Dr. Phil / Season 12 Specials Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 1 - Secret Life of a Sex Addict (Sep 9) 2 - Tragic Beauty: The Exclusive Story of a Bachelorette's Suicide (Sep 10) 3 - Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish? (Sep 11) 4 - Football Star Accused: Did He Do It? (Sep 12) 5 - Football Star Accused: The Alleged Victim Speaks Out (Sep 13) 6 - Outrageous Monster-in-Law Khalood Is Back! (Sep 16) 7 - Still Missing: Where Is 7-Year-Old Kyron? (Sep 17) 8 - Dangerous Online Obsession (1) (Sep 18) 9 - Dangerous Online Obsession (2) (Sep 19) 10 - The Bitter Battle Over Modern Family's Ariel Winter (Sep 20) 11 - Nick Carter Tells All About Hitting Rock Bottom (Sep 23) 12 - Dropout Daughter: Confronting the Boyfriend (Sep 24) 13 - Rapper DMX: Disclosed: The Man Behind the Crime Headlines (Sep 25) 14 - Debt Denial?/Mama's Boy Moocher (Sep 26) 15 - Explosive Anger (Sep 27) 16 - Topless Photo Scandal: Beauty Queen Victim or Girl Gone Wild? (Sep 30) 17 - Dangerous and Violent Love (Oct 1) 18 - Death in 6 Seconds: A Night of Drinking, a Lifetime of Regret (Oct 2) 19 - A Drunken Mother's Rage (Oct 3) 20 - Ask Dr. Phil (Oct 4) 21 - Pretty Mean Girls (Oct 7) 22 - Munchausen Mom (Oct 8) 23 - Threats, Fights and Videotape (Oct 9) 24 - Pregnant at 11 (Oct 10) 25 - Cougar Confessions/The Pippi Longstocking Sex Tape Scandal (Oct 11) 26 - Torn Between My Mother and My Boyfriend (Oct 14) 27 - Cold Case Mystery: A Family Divided (Oct 15) 28 - Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums (Oct 16) 29 - My Husband, My Boyfriend, My Big Decision (Oct 17) 30 - Bitter and Twisted (Oct 18) 31 - Dad's Wife Is Ruining Our Life (Oct 21) 32 - Stepdad Takes On Dr. Phil (Oct 22) 33 - Stepparent Abuse? (Oct 23) 34 - My Mother-in-Law Destroyed My Marriage (Oct 24) 35 - Teen Mom: Should They Kick Her Out? (Oct 25) 36 - When Love Hurts (Oct 28) 37 - Abandoned by Their Mother: Reunion Aftermath/Exclusive: Baby Veronica Returns (Oct 29) 38 - Love Scams: My Mother Chose Her Catfish Over Her Family (Oct 30) 39 - An Online Imposter Faked Her Death and Sent Me Ashes (Oct 31) 40 - Parental Alienation: Who's to Blame? (Nov 1) 41 - Starving Myself, Killing My Family (Nov 4) 42 - Exclusive: Ariel Castro's First Victim Speaks Out (Nov 5) 43 - Chained, Tortured and Starved: The First Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Reveals All (Nov 6) 44 - Spies, Suspicions and Sexual Accusations (Nov 7) 45 - A Husband Obsessed, a Wife Accused (Nov 8) 46 - From Housewife to Secret Sex Life: A Sister Intervention (Nov 11) 47 - A Sister Intervention: The Boyfriend's Sordid Past Revealed (Nov 12) 48 - Feuding Exes: Children Caught in the Crossfire (Nov 13) 49 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios (Nov 14) 50 - The Mysterious Death of Jacob Limberios: The Polygraph Results (Nov 15) 51 - Survivor Winner's Losing Battle (Nov 18) 52 - The Doctor, His Wife, His Mistress, the Murder (Nov 19) 53 - My Mother-in-Law Believes I'm a Killer (Nov 20) 54 - Midlife Marriage Meltdown: Torn Between Two Men (Nov 21) 55 - Dump Your Fiancee Now! (Nov 22) 56 - Did She Marry an Imposter? (Nov 25) 57 - Pageant Mom: Did She Put Her Daughter in Danger? (Nov 26) 58 - Inside the Baseball Wife's Assault on Her Pitcher Husband (Nov 27) 59 - My Husband Shot Me; My Husband Killed My Kids (Nov 29) 60 - Love, Lies and Murder: Killer Doctor's Daughter Reacts to Mistress Interview (Dec 2) 61 - Parents Divided Over Disowning Their Son (Dec 3) 62 - Scandals Ripped From the Headlines (Dec 4) 63 - Pregnant in Handcuffs: Shopping Outrage or Innocent Mistake? (Dec 5) 64 - Twin Trouble and Marriage Misery (Dec 6) 65 - Violent Vixen (Dec 6) 66 - I Did Not Try to Blind My Wife (Dec 10) 67 - 16 and on the Path of Destruction (Dec 11) 68 - Give Me Back My Child (Dec 12) 69 - A High School Homecoming, a Rape and a Ruined Relationship (Dec 13) 70 - A 26-Year Age Divide: Can This Couple Be Saved? (Dec 16) 71 - A Husband's Betrayal: Lies, Secret Video Tapes and Financial Ruin (Dec 17) 72 - Haunted By the Evidence: Why Was My Brother Killed? (Dec 18) 73 - Obsessed and Over It (Dec 19) 74 - Amber Portwood: Teen Mom Out of Prison ... Now What? (Dec 20) 75 - Reckless Runaway Teen (Jan 6) 76 - Fat, Furious and Fed Up (Jan 7) 77 - A Father Accused: Did He Molest His Children? (Jan 8) 78 - I Swear I'm Being Cyber Stalked, Wiretapped and Followed (Jan 9) 79 - Double Trouble: Teen Sisters Out of Control (Jan 10) 80 - Spankings, Secrets, a SWAT Standoff: A Family Torn Apart (Jan 13) 81 - Hoarding Chew and Spit Bags: My Daughter's Eating Disorder Is Slowly Killing Her (Jan 14) 82 - Bad Teen or Bad Mom? (Jan 15) 83 - Stabbed and Abandoned/Addicted to Video Games? (Jan 16) 84 - Elkhart 4: Justice or Overkill? (Jan 17) 85 - Broken Nose, Broken Marriage (Jan 20) 86 - Life out of Order Because of My Disorder: Addicted to Pregnancy (Jan 21) 87 - Mooching, Stealing, Sloppy Son: Should They Kick Him Out? (Jan 22) 88 - A Daughter's Dark Memory: Why Doesn't Her Mother Remember? (Jan 23) 89 - My Teen Daughter Faked Two Pregnancies (Jan 24) 90 - Pregnant and Out of Control: Will Her Baby Be Addicted? (Jan 27) 91 - Pregnant and Abusing Drugs: The Ultimatum (Jan 28) 92 - Toxic and Offensive In-Laws (Jan 29) 93 - The Darkness of Riches: Born Billionaires but Starved, Abused and Locked in a Basement (Jan 30) 94 - The Darkness of Riches: From Victims to Victors (Jan 31) 95 - A Family Slaughtered for Teen Love: The Convicted Daughter Speaks Out (Feb 3) 96 - My Family Slaughtered for My Daughter's Teenage Love: Can a Father Forgive? (Feb 4) 97 - Love Scams: A Mother Hooked by a Catfish? (Feb 5) 98 - Caught on Camera: Abused Wife or Abused Husband? You Decide (Feb 6) 99 - Child Molester or Innocent Soldier Accused? (Feb 7) 100 - Was Her Son Kidnapped and Put in a Cult? (Feb 10) 101 - My Ex Brainwashed My Son! The Teen Boy Speaks Out (Feb 11) 102 - My Ex Is Slowly Killing Our Daughter (Feb 12) 103 - Young, Privileged and in a Deadly Gang (Feb 13) 104 - An Obsessed Love Triangle (Feb 14) 105 - Sex Abuse and Murder: A Daughter's Repressed Memories or Lies? (Feb 17) 106 - Is Her Mother a Monster, or Is This Daughter Having False Memories?: The Polygraph Results (Feb 18) 107 - Fugitive Mom (Feb 19) 108 - Facing Off With My Polygamous FLDS Father (Feb 20) 109 - My Husband's Secret Life Revealed (Feb 21) 110 - My Dad Tried to Frame Me for Murder (Feb 24) 111 - My Dad Tried to Frame Me for Murder: The Polygraph Results (Feb 25) 112 - A Lying, Cheating, Violent Husband or a Wife's False Accusations? (Feb 26) 113 - Beautiful People in an Ugly Divorce, With a Baby Trapped in the Middle (Feb 27) 114 - A Husband's Decade of Deceit: Uncovering 1,000 Affairs? (Feb 28) 115 - I'm Worried My Daughter May Turn Into a Terrorist (Mar 3) 116 - Restraining Orders, Alleged Kidnappings and Hit With a Car: A Marriage of Accusations (Mar 4) 117 - Party Mom: Did She Put Her Children in Danger? (Mar 5) 118 - Ultimate Betrayal: Forced to Kill His Father (Mar 6) 119 - Best Friend Killers: What Happened to Skylar Neese? (Mar 10) 120 - My Husband Wants Me to Look Like Beyoncé (Mar 11) 121 - I Think My Daughter-in-Law Poisoned My Son to Death (Mar 12) 122 - My Head-Butting, Punching, Kicking, Bruising, Biting, Knife-Wielding 8-Year-Old (Mar 13) 123 - The Fight Over Justina: Medical Child Abuse by Parents or Abuse of Power by a Hospital? (Mar 17) 124 - An Accused Man Dead: Murder or Suicide? (Mar 24) 125 - Animal Obsessed (Mar 25) 126 - Sexual Standoffs (Mar 26) 127 - I Fear My Daughter Will Be Kidnapped and Forced Into Sex Trafficking (Mar 31) 128 - Wedding Day Disaster: A Family Torn Apart (Apr 1) 129 - Fighting Fiances: Ready for the Altar or Running for the Hills? (Apr 2) 130 - Charlie Brandt: Killer Child to Serial Killer? And, the Murder of Baby Elaina (Apr 3) 131 - Absent Dad or Alienating Mom and Mother-in-Law? (Apr 7) 132 - Dr. Phil's 2000th Show (Apr 8) 133 - Kitchen Nightmares' Most Controversial Couple on the Defensive (Apr 9) 134 - You're Not Hot Enough (Apr 10) 135 - A Mother Consumed With Rage: Is Her Anger Destroying Her Family? (Apr 11) 136 - I'm Afraid My Husband Is Going to Kill Me (Apr 14) 137 - Should I Marry My Controlling, Alienating, Jealous Fiance? (Apr 15) 138 - I'm Over It! (Apr 16) 139 - My Sloppy, Lazy, Mooching Daughter Needs to Move Out! (Apr 17) 140 - Bait-and-Switch Bride? (Apr 18) 141 - A Lying, Stealing, Cheating Girlfriend or a Paranoid, Obsessed Boyfriend? (Apr 21) 142 - A Mother's Dangerous Decision: A Daughter Damaged Forever (Apr 22) 143 - Beauty and the OCD Beast (Apr 23) 144 - A Dr. Phil Exclusive: The Boy Under the Stairs? (Apr 24) 145 - Where Are My Newborn Twins? Is This an Adoption Scam? (Apr 25) 146 - Is Alleged Craigslist Killer Miranda Barbour a Serial Killer? (Apr 28) 147 - My Husband, Pablo, and His Other Women (Apr 29) 148 - My Daughter's Lies Are Tearing My Family Apart (Apr 30) 149 - Daughter vs. Dad: The Truth Revealed (May 1) 150 - Hands Off My Man! (May 2) 151 - I Believe My Ex Murdered Our Children (May 5) 152 - Parents Accused of Murder: Will Julia and Codey Agree to Take the Polygraph Test? (May 6) 153 - Michelle Knight One Year Later: Secrets of Cleveland's House of Horrors Revealed (May 7) 154 - My Beauty Queen Baby Girl Has Gone Ballistic (May 8) 155 - An Affair With a Friend Ended in a Bitter Custody Battle (May 9) 156 - Acquitted by a Jury, but My Ex-Husband Still Thinks I'm Guilty (May 12) 157 - Dr. Phil's Big Ultimatum: Will Accused Mother Heather Go to Rehab? (May 13) 158 - Not-So-Sweet 16: My Daughter's Dangerous Sex Life (May 14) 159 - An Ultimatum for a Hoarding Mother: Her Kids or Her Clutter (May 15) 160 - Love Scams: I Married a Catfish Over the Phone (May 16) 161 - Trapped by My Controlling Husband: I Feel Like I Can't Leave the House, Get a Job or Have a Phone! (May 19) 162 - Young, Gorgeous, Privileged and Destroying Her Family (May 20) 163 - V. Stiviano: The Woman Behind the Donald Sterling Scandal Takes Off Her Visor to Face Dr. Phil (May 21) 164 - Headbutted and Choked Unconscious: A Wife and Children Left in Fear (May 22) 165 - Troubled Teen: Who Will Take Danielle? (May 23) 166 - Family Dramas, Mysteries and Facing the Unknown (May 27) 167 - Tyrannical Teens (Jun 2) 168 - Troubled Teen: Who Will Take Danielle? (May 23) 169 - Family Dramas, Mysteries and Facing the Unknown (May 27) 170 - Parental Alienation: Who’s to Blame? (Jun 3) 171 - Saving Loni: From the Suburbs to the Slums (Jun 5) 172 - Love, Lies, Scams, Murder (Jul 14) 173 - A Mother Consumed with Rage: Is Her Anger Destroying Her Family? (Jul 15) 174 - Bully Teacher?/DNA Dilemma (Jul 16) 175 - Deadly Relations (Jul 17) 176 - Did Walt Kill His Ex-Girlfriend? The Polygraph Test Results Revealed! (Sep 8) 177 - Not-So-Sweet 16: “My Daughter’s Dangerous Sex Life” (Aug 6) 178 - Tyrannical Teens (Jun 2)
Season 12 · Episode 3 Love Scams: Courted by a Catfish? Sep 11, 2013 · 42m
Dr. Phil sends a private investigator to check up on guests' fiances, whom they have never met in person; a woman flies to Nigeria to confront an online con artist; the man whose identity was stolen to lure former guest Dawn into a fake relationship.
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When did Dr. Phil Season 12 Episode 3 air? Dr. Phil Season 12 Episode 3 aired on September 11, 2013.
How long is Dr. Phil Season 12 Episode 3? This episode runs for approximately 42 minutes.
