He Pretended To Be A LORD, Stole Millions & Now He’s Missing After Escaping Prison?!
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Megan Clark was deceived by Robert Underwood, a conman who falsely presented himself as a noble lord and wealthy watchmaker. After a romantic relationship that began with lavish dates and grand gestures, Robert isolated Megan, controlled her social media, and convinced her to leave her job and marry him within months. He fraudulently used her name to accrue over £30,000 in debt, and when Megan uncovered bank accounts under false names, she realized the truth. Robert, a known convicted fraudster with a history of stealing from individuals and businesses—including forging documents and using stolen identities—had been manipulating victims through fabricated stories and phone calls that made him seem legitimate. After Megan exposed him online, numerous others came forward, revealing he had targeted men on Grindr and used fake noble titles to scam them. Robert escaped from prison in an open facility, and despite ongoing investigations, he remains at large, using aliases and living in an RV while continuing to con people. Megan, now financially and emotionally freed, launched a successful photography business. The story underscores the dangers of emotional manipulation, the importance of recognizing red flags like social media control, and the critical role of public awareness in exposing fraud. The case serves as a powerful reminder that deception can persist for years, and vigilant reporting helps protect others from similar victimization.
hi guys and welcome back to true crime with kendall ray uh newsflash i'm not kendall ray
if you couldn't already tell or maybe you're listening to this and you think that we
perhaps sound alike but it is i her cousin janelle and i am so excited to be recording
this video today you guys i have been wanting to do a tckr video for a long time but have never
gotten the chance and as we all know lovely kendall is on maternity leave right now enjoying
her new baby boy and she invited me to come on the channel and record a video for you guys today
which again i'm so excited for a little bit nervous because uh there's some big shoes to
fill here obviously but nonetheless i'm super excited for today's episode side note i'm
getting over a cold which is just perfect timing so if i sound a little nasally i am
sorry uh but i'm gonna do my best to sound the least annoying that i can now if you don't know
who i am like i said i am kendall's cousin i work with her and we're besties as well
outside of work but i also co-host a show called the sesh with her um and it is a very
it is basically the opposite of a true crime show if you will it's just very relaxed
it's kind of shoot the shit we talk about pop culture and current events we play games we
talk about our feelings sometimes we kind of just do whatever we want on that show and so
if you ever are you know interested in checking it out there's always a link below
um i'm sure that there's a little bit of overlap but obviously this channel is uh much bigger than
the audience over on the sesh and so i think for the most part you guys don't know who i am but
i wanted to go ahead and give myself a little bit of an
introduction so you aren't just like who is this complete rando on your screen but i appreciate
everyone who is tuning in today despite kendall being gone she's actually gonna make back sooner
than you think her maternity leave is flying by and i'm really excited to have her back because
i've missed working with her so stay tuned there's not much longer until she's back on the show
and on your screens so for today's episode i have one of truly the craziest fraud stories i have ever
come across and i know a lot of you guys are probably wondering why i'm doing this because
i know that kendall has done many fraud stories on her channel in the past but oh my god this one
is actually insane you guys like i can't even explain to you just when you think this story
couldn't get any crazier we peel back an entire new layer of crazy okay it is truly one of the
most wild cases and i know that kendall would have loved to talk about this case with you guys today
but i just could not pass up the opportunity when i came across it because it is truly so so wild so
like i said i'm really excited to have her back and i'm really excited to have her back and i'm
really excited to have her back and i'm really excited to have her back and i'm really excited
it is a fraud story however there is also a element of awareness that needs to be raised as
well that i think is really important that we discuss so we're going to go ahead and do that
too and that is because this dude that we are about to talk about today this pillsberry dough
boy looking ass mother effer i don't know if i can say how many times i'm allowed to say that word
on this channel usually i just let it rip on the sesh but i'm trying to be a little bit more
professional on the tc carol channel regardless he escaped from prison and is still on the run
it's truly one of the craziest stories i think we just need to go ahead and jump right into it and
let's start off by giving you a little bit of background and setting this scene here so it was
2017 in the isle of wight which is an island off the south coast of england and from the photos
i've seen this place looks insanely gorgeous you guys i've never been to england but oh my god it
looks so beautiful they have these really gorgeous beaches and these massive cliff sides it's the
and if any of you live in the isle of wight please comment down below because i'm curious
how it is down there it just looks so beautiful definitely a place that i would like to visit one
day and for 20 year old megan clark she would have considered herself one of the lucky ones
who got to live there so like i said today's story starts in 2017 and as far as i can tell
megan was living her best life she was thriving she had a great group of girlfriends that she
was always hanging out with she had a good dating life and she had a job that she really really
loved so at the time megan was managing a restaurant and i guess there was this couple
that would come and visit the area quite frequently and they actually ended up purchasing a bar in the
area and after they purchased this bar they ended up asking megan if she wanted to go ahead and
manage it for them and she was like yeah absolutely that's super cool the bar seemed like a really
vibey kind of like cocktail bar and from all accounts she absolutely loved her job this bar
was really like her baby and she spent a ton of time working there if she wasn't there she would
you know be out with her friends who by the way have only said amazing things about her
according to her friend georgie megan is a genuinely kind human being and from what i
gathered she was as well i mean i have watched a couple interviews with her she was on a podcast
which i can link below and she just seems like a really really cool down-to-earth person her
friend georgie says that she is like a friend sister and therapist all in one and not to
mention she is a total catch absolutely gorgeous and her friends also describe her as a serial
dater which i love that you know what more power to you girl and at the time megan was kind of just
dating around exploring her options but she was open to a more serious relationship if the right
person were to come along she said that she didn't really necessarily have a type but she
does look for guys with nice smiles and eyes as well as someone who can make her laugh and one
day while she's working at this bar a dude walks in and immediately grabs her attention she said
that he was tall really well dressed and wasn't the typical type of person that you would see
in that area so naturally he stood out to her and i think that she stood out to him as well because
he immediately went and approached her and the two of them hit it off right away and he told her his
name was robert underwood but she could call him birdie and based on her first impression of him
she felt like he was a polite and well-mannered person he told her that he just moved to the area
from the mainland after winning an auction on this big beautiful house on the water and he
also told her that he worked as a horologist which for anyone like me who has absolutely no
idea what that is it's someone who designs and repairs watches and clocks and it was all very
impressive sounding and something about him just piqued megan's interest and so it wasn't that much
longer until he made the first move and shortly after meeting for the first time he sent this big
bouquet of flowers to the bar with a note that read something along the lines of it was lovely
to meet you be ready for 7 p.m tonight i'm taking you on a date and megan said that this literally
felt like a romantic gesture out of a movie and honestly i couldn't tell you what it was
one person that wouldn't be just as excited to get a big beautiful bouquet of flowers and a note
being like hey i'm picking you up like ah there is something so satisfying and romantic out of
a man making plans instead of just being like i don't know what do you want to do especially in
a world where dating apps can be so scary and unpredictable i mean i myself don't have really
any experience on a dating app however i have many friends who are on dating apps and the stories
that they tell are just so scary and unpredictable i mean i myself don't have really any experience on
so bad like it just seems so the the bar is so low out there i'll just say that but anyway so
birdie comes picks her up at seven o'clock like he said he would and apparently this first date was
very very lavish they went to this place called the royal for dinner and megan says that it was
by far the nicest first date she had ever been on and there was this attraction between them right
away and then after dinner he invited her back to his place for a cup of tea and it sounds like she
was blown away by the house that he had lived in
and apparently he told her all these stories about how he transformed the place through all
these renovations and how he sourced only the finest materials and art for it it really does
sound so beautiful and according to her it was one of the most extravagant places that she had
ever been to but you're probably thinking to yourself okay birdie is 28 years old how is he
acquiring all the money in order to get all these lavish beautiful things in his beautiful house
sending her flowers taking her on dates where is the income coming from well according to birdie
birdie get ready for this it was because he was a lord and i literally had to look this shit up
because i needed to know exactly what he was claiming to be and this is what i found online
lord in the british isle a general title for a prince or sovereign or for a feudal superior
especially a feudal tenant who holds directly from the king i.e a baron in the united kingdom
the title today denotes a peer of the realm whether or not he sits in parliament as a member
of the house of lords so yeah he tells me that he's a feudal superior and he's a feudal superior
that he's a lord and he explains that the title was passed down from his great-grandfather who he
claimed was the inventor of the underwood typewriter hence the name robert underwood
and honestly the details of his story are a little wonky to me and even megan has described how it's
really confusing to her and she says that she didn't really understand where it all came from
but that she didn't really care and so she didn't ask him any more questions what's her kind of love
she's like all right dude whatever you say you're a lord okay great because honestly she was just
happy to be dating someone who seemed to be a lord and she didn't really care and so she didn't
like a nice guy and that who actually took a genuine interest in her and was treating her
right and after that first night the two were practically inseparable and this dude charmed
her every which way that he could including taking her on vacations and buying her fancy
gifts birdie would tell her that he was going on these quote business trips pretty often and when
he would come back from those trips he'd almost always have a bag or jewelry or some type of gift
for her the dude even bought her a car and if he wasn't such a lying sack of dog shit i'd say
was living the dream, but that was definitely not the case because poor
Megan was actually being duped the entire time, and her family was too.
Her mom, Carisha, which I hope I'm saying that right, said that he got really close with them
as well. And she was just so happy that her daughter had found someone who was treating her
so well and the way that she really deserved to be treated. And I think because of the fact that
he was treating her so well and things seemed to be going so smoothly, it was easy to overlook how
fast things were moving. Because just after a few weeks into dating, he told her that he loved her
over dinner. And pretty soon after that, he'd ask her to move in with him. And she had actually
never lived with a partner before, but I can see how, in the excitement of it all, that she was
just excited to say yes and continue on this journey that she had started with him. So the
two of them moved in together, and I'm sure Carisha was just so happy that she was able to
guess what happens next. It would be a proposal. That's right, y'all. Four months into their
relationship, he popped the question, and he did it on Christmas Day with a ring from Cartier.
And I think, obviously, hindsight is 20-20 here. I mean, getting engaged after only four months of
dating is very fast. And that's not to say that quick engagements can't always work out. I mean,
I know people in my life who were dating only for a couple of months or even a couple of weeks
before they got engaged, and it worked out for them. But I mean, yeah,
it's no lie that four months is definitely quick. But in defense of Megan, she was being really
love-bombed by this guy, or honestly, like, love-nuked from this dude. And she really felt
like she had found the one, someone who was going to treat her the right way. And she was just so
excited to start her life with him. And he even got her this little chihuahua puppy that they
named Schubert for when he was away on work trips that she wouldn't be alone. And I don't know about
you guys, but someone getting me a dog is absolutely the way to my heart. So I can't blame her for
because everything was such, you know, big grand gestures with Bertie. And their wedding was going
to be no exception. Megan says that he was shelling out the big bucks for their wedding that he wanted
to have at the Osborne house, which was the formal royal summer residence of Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert. So you can imagine how fancy and expensive this wedding was going to be. I mean, this shit
literally looks like it's out of a fairy tale. It's absolutely gorgeous. If you're watching right
now, you'll see pictures. It is so, so stunning. Oh, and get this. Megan was told that she was going
to be gaining a title once they tied the knot. And according to Google, that would make her a lady,
Lady Underwood, I think. And just to be clear, this was not what she was after. I mean,
like I said, I listened to a podcast that she was on, and you can just tell that
this is not that important to her, this type of stuff. She was just really in love with him and
loved him for him, not because he was a lord. And so she was just excited to,
be with him, regardless of the title. What was most important to her was just marrying someone
that she loved or thought she loved, who treated her better than she had ever been treated before.
But here's the thing, though. Once Megan was truly under his spell, he started to display
textbook signs of abuse, specifically emotional abuse. And the big one being isolation. First off,
he convinced Megan to leave her job at the bar, which, like I said, she loved this job. This job
was like her baby. But he convinced her to leave her job at the bar, which, like I said, she loved
and he convinced her to leave the job and go work for him at his watch business. Because she
explained that he didn't like how much time she was spending at the bar and that random guys could
talk to her there, so it would just, you know, be better for the both of them if she worked for him.
Clearly, this guy's got major jealousy issues, which will become very ironic here shortly. But
yeah, Megan agreed to quit working at the bar and she started running the social media and email
marketing for his company. Which, by the way, this company was absolute bogus. From my understanding,
he was basically purchasing old, broken Rolexes, fixing them, and then reselling them. And I
genuinely have no idea if these Rolexes were even real or how he was obtaining them. But unbeknownst
to Megan, he was actually ripping people off on eBay. So I'm pretty sure he would just post the
pictures of these watches on eBay and then when someone would purchase them, he would never end
up actually shipping them out. And I'm pretty sure there was also a lot of counterfeit stuff,
just based on the rest of the details in this story. It doesn't seem
like the dude really had a plethora of legitimate Rolex or other high design brands of watches.
But anyways, back to the emotional abuse that Megan was enduring during this time.
Another thing Birdie would do, or I guess wouldn't do, is he wouldn't let Megan post him on her
social media. And it wasn't just the fact that he wouldn't let her post him on social media. It was
also the fact that any time she asked him why she wasn't allowed to post him, that he would freak
the fuck out.
And I'm not trying to put any blame on her for not seeing this as a red flag, but
this is a red flag. Because I just feel like if someone is not allowing you to post them on social
media, chances are there's a reason for it. And it's probably because they're doing something
shady behind closed doors. I mean, not always. I'm sure there's different scenarios and reasons
as to why someone wouldn't want to have a social media presence. But I think generally speaking,
it's definitely a little bit sus that he didn't want her posting him at all.
And same with the isolation stuff. I know that Kendall talks about this type of stuff on her
channel a lot. But if I could just back her up for a second, isolation is a form of control in
an abusive relationship. And it doesn't always have to start out super extreme either. In Megan's
case, it started with having her quit her job, which he convinced her was the right thing to do.
And then eventually, she got to the point where she was hanging out with her friends less and
less. And he was just slowly gaining more and more control over her life. And her friends were
worried about her and worried about how fast things were moving with Birdie. But for at least a little
while longer, Megan was still positive that he was her person. That is until about two months out from
their wedding. And I'm not 100% sure of the exact date of their wedding. I'm pretty sure it was
sometime in 2018. And this is when Megan's spidey senses were tingling. So basically, the entire
time that the two of them were living together, Birdie was getting a ton of mail, like way more
than a normal housewife would. And so, I'm not 100% sure of the exact date of their wedding. But
every time Megan would bring it up or ask him about it, he had really no way of explaining
what all this mail was or where it was all coming from. And because of that, she decided to do some
investigating, a little snooping around, if you will. And we love to see it, okay? Sometimes you
gotta take matters into your own hands. So she ends up going through his desk. And that's when
she finds several different bank cards under several different names. And none of these names
she knew him by. And right off the bat, this is absolutely terrifying.
Uh, she's shocked, and she's scared and confused. And she's also pissed,
which I don't blame her for. And in that moment, everything just kind of clicked that Birdie wasn't
who he said he was. And to top it off, he was super defensive and angry with her when she tried
to ask him about it. But clearly, something is up. This is a very sketchy situation and alarm bells
are going off. So she decides that she's going to go ahead and stay with her mom while she continues
to try and figure out what the hell is going on. And that's when the two of them learned the
After googling some of the names that she had seen on those bank cards,
Megan learned that Robert was actually a convicted con man. There were several news articles about
how dangerous he was and how he'd con people out of thousands and thousands of dollars,
or I guess pounds in this case, but regardless, tons and tons of money. And that's just the tip
of the iceberg, okay? And pretty soon after finding all this out, Megan began looking
through more mail that the two of them had been receiving. And this is when she found out, you
know, that this dude had taken out several credit cards and loans in her name. Between credit cards,
business accounts, and other bills he'd put in her name, Megan realized he put her in about
30,000 pounds worth of debt, which was roughly, you know, between 38 and 40,000 US dollars.
And you want to hear something so fucked up, you guys. When I heard this,
I seriously couldn't believe it. When she finds this out, she goes to the police,
and the police are basically like, sorry, there's nothing we can really do about this because
this fraud was more of a domestic issue. And she was pretty much on her own, is what they told her.
In fact, she ended up having to pay off this debt entirely by herself. So being the smart woman that
she is, she decided that she would go ahead and try and sell her engagement ring, thinking that
she could recoup a significant amount of money by doing that. But come to find out, that thing
was a total fake and worth absolutely nothing. So Megan decides that she's going to go confront
this fucker. But as soon as she tries to do that, she figures out that he actually bailed and left
the island. But not before he made one last attempt to trick her. According to Megan,
he tried to convince her that he never meant to do this to her, and that it was never supposed
to go that far. Oh, such a sob story. Poor little birdie. He really didn't see this one coming.
But luckily at this point, Megan was like, all right, I'm not falling for this dude's shit any
longer. I clearly have to do something. And unfortunately, the police didn't seem like they
took matters into their own hands. And they started by posting on Facebook a bunch of pictures
of him, along with the story of everything that he had done and everything that Megan had been
through. And the goal was to try and get as many eyes on the story as possible so that he couldn't
victimize any more people. And it's a good thing that she went ahead and posted on that because
holy shit, you guys, the response was insane. Pretty soon after putting it up, the post started
getting hundreds and then thousands of shares. And not long after that, her inbox was flooded
with messages that only made her realize how much she loved Megan. And she was like, oh,
how much more messed up the whole situation really was.
guys, I don't think you're ready for what is coming next. This story truly gets so much more
insane. So once she posted that on Facebook, she starts to get other messages from men claiming to
be Robert's boyfriend, both from men who claimed that they had dated him in the past and who also
claimed that they were currently dating him. And there was a common theme from all these men,
and that was that Robert was stealing from them. He basically pulled the same bullshit about being
a lord to every single one of them and somehow convinced these people to fall for him, all while
he was manipulating and stealing from them. And I believe that most of the men that he had matched
with were on Grindr. And if you remember those business trips that he talked about going on in
the past, well, yeah, he actually wasn't doing any sort of business. Well, maybe he was getting down
to business, but he was not on a work trip. He was cheating on Megan that entire time. Sometimes,
he even had these men come to their house when she wasn't there to sleep with them in her bed.
And to top it all off, one of the guys who reached out to Megan was someone that she
already knew. So there was this guy named Alex that she had actually been introduced to through
Robert, and she was under the impression that he was actually the artist that was creating a
illustrated book about Robert's life. And this was somewhat true. Alex was an artist who agreed
to make an illustrated book about Robert's story, but he was also
a lot more than that. The exact timeline is a little unclear, but sometime as Megan and Robert's
relationship was unfolding, he and Alex met online via a Craigslist ad. Alex was living in Korea at
the time, and he had this art studio on top of a mountain. And I guess it gets pretty lonely up
there. So one day he decided to put out a men seeking men ad on Craigslist, and it was sort of
just a laundry list of his perfect guy. And Alex really wasn't expecting a whole lot to come of
after he posted the ad. He got a message from, you guessed it, our little lord. And Robert's message
to Alex reads, quote, Hi there, I have seen your advert on Craigslist. I went on there to see if I
could find someone to do the ironing, then saw the men seeking men section. I know your post is a
month old now, but hopefully you're still looking for something. I do not live in Brighton, but I'm
in St. Leonards near Hastings. I'm 28 too, and I'm a watchmaker. Do not meet the requirements of
having an interesting job. I'm 28, and I'm a watchmaker. I'm 28,
am reasonable looking, and like to enjoy myself. My friends say I'm the only gay watchmaking rugby
playing pianist they know, which to be fair, I am probably the only one of those in the country.
And from that point forward, they began talking on the phone, like all the time. And Alex remembers
that they could really talk about anything and everything. And Alex was apparently super
fascinated by Robert because he had these absolutely insane stories. For example,
one time he made a comment to Robert about the fact that he looked a lot younger,
than he was claiming to be. And Robert gave him this whole story about how one time he was with
his ex-boyfriend who tried to kill him, and therefore he had to get his face reconstructed,
and that's why he looked the way that he did. All of his stories were super dark and mysterious,
and Alex says that it all really intrigued him. But when the time came for the two of them to
officially meet up, which was about a month after they first started texting, he wasn't so sure he
wanted anything romantic with Robert. Alex told him that he just wanted to meet up with Robert,
which Robert said he was fine with. So they ended up meeting at a pub, and that's when he divulged
his whole spiel of, I'm a very rich and important person. And while they were at the pub, Robert went
and pointed out a Bentley that was parked on the street, and he told Alex that it was his car.
Which then segued into him explaining that he was an Earl. Then, over the course of that evening,
he talked about how he had a bodyguard and his own personal driver, and a whole bunch of other
things to make him seem more impressive than he was. And he said, I'm a very rich and important
than he really was. And over the course of their friendship, or whatever it was, Robert started
dropping hints that he wanted Alex to make art for him. And that is where Megan comes back into
the picture. Now, get this. Robert tells Alex that he met this girl who he described
as a diamond in the rough. And he said that he bought a mansion for them to live in on the Isle
of Wight that he wanted this artwork for. Well then, throughout his and Megan's relationship,
Alex just sort of became this person who Robert was always on the phone with. And according to
Megan, Alex was even on the wedding invite list, which he later said Robert never even mentioned
that they were engaged. And what's crazy is that Robert would use his phone to make his
lies more believable. And one of the biggest examples of that is that he was always on the
phone with his daddy. And I don't know if he was on speakerphone or what, but however it was,
it would always be loud enough for other people to hear their conversation. And they would talk
about his duties and whatnot as an Earl. So when people like Megan and Alex would hear these phone
conversations, they totally believed that that's exactly what he was doing. Because Robert basically
had this other human corroborating his story. And I was super curious to try and figure out,
who was this other person on the phone that Robert was claiming was his daddy?
And from what I've gathered, Megan thinks it may have been this guy with an intellectual
disability that Robert was also manipulating, which if that's the case, he's just such
a piece of shit, more than he already is. And she doesn't know if he was paying him to say
all these things or what, but clearly this was another one of his victims in one way or another.
And I know you guys are probably curious, but she said she never met anyone in his family.
The only people in his circle that she met were some of his friends. And there was this one guy
who she said that she met on several occasions, and he would stay at their house quite a bit.
And what's insane is that Robert and this dude would tell Megan all these different stories
about how they grew up together, how they went to school together. However, that was not the case
at all. And Megan later found out that this guy was actually someone that Robert had only known
for a few years. And I genuinely have no idea how he got this guy to get wrapped up into his lies,
etc. But isn't that fucking crazy? And it's also a great example of just how much he used and
into his web of bullshit lies in order to make his story sound more believable. And for Alex,
it came to light when Robert started asking him to do something he wasn't comfortable with.
Specifically, he'd asked him to doctor some bank statements and passports. And when Alex said no
to that, Robert became super weird and distant. And then eventually he just ghosted him. And
listen, it was probably best case scenario for Alex to be ghosted by Robert so that he couldn't
be victimized by Robert any longer. And he could get out of his way. And so he did. And he did.
But as it does, human curiosity really did get the best of him. And he was so
curious as to why Robert essentially just ghosted him one day. So he ended up reaching out to one
of his friends who's a police officer that Robert also mentioned that he knew as well. I wouldn't
say it was necessarily a mutual friend, but it was someone that Alex had told Robert that he had
also met. And when Alex reached out to this police officer, he told him, dude, you need to stay
far, far away from Robert. And that's how he first learned that he was not who he said he was
and that he'd already been to prison for stealing money. Robert truly had been doing this for years.
And Megan and Alex really only represent a small portion of the people he lied to and stole from.
And it wasn't just people that he stole from. It was also institutions. I don't know if you guys
are familiar with the department store called Harrods, but I guess when he was like 18 or 19
years old, he somehow managed to steal half of the money that he had stolen. And he was able to
half a million pounds from them. From what I gathered, it sounds like he was forging bank
statements and then writing faulty checks for these big purchases. And he even did that when
purchasing cars. And for whatever reason, Bentleys were really his thing. And in 2012, he wrote a bad
check when purchasing one, although that time he got caught pretty quickly. But I will say people
rather than businesses were his biggest targets. In fact, in 2016, a year before meeting Megan,
Robert was actually doing this to a guy named Mike. The two of them met on Grindr and started
hanging out and whatnot.
And he heard all the same stories I've already told you. The difference with his story, though,
is Robert tricked Mike into giving him his passport and eBay login, which he then used
to further scam people out of thousands of dollars. Basically, what he told Mike was this
story about how he had this trip planned to go to Italy, but then his friend ended up bailing,
and so he had this extra ticket. And he asked him if he would want to go with him. Robert said that
everything was already paid for, and really all he had to do was get a photocopy of his passport,
so that he could then transfer the ticket to Mike. And Mike at the time had no idea who Robert really
was. And he was like, yeah, that sounds great. So he went ahead and sent him a photo of his
passport, not really thinking twice about it. Well, apparently, Robert then told Mike that he
needed a big favor from him. He said that he had been frozen out of his eBay account and needed
help selling this one Rolex. So he wanted to know if Mike would sell it for him, which Mike ended
up agreeing to do. But fast forward a month, Mike started getting all these messages from people
asking where their watch was, only for him to realize that there was never actually a watch at
all. So Robert was pretending to sell these watches to people. And then once he got their money,
he ended up just ghosting them and never sent them their watches. And he was doing all of this
through Mike's eBay account. And I guess Robert needed the passport to verify his account or
something. But yeah, essentially, he was scamming people under Mike's name. And what's really weird
is that once Mike figured all this out, he ended up confronting Robert. And Robert was basically
like, this is just a big misunderstanding. Like, it's all good. I'm going to get this all figured
out. You don't have to worry about it. But he ended up
just ghosting mike instead and the next time that mike was really thrown into the orbit of all of
this was when he saw that facebook post that megan and her mom had created and that's when he went to
the police and luckily this time the police decided to actually take him seriously once he realized
the scale of this all mike contacted the hastings police station who launched an investigation into
all the claims made against robert and they determined that several crimes had been committed
the evidence was then brought to a jury and they determined that he should serve five years for his
crimes the thing is though nobody knew where he was it actually wasn't until a year and a half later
that he was finally arrested and by this point megan was finally starting to heal from all of this
and that's when she got a message on facebook that he'd finally been caught which at first this was
definitely a big sigh of relief for her but then only about two years into his sentence all hell
broke loose when robert
whatever the hell his last name actually is ended up escaping from prison he was in what they call
an open prison which is for low risk inmates at low security facilities and it essentially means
that prisoners have freedom in the day to work or go to school but they have to return to prison
at night and yeah robert somehow managed to get his monitoring device off and he was gone like
the wind but it gets worse folks because guess what they still haven't found him to this day
but it's not like he's gone into complete hiding according to megan he's still out here conning
people i literally can't make this shit up the dude goes to prison escapes from prison and then
continues to con people to this day so she took part in this documentary which is how i found this
case and she since said that after the documentary came out a guy reached out to her saying that he
knew who robert was only that he knew him as a man named leo fitzgerald and he said that he knew him
as catherine howard and it's basically the same story over and over again the only difference is
is that he's living in an rv and he's telling people that the reason he's living in an rv right
now is because his mansion is getting renovated yada yada sound familiar it's the same thing over
and over again oh and remember that beautiful house that he took megan to to have a cup of tea
after their date well it turns out he didn't own this house he was actually renting it this dude
is the biggest fucking loser i have ever heard of he's also apparently been known to drive a red
which he's been asking to park at different people's houses and i'm guessing because he
either stole it or paid for it with a faulty check i don't really know the reason for it
and honestly you guys there are so many other side quests that this dude has done and so many
other stories but these are really the main ones that have hit the news and not all of his victims
have come forward publicly which i completely respect and at first megan was actually really
hesitant to do the documentary but she decided that she was going to go ahead and participate
because she wanted to help spread the word and hopefully you know
make sure that no one else is being scammed and hearing this is really one of the reasons that
i wanted to cover this in the first place aside from just being able to poke fun at this complete
fucking loser i also feel like it's really important that his face is plastered all over
the internet until he's found because for all we know he could be scamming tons of other people
right now clearly he's not going to stop doing this probably ever so the more people who know
about him hopefully the less people get victimized by him and for kendall's audio only listeners i
really want to encourage you to go ahead and subscribe to my channel and hit the bell so
you can get a glimpse of his face because who knows maybe someone will actually recognize him
out there and help put him back in jail where he belongs and as for his real name because i know
we've called him like eight different things by now no one really knows what his real name is
megan thinks it's most likely robert majetski but like i said he's gone through so many names so
it's really hard to tell what his real true legal name actually is but robert daughtry was a big one
that he was using for a while so maybe it's that i i don't really i don't really know though i don't
think it's robert underwood like i said i i don't really know his real name which is just insane but
before i leave you guys today i wanted to go ahead and take a page out of kendall's book and leave
you guys on somewhat of a positive note i wanted to share that megan seems to be doing really really
well today and in order to pay off all the debt he put her in she started up a photography business
which she's still actively doing to this day she has a studio and does wedding and newborn
photography so i'm going to go ahead and have her in the comments and i'll see you in the next video
linked in the show notes or description box of this episode as well so you guys can go ahead and
give her a follow and i'm so curious to hear all of your guys's thoughts on this case you better
believe i'm going to be deep in these comments so please let me know your thoughts down below i just
could not believe all this guy has done when i was researching this you know for the first time
i was like oh my god that's crazy oh my god that's crazy oh my it just kept coming and coming more
and more was coming out it's like this almost seems fake how insane this dude is and how much
he's gotten away with for so many years now he's on the run like it's just it's so
wild to think about but yeah that's pretty much where our story ends today folks um thank you
so much for tuning in if you're still listening all the way to the end i know that it's a little
bit different than having kendall here but i really enjoyed this and hopefully you enjoyed it as well
and yeah kendall's gonna be back soon and i know that she's really excited to get back to recording
so stay tuned for that but i hope you guys are having a wonderful day thank you again so much
for tuning in and i'll see you in the next one bye
and as always stay safe out there bye
you
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Megan Clark was duped by Robert Underwood, who falsely claimed to be a noble lord and wealthy watchmaker, convincing her to move in with him and marry him in just four months.
Robert manipulated Megan emotionally through isolation, controlling her social media, removing her from her job, and preventing her from sharing his story.
Megan discovered multiple bank accounts in his name, revealing he had been fraudulently using her identity and accumulating over £30,000 in debt.
Robert, a convicted con artist with a history of stealing from people and institutions, used fake identities, forged documents, and phone conversations to maintain a believable persona.
After Megan exposed him online, a wave of victims came forward, including men who were scammed via Grindr and deceived into believing Robert was a wealthy noble.
Robert escaped from prison in an open facility, and despite being wanted, remains at large, actively conning people and living under aliases such as Leo Fitzgerald or Catherine Howard.
The case highlights how emotional manipulation, isolation, and fabricated identities can lead to serious financial and psychological harm.
Megan rebuilt her life by starting a photography business, symbolizing resilience and the importance of public awareness in preventing future fraud.
Summary:
Megan Clark was deceived by Robert Underwood, a conman who falsely presented himself as a noble lord and wealthy watchmaker. After a romantic relationship that began with lavish dates and grand gestures, Robert isolated Megan, controlled her social media, and convinced her to leave her job and marry him within months. He fraudulently used her name to accrue over £30,000 in debt, and when Megan uncovered bank accounts under false names, she realized the truth.
Robert, a known convicted fraudster with a history of stealing from individuals and businesses—including forging documents and using stolen identities—had been manipulating victims through fabricated stories and phone calls that made him seem legitimate. After Megan exposed him online, numerous others came forward, revealing he had targeted men on Grindr and used fake noble titles to scam them. Robert escaped from prison in an open facility, and despite ongoing investigations, he remains at large, using aliases and living in an RV while continuing to con people.
Megan, now financially and emotionally freed, launched a successful photography business. The story underscores the dangers of emotional manipulation, the importance of recognizing red flags like social media control, and the critical role of public awareness in exposing fraud. The case serves as a powerful reminder that deception can persist for years, and vigilant reporting helps protect others from similar victimization.
FAQs
The main figure is Robert Underwood, a convicted con man who claimed to be a noble lord and used elaborate lies to deceive people, including Megan Clark, into believing he was wealthy and legitimate.
He claimed to be a noble lord with a title passed down from his great-grandfather, who was said to have invented the Underwood typewriter. He also claimed to be a wealthy watchmaker and owner of a luxurious mansion on the Isle of Wight.
He used grand gestures, emotional manipulation, and isolation tactics to win her trust, including sending flowers, taking her on lavish dates, buying her a car, and convincing her to leave her job and work for him, all while secretly stealing money and building a web of deception.
Signs included being denied the right to post him on social media, being isolated from friends, being pressured to quit her job, and being kept in the dark about his financial activities and suspicious mail.
She found multiple bank cards under unknown names in his desk, discovered he had taken out loans and credit in her name, and later learned through research that Robert was a known con artist with a history of fraud and theft.
He was arrested after being caught in a scam and sentenced to five years in prison, but escaped from an open prison a year and a half later and has not been found since, continuing to con people under false identities.
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