Amanda C. Riley, a woman from California, fa*ked having cancer and lied on her blog, Lymphoma Can Suck It. She tricked people into believing she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, gaining sympathy, attention, and over $100,000 in donations.
Friends, family, and strangers all fell for her sc*am before the truth came out.
Amanda Riley Biography
Amanda Riley, born Amanda Maneri on June 24, 1985, grew up in San Jose, California. She is 39 years old as of 2024. She worked as a substitute teacher at Valley Christian School in 2016-2017 and became a full-time English teacher in 2017.
She left in February 2017 after missing many days for fake medical treatments. She was born to American parents, Mr. & Mrs. Maneri. There is no information available about her siblings.
Husband & Children Details
At 17, Amanda met Cory Riley and his wife, Aletta. They hired her to teach dance to Aletta’s daughter, who had cancer. Cory was 29 then, and he and Aletta had a baby daughter, Jessa.
Cory and Aletta divorced, and later, he married Amanda. They had two sons, Carter and Connor. Amanda called them “miracles” because she claimed she shouldn’t have been able to have healthy babies while supposedly battling cancer.
Cory filed for divorce in January 2024, according to court documents. He was still living in Texas at the time.
| Real Name | Amanda Maneri |
| Father’s Name | Mr. Maneri |
| Mother’s Name | Mrs. Maneri |
| Husband’s Name | Cory Riley |
| Siblings | Update Soon |
| Children | Carter and Connor |
| DOB | June 24, 1985 San Jose, California |
| Age of 2024 | 39 Years Old |
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Net Worth Ethnicity & Religion
Her net worth is approximately $100000 from all his income sources as of 2024. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He is an American by nationality. She follows Christianity. She has an American White Ethnicity.
Amanda’s Faked Cancer and How ‘Scamanda’ Finally Got Caught
Amanda never had cancer, but she fooled over 300 people into believing she did. For nearly 10 years, she faked her illness and took over $100,000 in donations for fake medical bills. She also got free trips, gifts, event tickets, and babysitting.
She used her blog, and social media, and carefully took selfies to fake having Hodgkin’s lymphoma. From 2012 to 2016, she pretended to go in and out of remission four times.
Her story was featured in the 2023 podcast Scamanda and later turned into an ABC series. The Scamanda docuseries premieres on ABC on Jan. 30 at 9 p.m. ET, with new episodes airing Thursdays and streaming on Hulu the next day.
She admitted to committing fra*ud in October 2021 and was sentenced to five years in federal prison in May 2022. She was also ordered to pay back $105,513 to those she hurt.
She’s currently in pri&on in Ft. Worth, Texas, and is set to be released on October 15, 2026.
As of January 2025, no one else has been charged in connection with Amanda’s scam. However, the Scamanda podcast and docuseries say some family members helped her set up donation websites and contribute to her blog.
It’s unclear if they knew she was faking cancer or if they believed she was really sick.
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