DANNY DE HEK
Scammers rely on silence. We make noise.
Welcome to the Avengers Anti-Fraud Alliance, led by Danny de Hek, a New Zealand investigative journalist whose work exposing scams, Ponzi schemes, MLMs and financial fraud has been featured by The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian, ABC Australia, RNZ and others.
This podcast takes you inside real investigations.
We follow the money, identify the people behind fraudulent operations, examine corporate records, court documents, blockchain transactions, marketing material, leaked communications and digital evidence — then put what we find into the public record.
Some investigations begin with a victim contacting me. Others start with an anonymous tip, a suspicious Zoom meeting, a cryptocurrency wallet, a court filing, or an Avenger somewhere in the world saying: “Danny, you need to look at this.”
The Avengers Anti-Fraud Alliance brings together researchers, whistleblowers, victims and ordinary people who are tired of watching scammers operate without scrutiny.
Patreon helps fund that work and gives supporters a closer look behind the investigations — including updates, evidence, developing stories and material that doesn't always fit into a YouTube video.
I don't accept payment to remove investigations. I don't sell reputation management. And when someone I investigate disagrees with my reporting, I give them the opportunity to respond.
The objective is simple:
Investigate. Analyse. Expose. Protect.
If you're a victim, whistleblower or you've discovered something that deserves investigating, get in touch.
Scams thrive in darkness. The Avengers turn on the lights.
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The Rory Conacher Blues
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THE RORY CONACHER BLUES
(Folk Protest Ballad)
Verse 1
Rory rolled in selling crypto dreams,
StepChain shirts and wealth-machine schemes,
"Freedom's coming, just hold the line,"
Every promise sounded mighty fine.
HyperVerse rockets filled the sky,
People watched their savings fly,
Friends and family bought the pitch,
Till the whole thing left them in a ditch.
Chorus
Hey Rory Conacher, how many roads you choose?
How many broken promises before the public views?
One day you're the salesman, next day you're the cure,
But the people who got burned aren't buying that no more.
Verse 2
Now he's talking legal claims,
Blaming everyone but the names,
Says there's lawyers waiting in Dubai,
But nobody can verify.
Forms are open, fees are due,
Same old story dressed up new,
Victims asking, "Where's the proof?"
Only finding another roof.
Pre-Chorus
Because trust gets spent and trust gets lost,
And someone always pays the cost,
The hardest truth for all to see,
Sometimes the rescuer caused the injury.
Chorus
Hey Rory Conacher, what happened to the truth?
Another shiny rescue plan aimed at the wounded youth,
One more webinar, one more excuse,
That's the sound of the Rory Conacher blues.
Verse 3
Then Michele stood and took a stand,
Against her own flesh and blood's command,
Family ties can run so deep,
But conscience doesn't always sleep.
She gathered documents, dates and names,
Followed the money, followed the claims,
While others looked the other way,
She chose the harder road that day.
Verse 4
Then Danny de Hek came asking why,
While promoters hoped the story would die,
Digging through records, court filings too,
Separating fact from what wasn't true.
The louder the questions started to grow,
The harder it became to run the show,
Because evidence doesn't care who's loud,
And facts don't disappear in a crowd.
Bridge
See eventually the curtain falls,
Eventually somebody answers the calls,
You can rebrand stories, change the name,
But history remembers who played the game.
The victims weren't looking for another pitch,
They wanted answers to the mess in which
Their savings vanished, dreams were bruised,
Leaving families singing the Conacher blues.
Final Chorus
Hey Rory Conacher, the story isn't done,
The people still remember what happened to their funds,
And while the truth may travel slow,
It always catches up wherever you go.
So here's to those who stood their ground,
When silence was the safer sound,
To Michele, Danny, and all who refuse,
To stop exposing the Conacher blues.
Outro
No moonshot left.
No secret cure.
No miracle lawyer.
No easy door.
Just victims wanting truth at last,
And a record of the past.
That's the Rory Conacher blues.
The Avengers Anti-Fraud Alliance is a community supporting independent investigations into scams, Ponzi schemes, MLMs, crypto fraud and the people behind them.
Led by New Zealand investigative journalist Danny de Hek, the Avengers help uncover information, connect victims, analyse evidence and expose schemes that deserve public scrutiny.
We investigate. We expose. We protect.
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