Last year, Australians lost more than $201.1 million to romance scams according to the National Anti-Scam Centre. Tracy Hall's relationship is one of the more well known ones, made famous by the hit podcast Who the Hell is Hamish? In one of our wildest episodes ever on this is money, Tracy shares how she was swindled out of $317,000 in life savings by one of Australia's most prolific con men, her journey to rebuilding financially and emotionally and how to protect yourself from a romance scam. Tracy has just released her new book, The Last Victim which shares the full story of what happened which you can find via the links below.? The Last Victim ?Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/xkMqmOAmazon: https://amzn.to/3y3lPICThanks to Skye Wealth for supporting our Thursday show! Connect with the team hereWe hate email spam so we don’t create it! Sign up to our newsletter to get only the valuable money, careers and property info you need.To get help, and to check out our online courses, books, resources and downloads (+ our disclaimers and warnings), click here.Any advice is general financial advice only which does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Because of that, you should consider if the advice is appropriate to you and your needs, before acting on the information. If you do choose to buy a financial product read the product disclosure statement (PDS) and target market determination (TMD) and obtain appropriate financial advice tailored to your needs.SYMO interactive Pty Ltd trading as this is money & Glen James are authorised representatives of MoneySherpa Pty Ltd which holds financial services licence 451289. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.