Privyet, con-gregation! Ify Nwadiwe is on the pod this week to spill the Russian tea on an olympic doping scandal that gave Russian athletes a scandalous advantage at the Sochi Games. Plus some good old fashioned Nigerian internet scams!

Research by Sharilyn Vera

Sources: 

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/05/590869276/how-icarus-accidentally-exposed-a-major-ocean-s-eleven-style-doping-scheme

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/09/504937994/more-than-1-000-russian-athletes-benefited-from-doping-conspiracy-report-says

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sports/russia-doping-sochi-olympics-2014.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-olympic-doping-whistle-blower-rodchenkov-a-jerk/29007755.html

https://www.newsweek.com/how-russia-got-away-doping-until-it-didnt-482709

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36833962

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/may/12/russian-doctors-athletes-evaded-doping-tests

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/18/russia-doping-scandal-five-things-wada-report

https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/icarus-bryan-fogel-russia-doping-scandal-olympics-netflix.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russian-doping-whistleblower-grigory-rodchenkov-countersues-three-athletes-n870136

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/russia-doping-rodchenkov/551183/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/23/us/nigeria-romance-scam-arrests/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-08-24T04%3A46%3A04&utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-22/fbi-takes-down-nigerian-fraudsters-in-46m-case-based-in-los-angeles

What’s poppin, con-gregation? This week Miles Gray (The Daily Zeitgeist) is on the pod to break down the greatest scheme in modern love. Honestly, this guy’s amazing. We swipe right! Mazel!

What’s up, con-gregation? Scam Goddess is bringing you premium content full of brand new, premium scams. In Con-Fessions, Laci is joined by her friend Priscilla Davies to dissect listener letters full of YOUR scam stories. Thanks for snitching! 

Listen to Con-Fessions every other Thursday, only on Stitcher Premium. If you don’t have Stitcher Premium yet, go to stitchepremium.com and use promo code SCAM to scheme your way into one month of premium listening. Stay schemin! 

What’s up, con-gregation? This week Laci is joined by Tawny Newsome to hear the sales pitch from the star fraud salesman himself, Don Lapre. Plus more proof that love is blind (and expensive!) 

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources: 

https://thegrio.com/2020/05/10/jenifer-lewis-victim-of-con-artist-nearly-400000-scheme/amp/

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/santa-monica-man-allegedly-conned-4-women-including-actress-jenifer-lewis-out-of- [ktla.com]nearly-400000-in-a-romance-scam/ [ktla.com]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWSCOQlicoU

The scammers are busy and it’s hard to keep up! In Con-Fessions, Scam Goddess Laci Mosley and her hilarious friend Priscilla Davies break down even more scams and listener letters. They’ve got all new schemes and they’re all for you, con-gregation. Stay schemin! 

Greetings Con-gregation! This week Tracy Clayton (Another Round, Strong Black Legends) is on the pod to talk about the superintendent with a 4.0 average in fraud. Plus, a good old-fashioned pyramid scheme from Tracy and Laci’s favorite white woman: Tyra Banks!

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources: 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/bad-education-hbo-true-story-scandal-fact-check-992263/

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a32291684/bad-education-hbo-true-story-frank-tassone-pamela-gluckin/

esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a32268352/bad-education-hbo-true-story-frank-tassone-now/

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/hugh-jackman-movie-bad-education-scandal

https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/tyra-banks-beautytainer.html

Peace be with you, con-gregation! This week Bernard David Jones (The Mayor, Uncorked) is on the pod for this week’s scam sermon involving a missionary who will have plenty to talk about at his next confession. Plus, some good old fashioned cut off your hand insurance fraud! 

Research by Sharilyn Vera. 

Sources: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7xjne4/the-counterfeiting-missionary-and-the-fake-pittsburgh-playboy

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/us-citizen-sentenced-prison-leading-international-counterfeit-currency-operation

https://abcnews.go.com/International/slovenian-woman-accused-insurance-fraud-sawing-off-hand/story?id=61629329 

This week Marie Faustin is on the pod to talk the intersectional feminist who lies, cheats, and steals, but at least is helping close the wage gap. Plus the influencer who tried to trick the internet into thinking he was two people at once? It didn’t work out. Research by Sharilyn Vera.

SOURCES:  https://www.topic.com/the-grifters-10-stories-of-scams-and-scammers

https://www.thelily.com/she-made-a-career-out-of-scamming-writers-these-are-the-women-of-color-who-were-her-victims/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thecut.com/amp/2018/07/literary-scammer-story-malcolm-gladwell-lie.html

https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ca-jc-anna-march/

https://www.thecut.com/2020/01/paul-zimmer-or-troy-becker-is-the-craziest-influencer-scam.html 

Good day, con-gregation! This week Jojo Gibbs, star of TWENTIES on BET, sits down with Laci to unpack the brains behind the Yale students with no brains: it’s the college admissions scandal! These parents spent THAT much money on their dumb kids? Damn, Felicity Huffman really put the Desperate in Desperate Housewives. 

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources: 

https://www.nba.com/warriors/news/fraud-alert-playoffs-20190814

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/13/us/cooperating-witnesses-college-admissions-scheme/index.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tip-the-yale-coach-and-the-wire-how-the-college-admissions-scam-unraveled-11552524237

https://www.justice.gov/file/1142891/download

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/us/felicity-huffman-sentencing/index.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-23/ex-pimco-chief-hints-at-college-scam-defense-gifts-not-bribes

 https://www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18262003/bill-mcglashan-college-admissions-scandal-tpg-stanford-usc-yale 

https://deadspin.com/brilliant-but-also-dumb-warriors-fan-says-he-had-a-tric-1836604329

What’s poppin, con-gregation? This week Open Mike Eagle is on the pod to break down the hip hop hoax from across the pond. Then, the work place accident one man fell for, but his insurance company didn’t. 

Sources: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/rknaa6/meet-the-two-scottish-rappers-who-conned-the-world [google.com]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/01/us/new-jersey-insurance-fraud-fall-scli-intl/index.html [amp.cnn.com]

How’s isolation, con-gregation? This week Sydnee Washington is on the pod to talk a deadly insurance fraud scheme that blew up in some scammers’ faces. Scam smarter than this, ok?!

What’s poppin con-gregation! This week Lizz Adams breaks down the nightmare that is multilevel marketing schemes. Watch your back! Plus on scammer of the week, meet the bank robber who’s all bark and no bite.

Research by Sharilyn Vera

Sources: https://www.wtvm.com/2019/11/07/this-is-robbery-columbus-suntrust-bank-robbery-reportedly-barking-walls-during-interview-court-appearance-reveals/

https://mashable.com/article/multi-level-marketing-mlm-scam-avoid/

https://listverse.com/2015/11/26/10-shocking-facts-about-multilevel-marketing-schemes/

https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/the-15-most-hated-multi-level-marketing-companies-right-now.html/

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Amway/AUS/index.htm

What’s poppin con-gregation? This week Janelle James is phoning in during the Rona to break down the Argentinian robbers who dug themselves into a hole. Plus, she talks the 22 year old influencer who might go from blocking her victims to posting from her cellblock. Stay healthy and schemin! 

Research by Sharilyn Vera. 

Sources:

https://www.gq.com/story/the-great-buenos-aires-bank-heist [gq.com] 

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/04/argentina.bank.robbery/index.html [cnn.com] 

https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/influencer-kayla-massa-accused-of-scamming-usd1-5-million.html [thecut.com]

Hello hello con-gregation! This week Jackie Johnson is breaking down the crypto currency ponzi scheme that was NOT a home run for investing MLB players. Also on the scam of the week, things on Shark Tank got phishy. 

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources:  https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2020/02/07/two-charged-in-cryptocurrency-investment-scheme.html [bizjournals.com] 

https://qz.com/1797589/crypto-ponzi-scheme-took-mlb-players-for-millions/ [qz.com]

https://bitcoinist.com/crypto-ponzi-scheme-architects-charged/ [bitcoinist.com]

Barbra from Shark Tank getting scammed  [cnn.com]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/shark-tanks-barbara-corcoran-fell-for-this-very-common-phishing-scam-and-it-cost-her-almost-400000-2020-02-27 [marketwatch.com]

What’s up, Con-gregation? This week Jameela Jamil is in studio to break down the basics on THE basic- Caroline Calloway.  Jameela’s new podcast, I WEIGH WITH JAMEELA JAMIL, is out on Friday April 3 wherever you get your podcasts. h.earwolf.com/iweigh

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

SOURCES: 

The CUT – The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghost writer Natalie [thecut.com] 

VICE — Influencer Caroline Calloway Isn’t a Scammer, Just a Self-Obsessed Mess [vice.com] 

Caroline’s instagram- (where she is currently spiraling)

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/caroline-calloway-instagram-influencer-tour-canceled-scam [buzzfeednews.com] 

https://www.wmagazine.com/story/caroline-calloway-creativity-workshop [wmagazine.com] 

https://www.pajiba.com/web_culture/the-case-of-caroline-calloway-and-her-creativity-workshop-tour.php [pajiba.com] 

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3wwy4/cambridges-most-controversial-instagram-celebrity-gets-the-last-laugh [vice.com]