Scam Goddess
with Laci Mosley
December 23, 2019
Season’s Scammings Con-gregation! This week we’re sitting around the fire with comedy legend Matt Walsh (Veep, Upright Citizens Brigade) as we sink our teeth into the most famous ponzi schemer in world history, Bernie Madoff! More like he “made off” with those billions honeyyy. Just playin’, he in jail!
This episode is brought to you by Like a Boss and Atlas Coffee Club.
December 16, 2019
Salutations Congregation! We’ve back with our friend and noble cohort Edgar Momplaisir (Culture Kings) as we uncover the obsessive anglophile and Royal Wedding Scammer, Tommy Muscatello!
This episode is brought to you by Atlas Coffee Club (www.atlascoffeeclub.com/scam).
December 9, 2019
How you livin’ Congregation! Ya girl is back uncovering a legendary Long Island scam with our good friend Jon Gabrus! (The Gino Lambardo Show) We bilking coins and talking Harold Adamo y’all!
This episode is brought to you by Buffy Comforters (www.buffy.co code: SCAM), Atlas Coffee Club (www.atlascoffeeclub.com/scam), and Upstart (www.upstart.com/goddess).
December 2, 2019
What’s good Con-gregation! Thanks to you Scam Goddess is catching that SHINE, scamming our way into Spotify Pick of the Year! What better to celebrate than with our hilarious friend Jonathan Braylock (Astronomy Club on Netflix December 6th!) as we uncover a legend from the birthplace of fraud, Nigeria’s own Emmanuel Nwude!
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
SOURCES:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Nwude
https://www.bosshunting.com.au/hustle/nigerian-fake-airport-scam
https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/nigerian-scammer-sold-fake-airport-to-international-bank.html
This episode is brought to you by Pretty Litter (www.prettylitter.com code: SCAM) and Dashlane (www.dashlane.com/scam).
November 25, 2019
We back at it, Con-gregation! This is Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci welcomes comedy’s #1 sleepy boy Andrew Ti (Mix-ish, Yo, Is This Racist?) to cover one of Silicon Valley’s finest, Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of the now defunct Theranos.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/why-doesnt-elizabeth-holmes-blink-theranos.html
This episode is brought to you by Atlas Coffee Club (www.atlascoffeeclub.com/scam).
November 18, 2019
We back at it, Con-gregation! This is Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci kicks back with comedian, writer, and podcaster James Mastraieni (Too Effin’ High, Florida Girls) to talk about the curious case of the Instagram marijuana fraudster who dupes would be customers into buying weed that will never appear.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://help.instagram.com/789164081427334?helpref=related
https://www.reddit.com/r/trees/comments/1ygw9k/a_warning_to_those_thinking_of_buying_trees/
https://hightimes.com/news/weed-scams-trending-instagram-people-falling-for-them/
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/11/us/cannabis-planted-vermont-statehouse-trnd/index.html
This episode is brought to you by Atlas Coffee Club (www.atlascoffeeclub.com/scam).
November 11, 2019
What’s gucci, Con-gregation? Welcome back to Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci kicks it with writer, comedian Lamar Woods (It’s a Party, Single Parents) to talk the Airbnb scam & the writer who went from victim to vindicator who undercovered all of it.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
This episode is brought to you by Simple Health (www.simplehealth.com/SCAM) and Upstart (www.upstart.com/goddess).
November 4, 2019
How we living, Con-gregation? Welcome back to Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci chops it up with actor, comedian, & podcaster Jacquis Neal (Culture Kings, UCB). Together they discuss the curious case of the family who adopted a 9 year old Ukrianian orphan who might have secretly been a 22 year old adult.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.thecut.com/2019/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.insider.com/
This episode is brought to you by Dashlane (www.dashlane.com/scam code: SCAM).
October 28, 2019
What’s good, Con-gregation? Welcome back to Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci chats with comedian, writer, & podcaster Jamie Loftus (The Bechdel Cast, Robot Chicken). They dive into the many curious cons of Mark Olmsted, a man on the brink of death who became a death certificate forging, credit card stealing, insurance fraudster.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.gq.com/story/the-man-who-wouldnt-die
https://www.newser.com/story/275416/he-thought-hed-die-so-he-began-a-con-he-didnt-die.html
This episode is brought to you by Pretty Litter (www.prettylitter.com code: SCAM).
October 21, 2019
What’s up Con-gregation & welcome back to Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci is joined by actress, comedian, & podcaster Betsy Sodaro (We Love Trash, Disjointed) to talk Rudy Kurniawan, a self-proclaimed “wine expert” and CON-sissuer who’s exploits duped some of high-society’s wealthiest out of millions.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
The New Yorker – a True crime documentary about the con that shook the world of wine
Netflix – Sour Grapes documentary
Riverside student accused of hacking school computer changing grades
October 14, 2019
Welcome back Con-gregation to Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci is joined by actress, director, & podcaster Lauren Lapkus (Between Two Ferns: The Movie, With Special Guest…, Threedom) to cover the Hollywood scam artist/master impressionist who lured unsuspecting professionals halfway around the world before leaving them high and dry.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/hunting-con-queen-hollywood-1125932
https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/wjvmnn/hollywood-con-queen-indonesia-scam
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49001504
https://caymannewsservice.com/2019/07/status-scammer-guilty/
https://www.caymancompass.com/2019/07/10/10-years-for-delilah-who-orchestrated-1-9-million-scam/
https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/02/scammer-took-20k-in-pr-con/
This episode is brought to you by Buffy Comforters (www.buffy.co code: SCAM) and Lola (www.mylola.com code: GODDESS).
October 7, 2019
Welcome back Con-gregation to Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! This week Laci is joined by stand up, actress, & podcaster Nicole Byer (Nailed It!, Best Friends Podcast) for a look at the many scams & lives of (fraudulent) “international” guy of grift-stery, Jeremy Wilson.
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.gq.com/story/the-petty-grifter
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/nyregion/jeremy-wilson-con-artist-convicted.html
This episode is brought to you by Upstart (www.upstart.com/goddess) and Dashlane (www.dashlane.com/scam code: SCAM).
September 30, 2019
What’s up Con-gregation & welcome Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! In this initial episode comedian, actor, and podcast papi Paul F. Tompkins joins host Laci Mosley for a deep dive into Anna Delvey aka Anna Sorokin the scam heiress; a fake German heiress turned Manhattan socialite who swindled dozens of people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Research assistant: Sharillyn Vera
This episode is brought to you by Pretty Litter (www.prettylitter.com code: SCAM).
September 9, 2019
Scam Goddess is a podcast dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it! Each week host Laci Mosley (aka Scam Goddess) keeps listeners up to date on current rackets, digs deep into the latest scams, and breaks down historic hoodwinks alongside some of your favorite comedians! It’s like true crime only without all the death! True fun crime! Premiering Tuesday, Oct. 1st.
