The Instagram 'Scammer': Caroline Calloway | My Life Online 

She “scammed “ people into thinking they were making part of her exclusive glamorous life, like partying hard and being a student in rich people schools , she promised a book that never came and made people paid for it , and people raged all over the internet when her best friend exposed all of that including that her real life wasn’t real at all and it was all a plan to get rich and a popular writer . So , I guess her real fans , not the bots, felt the need to start trolling her for being someone she wasn’t , and specially for “ stealing “ people money , that developed a depression that Vice is showing how she’s dealing with it .

@@nelsonlupertavares6211 Thanks! The only thing I got was that she made them pay for the book she never wrote, but nowhere in this thing did I get that she was lying about her lifestyle.

@@ashleygroobz there was a section (3 minutes 35 seconds) where they talked about when she started her instagram, paid for followers, and created an artificial identity in order to project the type of person that would become an influencer, until it happened. Then she sold that fake identity to book publishers.

You know her personally

I think it showed that she is human, and the internet armchair psychologists need to sit.

You need some bots? Leave compliments about getting compliments ☺️

Thank you! It's ironic to me that a lot of people in the western world LOVE Kpop, where everything is planned and choreographed but if a musical celebrity from over here gets their start that way, they get called all kinds of names and it's considered a bad thing. I think people are quick to judge because, like you said, they are doing the same thing and they don't want others to notice it.

nothing new

Truth! I was “social media manager” for three aspiring influencers. I feel for Caroline; having a ghostwriter is neither scandalous, nor proof she lacks the chops to write her own long form captions.

Losers on the internet want anything to get mad or vocal about. They enjoy cyber bullying and belittling strangers online too. The people on her subreddit are vile, horrible wretches

me too, ages 16-23ish.. have to thank her for her (or natalies) early writing, as one of the first "influencers" I ever heard of (term wasn't really even around back then) those captions inspired me to travel and write when I was super young and impressionable. I think her intelligence, niche humor & social awkwardness to this day make it hard to relate for most people which unfortunately causes them to hate her success. i think people need to go outside lol.. there are worse people & bigger problems in the world

Hundreds of Netflix documentaries

Fr influencers are the most unrealistic useless people just doing fabricated nonsense for attention but 10 years if there ain't a nuclear apocalypse I'd be surprised

Er. Mer. Gerd. 😂😂😂

Yes and I can‘t even blame them, they are being raised by and coming of age by the algorithm/social media platforms…

Exactly they made it seem like she was evil but really she’s just good at doing what everyone else does on social media, be someone else to get the chance to possible be someone else

Agreed. I honestly think the people who dedicate large chunks of their lives to obsessively analyzing every aspect of a stranger's life are FAR more concerning than social-climbing scammers like Caroline Calloway or Anna Delvey.

That reddit page is bullying. How has it not been banned?!

@@Tan-ns2hrSo many pages like that exist for female influencers. They always get mass-reported but never taken down. Its disgusting

Agreed, social media apps are designed to have addictive qualities, addiction is baked into the system and wanted by the app developers/providers to ensure ad clicks.

It’s the dopamine. We’ve known this for years and people still don’t want to understand that they will be affected negatively by this

Not to everyone. People my age often find social media culture awful, cloying, inane, image-obsessed to the point of being empty & depressing, and ultimately inferior to what we had beforehand when we actually got together and did fun sh!t far, far more. There is so much garbage navel-gazing and mutual preening out there online that I feel really bad about the exceptionally intelligent young people who see through most of this immediately.

Yes, we've known since myspace....💀

Only for weak people

Animals are kind to dumb people

Emotional support dogs are the real heroes, at least they show love and get excited to see you and not just dinner.

@@DirtTrackRacing410 Did you not see her cat? Also, Shut up.

@@DirtTrackRacing410 Not a competition lad both help a lot of people

@@DirtTrackRacing410 You sound like you have the mental maturity of a 12 yr old

So TRUE. The miserable people exist in the reddits! I like to call them ‘miserable mom shamers of the internet’

But also it’s a place for people who were actually burned by these kinds of horrible human beings to vent their legitimate frustration and process what happened to them. To each their own, I say. Live and let live!

@@Seeker0fTruthPigeon, is that you? 🦉

@@NoNameNumberTwo Must be an inside joke? Seeing this video was the first I’ve ever heard of this girl. But also perhaps people are truly awful in the subreddit. Plenty of miserable people in the world that’s for sure. Wasn’t denying the OPs perspective just adding my own. But do tell me what you mean by your comment…

@@Seeker0fTruth 14:30 start there.

Indeed, so many Sick people on social media today, especially Girls. ME ME MEEEEEE, thats what girls think today.

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wow, you way better. How to?

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I lost my dad and went through a mental breakdown that led to many stupid choices. So I totally understand where she’s coming from. Hopefully she can find peace

Thank god for this comment. I mean, the immense hate here is really blowing my mind. Poor girl. I don't even know her. How could one not feel bad ? I've seen more sympathy for serial killers.

@@aphrodieMonkey Oh yeah, they loooove a good serial killer! God forbid, a woman made a couple stupid choices in her twenties, let's scrutinize her forever, she DESERVES it!

Didn't seem she was taking any responsibility for her actions in this. Actually seemed quite the opposite - she either minimized what she did, or made excuses for what she did throughout the entire thing. This was the first I've seen or heard of her, but I was actually pretty amazed at how little it seems she's changed in the last decade.

Are you forgetting that she scammed people??

Yes. Someone posting over 2000 posts… a floor plan of her apartment. Ooof. People are pop psychologising her and not at all people who are hounding her. In some ways, I appreciate she’s trolling them back at times. She’s mirroring them. Her: “I’ll keep posting about my haters” Them: “how sad. I’ll keep posting about her” Also hound ppl who scam millions. What about constantly writing your representatives? How about obsessing enough about a thing to enact change? She is being held accountable and way more than ppl who are truly screwing us.

@@theworldofblue4385 I hope this is sarcasm. If not, then you’re saying that just anyone has the right to mete out whatever judgment they see fit for whatever crime they feel someone has committed. Who appointed you or anyone else as the bringer of karma on another human? Were you summoned to her moral/ethical jury? Should you feel so entitled: does the punishment in this case fit the crime?

I think about this all the time!!!

​@@theworldofblue4385 No, but do you really want to live in a world where anyone who ever does a mean, careless thing, gets thousands of strangers mapping their every move, researching every aspect of their past, armchair Dx'ing them with PD's even a real psych wouldn't dx under those conditions/at that young age, and viewing them as the face of modern evil?

You saved me 20! Thanks!

she jus hustling

Capitalism 😀

Or a delisuion of grandeur. She seems very unwell. Zeah, she scammed some people but nothing warranties such bullying and stalking, these people are crazy.

I’ve known people like this. They have big ideas and they think they can follow through, but then they can’t make themselves do it. They think that outside forces, like people paying for a pre-ordered book, will help them feel motivated. It makes things worse. I feel sorry for her.

Yeah, just don't sell something you can't deliver! It's not that complicated.

isolation breeds creativity and introspection is something all humans should do at some point in their life. 30's is a good time to start.. Buddhist Monks spend there entire life in isolation and some take an oath to never speak.... Discipline

Isolation CAN breed creativity. It can also breed severe depression, and usually you get both, not one or the other.

@@paaao depression in many respects is a symptom of a weak mind.. not saying your weak but it means you have work to do... if you are isolating and feeling depressed it means you need to work on your mental

@@PeterFnPorker I’m not depressed on a regular basis anymore. In my late 20s/early 30s yes. I’m not isolated like I was back in those days… That’s the point. What you said is completely true, and social media is making it worse for the younger generation. Luckily social media was not a thing when I was younger. Social media is a tricky beast, because it keeps you isolated, while conning you into thinking you’re still making real connections with people. Truth is, you’re not. You’re only dipping your toes in the connection pool, and telling yourself you got your bath for the day.

@@paaao "isolating" and going onto social media is not proper Isolation, but yeah your right about social media being toxic.

Been there

She’s looking for catharsis. Starving her ego. It’s an essential step in mental healing and growth.

@@madisonj5136 if that’s all you got that’s all you got

It was done just as filler content for this mini doc, I'm sure it's not like she would have done this on her own on a Sunday afternoon. 🙄 Come on now.

@@Bensux you're probably right. I didn't think of it that way. They filmed her around her house doing pretty much nothing, so this was a way to get her to do something for the camera.

She just seems like a typical young woman

@@millennialsecularandauthri3338 typical *American young woman

@@chloefarmer3495 well she isn’t fat

Theres an hour long video up by Dangelo Wallace about her now. But basically, to summarize, she spends all her time wasting peoples money and lying to them about it. She keeps mentioning her addiction so people feel sorry for her, but she accepted a 500k book deal, knowing she never planned on writing the book. Blew it all on partying. Asked people to pay her for a preorder of her book that she still hasn't written. Blew all that money on partying. She comes from a wealthy family, used to literally live in the richest city in america, and would constantly beg people for money just to blow it all on something unnecessary. She even chose to stop paying rent, got sued, and then countersued by saying she was too poor to pay rent. WHILE taking everybodys money and lying to them. She's basically a narcissist who wanted to be famous for writing a book, but never actually wanted to write a book and lied to the people that supported her financially. Even years and years after her addiction issue was no more. Even now, she finally released a mess of a book (only because she wanted to release a book before her ex friend who she hates for no reason) and had people pay 100 for it, knowing she didn't plan on shipping it out. She took money from a skincare company who wanted her to be the face of a new skincare product called "snake oil," because shes so known for lying and scaming at this point. She accepted, for the money. She put these products together on her living room floor, got complaints about her cats hair being inside the product, and then told people they were lucky there wasn't MORE cat hair, inside this 2 ounce bottle of grapeseed oil that they paid $80 for. She's a narcissist who liked the idea and aesthetic of Cambridge academia. She wanted to be the face or voice of this aesthetic, knowing she didn't want to write a book. So she lied to people about it to take their money and their book deals. This is so, so much worse and deeper than just buying followers. I completely forgot she did that because it doesn't compare to everything else.

I feel for her, BECAUSE she seems to love it and feed it. It's a sad pattern to be caught up in.

What else to do if it's happening othet than to try to accept the reality that is not the one she might want which would be no hate. Her dark humor is a survival mechanism to get through and is very relatable to ppl who use dark humor to deal with trauma or big emotions. To embrace the concept is hard to do in a way that does not feed the cycle of self-hatred and Communal hatred of her. Owning a bad scenario that is your life/from your own actions instead of barring feelings or pretending it isn't real I would argue to be more toxic for her and the haters. At the very least her self-awareness is nessesary for her to transverse her healing journey and move forward beyond her 20's.

Joe, you just too broke to be making such comments. Go buy an influencer please 🙏

you right, nothing new.

hey, but at least you make it with others, without standing out and taking hits. pro moves there

In my opinion. Mental health will drive you mad

We definitely need more mental health awareness as a society. There are so many amazing tools to help people with mental health issues and most of the effective ones are not psych drugs(which don't seem to deal with the underlying issues).

What about the generation ruled by narcissistic dictators haha

I'm wondering if that's the main problem with these influencers. They're bored and unmotivated and life lacks meaning.

No legit job. Ever. How does she afford her life?

Yes like that Harry Potter person

@@daixer3156LOL

Her friend did offer to ghostwrite a book for her, but at the last minute Caroline bailed and refused to let the book be published

This is the crux of the matter

She hired her old friend to ghost write but a fight broke out between them leading to her trashing her friend online

she needs to off her self

Lol get a life

why do you care? she owes someone money and trashed her apparent. does that mean she deserves to be stalked and harassed by thousands of strangers daily?

@@AS-pg5zl Obviously not. Just keep in mind this woman is a highly unreliable narrator.

Well said. And who are they to scrutinize her afterall.

Thank you! She fucked up, a lot and publicly. But she doesn't deserve the degree of disdain people direct at her.

I would also argue that it is very human and relatable to be out of touch with aspects of oneself and their contributions in their own life being their's to own and take responsibility for. I think that most people struggle with these things and are putting ppl like her and judging them for not acting perfectly in response. I don't know any humans who are not somehow a hypocrite, liar, and struggle to take accountability for things that feel too hard to do. It's very human to be fluid. Taking responsibility is not something taught or intuitive at all to humans, when the goal is to persurve ourselves and survive. Taking responsibility unmasks the individual and makes them vulnerable which is very uncomfortable to put ourselves in that state of mine, because vulnerability could mean extreme consequences for being real with oneself. I think being hurt when ppl we feel we love and know their morals stray from that even a little, it's easy to forget when the last time we might have modified our values to meet the situation at hand and yet can still hold thos3 values close and be rooted in them deeply. Everyone strays from their compass. Not saying ppl don't need to take accountability, just think that ppl don't see how human it is to do something or say something that isn't perfectly aligned with what they portray is their values and principles. All humans are not exempt from this fault of the wildcard effect when humans choose to be spontaneous and a drift from their "self."

Because she owes her ex-landlord insane amounts of money after completely trashing her once-apartment, and never having worked a stable job a day in her life, she doesn't know how to make money but off attention on the internet

Can't stop, won't stop.

Because she wants attention. Why else do "influencers" do what they do? Attention.

She's mental.

Good question, D. 🧐 wondering the same

Probably still scamming people.

reddit is a shithole

We live in a vile world. I think we're actually existing in Pandora's box.

​@8 of Wands Ahhh, but a tremendously beautiful world too. There is always the other side....always. Be well.

@@phillumenistfilms True. Let's not forget the last thing Pandora found in the Box was hope. 💗💗

@@8ofwands300yeahhhh, along with EVERY MISERY IN THE WORKD. Because that balances out.

its not social media..its the drugs and pills she takes..thank me later!

Lol the first idk bout that

That’s a good point. Honestly she seems like your typical American above average looking girl.

Thanks but pretty sure I can draw my own conclusions.

yea, people are dumb.

Shes hitting the wall.

That all may be true but it doesn’t in any way absolve this garbage charlatan from her predatory scams. She is a danger to society.

Well... This is the society we created. Depending on how you define success she's either winning or treading water.

Talent? Where?

I’ve never heard about this what so ever but From what I can tell watching this, Yo she is beyond help. First of all she is obviously now lazy and a slob.. Not even going to hide when her mom comes over that she has a bottle of wine and pill bottles there… She actually got into a good school with a shot at a really good education/future without faking it to make it so to speak.. AND the way she talks about it right off the bat sounds like she still obviously thinks too highly of herself still.. Straight up says she launched creativity work shops but didn’t actually have any intention of following through what so ever, even sold tickets. She was upset that her friend “tries to take credit for her writing and make me seem like this ditsy influencer” when 10 seconds prior was stating that everything she said was completely true…🤦‍♂️ So now 9 minutes in she opens up about having Reddit which in the start she said she doesn’t post online, to then purposely find people that hate her and stir the pot. I’d call anyone a scammer that makes people pre order a BOOK?!? With how she left that place, anyone would be upset and I doubt a damage deposit would cover the cost to bring that back to what it was when she moved in. “I’m leaving the internet and moving to tiktok” soo your not leaving the internet. At the end said she had onlyfans but at the start was upset that people pick apart her personal life. This video got her money though and I’d bet that she never has to work again in her life, ask anyone or 98% of people though if they never had to work again by choice they would be happy. In the end she is still ungrateful and unappreciative.

Most people on social media don’t even see ‘influencers’ or people like that on their feeds. These people are only involved if you follow them

Agreed

When you ghost write you can't come back to take credit after the fact.

@@BantanaAudio but when your a predatory scam artist do you get to try to avoid responsibility like this coward woman keeps doing?

Two authors can write under one...

@Bantana Audio nah there was already rift between them, she actually hired her friend once before manage her ig and due to a small dispute she trashed her all over online

She told that Natalie made it look like she build the whole brand, which was not true. She was only a ghost writer. And a friend. Not a good combination.

That was honestly the most shocking part of the video for me. I'd never see my cats again 😭

It's not even truly a fry, it's just straining her throat like she's strangling herself from the inside.

How do we know that’s true though? I mean, she’s lied about practically everything else in her life. The girl who cried wolf

@@yourunmarathons She's clearly suffering deeply emotionally - anyone would. And you can see in these comments that she is being used as a punching bag by some really cruel individuals.

It's a choice tho

You’re being actively scammed by her STILL 😂 Under Darwinism’s rules you would be classified as WEAK in our species.

@@JamesWilliams-jf3hd I've never given her money so I'm not sure what she is scamming me out of. I just don't like to see another person being abused to this level.

if anything this documentary add fuel to the fire because I didn't even know who she was and this video made me not like her. She put it all upon herself

That's what she clearly wants yeah. It's a documentary though it's intention is to document what has happened and the effects on this person. It's not intended to make you feel a certain way, that's up to you.

@@TheTechDweller IMO, this is not even close to scratching the surface of all the abhorrent things she’s done, and it’s leaning toward garnering sympathy for her by showing the “hate” she gets, rather than her taking accountability for her actions, how she betrayed her friends + co-workers in numerous ways, and showing the reasonable comments who give her fair criticism which is the vast majority of people. It’s hard to feel bad for a scammer.

How do you know that? Pure speculation??

@@yeurslovingly apparently her friend directed this video

I’ve been looking for this comment! Lol

Thanks this is making it too cute for me

You will never find any form of mainstream or even alt-mainstream media (like Vice) that will ever produce a piece that speaks of any act performed by any woman with a sense of shame, accountability, or consequences attached to it. It has to be done with Pride, Attention, Praise and/or Sympathy being the lens we view it through. People can argue this but you can't prove it wrong. Doesn't matter if she killed someone.

Wait WHAT? 🙃 What universe is this? Is it a scam in a scam???

All I see is a claim with no evidence.

Thought the same thing.

She'll never be able to sit down and write it though

and who said you can't write about something while experiencing it?

The only sick people I see are the ones who devote a hate subreddit to Caroline. It's gross.

@@fashionista444 why not both? (the stand up shells structurally allow more ingredients, but often crack)

I see that she's self-centered and attention-seeking, but there is a lot going on here and intractable narcissism is hard to diagnose with confidence even in person by a trained therapist. On almost every video I see that displays someone's personality or includes divisive opinions, there are tons of comments labeling the person a narcissist or a sociopath. I feel like at this point it's becoming the latest way to dismiss people as sub-human so we don't have to look at a bigger picture or question ourselves.

I see what you did there

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has no idea who she is.

And I believe she financed it, so there you go.

i think it's quite powerful to see a friends perspective

She does appear to be on a path towards beginning to take accountability and be honest about what she has done however I agree that she is far from being there just yet. It was an interesting documentary to watch.

I feel sorry for your beeper

@@daixer3156 Surprisingly still used by doctors to this day.

I hear you. I was born in '77, by the time social media was a thing, I was a "professional" (whatever that means) and had way too much on my plate to give two shits about instagram and all that.

@@MichaelHong-um1nsthat sounds cool. i was born in 98, i only got on Instagram at 18yo. Still not ideal, but at least my childhood & early teen years were free of smartphones & compulsive social media addictions. At least i have a "before" to compare to 😟

That is something I will never experience . . . thank you for your insight. But I must say that this had not been wholly the making of my generation: it's the people who are at the top of these social media platforms who prioritise profit over all else who are at the root of this mess ❤

Someone needs to do this to Kylie Jenner and the Kardashians.

i love these kinds of comments from pre teens

Can I ignore you?

She wouldn't have smoked on a plane, but she said that people used to smoke on planes. I'm a little bit older than this woman, but I remember an uncle sat in the smoking section of the plane during the flight.

People like this are pathological. They will not even realize they’re lying it’s done so fluidly…

@Jedirie J interesting fact is some airplanes have ash trays like you said and also put them in bathrooms because people are dumb and will smoke anyways so they are put there to at least have somewhere to put the hot ashes and not set the plane on fire

airlines didn't just Throw away air planes or throw away every seat in every airplane after smoking was outlawed! Lol. I'm not defending her but you said a dumb thing. I'm her age and air planes ONE HUNDRED percent had ash trays in the arm rests for years after smoking was outlawed. If you were a kid in the 90s and you flew on a plane you would have fiddled with the ashtray mechanism on your arm rest.

it was just an analogy

There is ZERO way you know that is wine.

thats why no one cares about decent people

do you think leaving hate comments about someone who is very obviously struggling is something a decent person would do?

@@AS-pg5zl what hate comment?

And that’s the kind of mentality that will never solve this situation. Instead of realizing the real mental health help that these people need from society, you pit all the blame on ,”should’ve known better.” Your lack of sympathy is what will delay the real help and tools that anyone like this genuinely needs.

They need better exit plans and support system

Really?

There elements of ChrisChan to it

I agree everything was hand it for her, not one book she has wrote

Cringy is harassing someone on the internet

yeah. her saying that she shouldn't not have privacy bc of a decision she made at 20... gurl you put every second of your life online, pushed it even, nearly every day for years. You craved the publicity and fame and popularity.

I think you’re missing the point a bit. It’s fun to be on a high horse but at least get the point before being sanctimonious

People who are used to Pride, Attention, and Praise CANNOT handle shame, accountability, and consequences. We've destroyed an entire generation becaus le we treated personal and social norms of shame, accountability, and consequences as forms of violence and abuse. This is the result.

Especially since none of us can really relate to what she’s going through. It’s easy to criticize someone who you don’t understand. It’s easy to pretend that you would deal with fame/infamy a different way, when in fact none of us can remotely understand what this woman is going through.

@@Zelomakitoko exactly ☺️ and is still wanting attention by stalking these ppl wanting to "talk". That ...."are we best friends now"... wasn't on purpose. She is over quiet time and is looking to start the show over again.

Talk about JoJoRabbit

Birds of a feather...

​@@marshalchristman9757 flock together

I don't know who she is either.. Just cringing this is.. For attention.. Smh..

Yeah, same. I would feel bad if she didn't care and moved on with her life. But it seems like she is still dwelling on the past.

Someone commented above this Vice clip portrays her in a sympathetic way because it was directed by her friend who works at Vice. Isn't that some form of unethical journalism? She is the typical type of woman I loathe.

Was thinking the same thing.

Idk. I think it also highlights how the consequences of publicly making mistakes/behaving dysfunctionally in the age of the internet and social media.Those consequences aren't carefully reserved for the deeply, intractably terrible. If you think about how many people have served hard time for crimes they didn't commit... of course these internet justice campaigns will hit people who've made lesser mistakes, or got framed/wrong-place-wrong-time.

She ripped off a LOT of people, and is *proud* to call herself a scammer. She made being a scammer her brand! Go on the smolbean subreddit for a timeline. She’s disgusting.

She was selling people “personalised” tarot cards claiming they’d also be signed sent them out unsigned with stickers 😂 she will probably sell book you’ll open it to find missing chapters

well she obviously is in severe mental distress from daily stalking and harassment from strangers

I literally disconnected from her a whole year ago and she randomly popped into my sphere the other day…. Disappointed but not surprised to find out this book still does not exist