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.
DANNY DE HEK
MONEY AND ATTENTION
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[Intro]
Young, rich, everybody look at me
Rolex shining for the camera, naturally
Got another reel, got another mention
Everybody wants money and attention
[Chorus]
He wants money and attention
Flash cars lined up in every direction
Five hundred bucks to ten grand, that's the lesson
Ask another question, now we're starting the tension
Money and attention
Money and attention
If Danny asks for evidence
Here comes another Instagram session
[Verse 1]
Diamond glasses, joint burning in the sun
Luxury rentals making everybody think you've won
Rolex on the wrist, camera pointed at the ride
But ask who owns the cars and suddenly we're going for a drive
"I'm just an investor, I never recruited"
Okay, that's exactly what the article reported
Six weeks of questions sitting there unanswered
Then the investigation drops and suddenly Danny's the bastard
[Pre-Chorus]
Call me names again
Threaten me again
Tell the whole Internet
You're coming for me again
[Chorus]
He wants money and attention
Flash cars lined up in every direction
Five hundred bucks to ten grand, that's the lesson
Ask another question, now we're starting the tension
Money and attention
Money and attention
Forty minutes on the telephone
Now everybody gets the whole conversation
[Verse 2]
One hundred kilos, ten months away
Now we're debating marijuana law in the USA
"I'm not a criminal, they'll clear it one day"
Mate, I'm only reading what the records actually say
Then it's OnlyFans management, another new plan
High-value lifestyle, high-value man
Trading education, prop firms on the screen
Half a million buying power — but what does that really mean?
[Pre-Chorus]
Show the receipts again
Follow the facts again
Don't need a Lamborghini
To know where the money went
[Chorus]
He wants money and attention
Diamond glasses getting everyone's attention
Five hundred bucks to ten grand, that's the lesson
But apparently it takes months before you reach that progression
Money and attention
Money and attention
Funny what you learn
When you ask a couple questions
[Bridge – spoken/rap section]
Drug test Danny
Polygraph Danny
Check his computer
Investigate Danny
Spend a hundred grand
Put his name everywhere
Forty fake stories?
Mate, I've already been there
You can call me ugly
You can call me strange
But insults aren't evidence
And facts don't rearrange
You say you're the victim
Then tell us what occurred
I'll publish the evidence
Not somebody's word
[Breakdown]
Young Rich
Big watch
Flash cars
TikTok
Big claims
Big smoke
One question
Not a joke
Show receipts
Show proof
That's all
That's truth
[Final Chorus]
He wants money and attention
Every disagreement becomes another mention
Forty minutes talking finally broke the tension
Funny what can happen when we have a conversation
Money and attention
Money and attention
You tell your side
I'll publish mine
And everybody gets to make their own decision
[Outro]
Diamond glasses
Rolex wrist
Another reel
Another twist
No threats
No fiction
Just receipts
And contradiction
Money...
And attention.
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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