enforcement. 🚨 This episode is packed with valuable insights into the mind of a fraudster, his unbelievable journey through the criminal underworld, and the hard lessons he learned along the way. Matthew talks about life after prison, adjusting to a changed world, and how he reinvented himself. Whether it’s fake IDs, synthetic identities, or secret systems, this is one story you don’t want to miss! 🎙️ Tune in now to hear one of the craziest stories ever shared on the podcast. Don’t miss out—watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets. 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 Join the conversation and let us know your thoughts in the comments below! CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Matthew Cox’s Life Before Prison 01:24 - Adjusting to Life After 13 Years in Prison 04:46 - Problems Faced in Prison 07:36 - Race Relations and Dynamics in Prison 14:01 - Mortgage Fraud Techniques Today 18:02 - Real Estate Fraud Strategies Today 22:10 - Purchasing Fake W2s and Pay Stubs 25:25 - Long-Term Planning in Fraud Schemes 26:14 - Obtaining a Fake Social Security Number 30:10 - Creating a $40 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme 33:10 - Developing a $200 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme 38:53 - Getting Caught by the FBI 40:59 - The Wire Fraud Scam Explained 46:12 - Running a Second Scam After the First 49:09 - Creating Fake Bank Statements for Fraud 56:07 - Consequences of Getting Caught 56:58 - Helping Friends Commit Fraud 1:02:42 - Tree Trimming Business Venture 1:06:08 - The FBI Finally Tracks Down Josh 1:09:10 - Escape with a Bipolar Girlfriend 1:18:15 - Government Seizure of Assets 1:20:14 - The Secret Service Arrests Matt 1:24:55 - Matthew's Arrest and Guilty Plea 1:26:20 - Matthew's 26-Year Sentence 1:30:04 - Reducing His Sentence by 7 Years 1:33:17 - Matthew's Last Con: Early Release from Prison 1:36:13 - Matthew's Final Legal Battles 1:36:24 - Matthew's Sentence Reduction Process 1:36:30 - Life in the Halfway House 1:36:39 - Launching the Podcast 1:36:49 - Matthew's True Crime Book Series 1:37:19 - Current Relationships with Co-Conspirators 1:37:50 - Where to Find Matthew's Podcast APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Matthew Cox https://www.youtube.com/@InsideTrueCrime https://www.instagram.com/insidetruecrime/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ #truecrime #crime #realestate #matthewcox #softwhiteunderbelly
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I've got original bank statements. What am I supposed to do? How else do I do this? And that's really as simple as it is. So the point is, is that I would get calls from banks every once in a while and say, hey, this is fucked up. This is what's going on. And I sat there and just said, look, I don't know what you want me to tell you. You know, I can give you the money back.
Let me just cut you a check. And they go, oh, that's too late for that. All right, guys, we got Matthew Cox here today. One of the craziest stories I've ever heard, man. Thanks for coming on today. No problem. You've been busy podcasting these days, huh? Yeah. That's my full-time gig. Yeah. You made that switch four years ago, you said? Yeah. Well, it wasn't my full-time gig four years ago.
It takes some time. Probably by the last couple of years, it's been full-time. It's been paying all my bills. You know when you start off and it takes a while. Was that adjustment really hard when you got out of prison to adjust back to the real world? Yeah, I lived in someone's spare room. Well, I lived in a rooming house essentially for about 18 months. And then I got a one bedroom.
In the one bedroom, I basically started the podcast. So I was probably a year out. But yeah, it was definitely an adjustment. First of all, I'd never been on... Look, I'd never held an iPhone. I'd never been on YouTube. So all the things that you take for granted that you just can know, imagine having to learn all of that like... I had no idea how anything worked.
It was, everything was like magic. So yeah, you got out of there. It was a whole new world, right? Social media. Yeah. 13 years, like everything changed. Keep in mind, when I got locked up, Facebook had been out about a year. I mean, I'd never been on it. MySpace was a thing. Wow.
So you can imagine how, you know, I had when my phone went, you know, it had just come out maybe a year before I got locked up texting. It was a big deal, bro. Keyboard phones, right? Yeah. Yeah. You can text people. I didn't even know what that was. So, yeah, I was. Did you have one in prison, a phone? No, no. I was a good inmate. Yeah. Yeah. You know, like these guys get in there and they're.
You know, they're doing, you know, drugs and they're hustling and they're sneaking cell phones. And like, you know, I don't have the energy for that. I mean, you got out early, so. Yeah, I got out of my time cut by 12 years, which is crazy. Yeah. That's really impressive, actually, because you were supposed to serve 26, right? Yeah. I'm supposed to be in prison right now. Yeah.
And you got out at 13? Yeah. That's nuts, man. Was that the plan when you got in to kind of reduce it as much as possible? Yeah, absolutely. Well, first of all, the plan, there wasn't much of a plan because I never thought I was going to end up with getting 26 years.
Like, you know, and then everybody says like, well, when you got 26 years, did you, so man, did you think you were going to do 26 years? I actually had this conversation yesterday with a friend of mine and I thought I never really let it kind of sink in, maybe a little bit here or there, but I always thought to myself that at some point they'll send me to a camp and I'll escape.
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