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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WHAT : DE HEK Podcast - Blog2Social Case Study
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You're listening to Danny, on WHAT : DE HEK podcast. This is the place where I share my experience, knowledge and skills.
Transcribed by Otter
Danny de Hek 0:00
Welcome along, Helen, I’m Danny de Hek Blog2Social asked me to do be part of a case study. And they gave me a questionnaire and I looked at other oh my goodness, I’m dyslexic. I don’t want to write this back. And they suggested they actually do a video, case study. And they may pick out the bits they want. However, in the meantime, I thought make a interesting blog, and also a podcast. So Helen is my partner. And she has just recently started using Blog2Social good persons, you’ve probably got a good understanding of what she was trying to accomplish, and are sort of taking it to another level. So they’ve given us this questionnaire, they’ve got quite a few questions. So rather than bore you guys with more intro, let’s get Helen is going to ask me the questions, and I’m gonna see how I do when answering them.
Helen Oakes 0:52
Who are you? And what’s your story
Danny de Hek 0:54
I already said that. I’m Danny, Danny de Hek . And I used to be a mobile internet consultant. And I used to travel around New Zealand building tourism related websites. And alongside that, I started writing a lot of travel information, all things New Zealand. And now I have this massive portal of about 1000 travel related blogs on my website. So this software really interest me when I saw what it does.
Helen Oakes 1:18
What year did you start
Danny de Hek 1:20
Back in 1993, I got interested in computers and around about 1995, he sold everything I owned, and bought a laptop and literally hitchhiked around New Zealand telling people as a mobile internet consultant
Helen Oakes 1:33
What context are you blogging in?
Danny de Hek 1:36
Maybe travel and tourism related personal stories, if you went to my website to hit.com, you’ll see that I have a ramble of all different things. I used every website that was targeted on travel and tourism, and it was called New Zealand’s Information Network. And it just sort of died because of Google AdWords. So I’ve grabbed all the content out of that, and chucked it into dehek.com, which is all about my personal brand.
Helen Oakes 2:01
So it’s your field of expertise, travel, and tourism.
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