June 19, 2023

EP. 195 — Six Degrees of Scammeration w/ Oscar Montoya

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Oscar Montoya joins the show to discuss David Hampton, who became infamous for claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier, conning his way into the upper echelon of New York City society in the 1980’s. It’s giving Six Degrees of Separation. Plus, Milo Yiannopoulos has been accused of using a Congresswoman’s campaign credit card to purchase a website domain for Kanye West’s 2024 presidential campaign. Stay Schemin’!

 

Scam Goddess Live @ the Elysian Theatre on Thursday, June 22, 2023 in Los Angeles @ 7:30pm PST. Live TICKETS SOLD OUT. To livestream go: https://www.moment.co/scamgoddess

 

 

Research by Kaelyn Brandt

 

 

SOURCES

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-20-me-hampton20-story.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=9ugCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/19/nyregion/about-new-york-he-conned-the-society-crowd-but-died-alone.html

https://people.com/movies/about-six-degrees-of-separations-david-hampton-who-conned-people-about-being-sidney-poitiers-son/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/05/09/milo-yiannopoulos-accused-of-using-marjorie-taylor-greenes-money-for-kanye-west-campaign-the-credit-card-fiasco-explained/?sh=44dd08566a4a

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