EP. 274 — Holiday Ho-ho-hoodwinks w/ Bridger Winegar

Scam-ta baby, ‘tis the season for some holiday ho-ho-hoodwinks with Bridger Winegar (I Said No Gifts!) to find out how the organizers of SantaCon, an Italian social media influencer, and the planners of a kids’ winter wonderland experience all ended up on the Scam Goddess naughty list. Could the reason of the season be to stay schemin’?

You’ll find Bridger’s podcast ‘I Said No Gifts!’ here:

www.exactlyrightmedia.com/i-said-no-gifts

Signed copies of Laci’s book are back in stock on Podswag:

https://www.podswag.com/collections/scam-goddess/products/signed-scam-goddess-lessons-from-a-life-of-cons-grifts-and-schemes

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Research by Kate Doyle.

SOURCES

https://newrepublic.com/post/177441/santacon-isnt-just-obnoxious

https://www.instagram.com/santacon/p/CzzvNg8q8LQ/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/chiara-ferragni-italy-influencers-charity-christmas-cake-scandal

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-meloni-takes-aim-influencer-ferragni-over-misleading-claims-2023-12-17/

https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/mum-warning-scam-santa-event-fyre-festival-for-kids-winter-village-south-australia-020039916.html

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/christmas-event-fyre-festival-kids

https://x.com/tom_tanuki/status/1339131734508462081

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