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Where Love Meets Deception RomConned Exposes the Predators Playbook
Hosted by Laurel House- a Relationship & Behavioral Dynamics Expert specializing in emotional manipulation and coercive control, and Dr. Alex del Carmen- Criminologist and Academic, RomConned investigates the psychology, tactics, and impact of romantic fraud from everyday love-bombing to emotional exploitation.
Love is supposed to feel safe. But in the digital age, intimacy can be exploited and deception has become a new form of crime.
RomConned dives deep into real cases where emotional trust became the gateway to manipulation, fraud, and exploitation.
RomConned is true crime seen through the lens of human connection — where emotional insight meets criminological clarity.
Laurel House
Dating and Relationship Coach
RomCon Expert
Love is powerful. Vulnerability is human. But in the wrong hands… both can be weaponized. Romance scammers don't just steal hearts—they steal life savings, dignity, and sometimes even lives. The tactics are sophisticated. The damage is real. And no one is immune.
Laurel is "an expert in all things relationships," according to Good Morning America on abc.
She is a relationship expert for eharmony, 5x published author, and an international dating and relationship coach for 15 years.
Laurel has been an interviewed expert in 1000s of media outlets including ABC, E!, NBC, Vogue, Glamour, Playboy, Vice, etc...
She was a dating coach on E! "Famously Single."
Having been RomConned herself, she knows the fear, shame, guilt, insecurity, sadness, anger, that comes from being romance scammed.
The criminologist
Dr Alex del Carmen
Dr. Alex del Carmen—criminologist, expert on crime prevention, and consultant to hundreds of law enforcement agencies. For almost three decades, Dr. del Carmen has studied the criminal mind.
He has a Ph.D. in Criminology from FSU and a Masters degree from Harvard. He has served as an instructor at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, testified in federal court, and worked criminal cases where scammers have stolen millions. He doesn't just study these predators—he helps hunt them down.
Dr. del Carmen is the go-to on-air interviewed Criminal expert for 1000s of media outlets including CNN, Telemundo, ABC, NBC, FOX.
