Where is Amanda Riley AKA ‘Scamanda’ now?

AMANDA Riley is a well-known name across America, thanks to her very public and highly publicized battle with cancer which saw people donate thousands of dollars to support her. 

However, unbeknownst to those wellwishers, Amanda had faked her entire cancer battle and was using it as a scheme to make money. 

The discovery of her plot earned her the nickname “Scamanda”, thanks to a podcast and upcoming TV series of the same name, and she eventually received a five-year prison sentence. 

But who really is Amanda and where is she now? 

A church scam and a legal battle

Not much is known about Amanda’s early life, before she launched her cancer scam in the early 2010s, except for the details uncovered by investigative producer Nancy Moscatiello and broadcaster Charlie Webster.

Amanda attended the Family Community Church, which attracted thousands of churchgoers every week, many of whom would eventually become the victims of Amanda’s plan. 

The producer and broadcaster uncovered that Amanda had been in a legal battle with her husband Cory’s ex-wife Aletta, prior to launching her cancer scheme. 

Amanda and Cory had been locked in a bitter custody battle over Aletta and Cory’s daughter, Jessa. 

Amanda had met Cory shortly after his divorce from Aletta in 2007 and they tied the knot four years later in 2011.

The couple claimed that Aletta was a bad parent and eventually persuaded the court into handing over full custody of Jessa.

It was also around this time that Amanda’s alleged scam was born and she began to talk about her claims of a cancer diagnosis online.

Lymphoma Can Suck It

Amanda documented her struggle with Hodgkin Lymphoma on a blog called “Lymphoma Can Suck It”, which she launched in 2012. 

She would share pictures of herself hooked to IV drips on the site and posted updates about experimental treatments she was receiving.

The blog even had a link which led wellwishers to a donor page, which encouraged them to pay for Amanda’s treatments.