Scam Goddess
with Laci Mosley
January 27, 2020
I hope you stayed schemin’ this weekend Con-gregation. Unwind from the grind this week with our wonderful guest, writer Ira Madison III (Keep It!, Daybreak). This time we’re uncovering the “Fraud Prince” Anthony Gignac! You know I love a luxurious lie, we stan!
Research Assistant: Sharilyn Vera
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/how-the-fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac-was-exposed
https://nypost.com/2019/06/01/fake-saudi-prince-who-flaunted-on-instagram-sentenced-in-fraud-scheme/
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/business/payless-fake-store/index.html
January 20, 2020
EP. 17 — The Fruitcake Funneler with the Florida Girls
Guest Laura Chinn , Patty Guggenheim & Melanie Field
Con-gregation! On this special edition we’re in the booth with the WHOLE cast of my show Florida Girls! (Pop TV if you don’t know honey!) My girls Laura Chinn, Patty Guggenheim and Melanie Field gossip about the lavish embezzlement of Texan fruitcake mogul Sandy Jenkins!
This episode is brought to you by Dashlane.
Research by Laci
SOURCES:
January 13, 2020
What’s poppin’ Con-gregation? This week we’re teaming up with our buddy Ryan Stanger (Action Boyz) to blow the whistle on the referee who gambled on his own games, Tim Donaghy!
SOURCES:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jul/30/ussport [theguardian.com]
https://usports.org/former-referee-tim-donaghy-speaks-out-about-nba-game-fixing-video/ [usports.org]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0otDAgN4OY
https://www.newsday.com/sports/tim-donaghy-timeline-1.562386 [newsday.com]
https://populartimelines.com/timeline/Tim-Donaghy [populartimelines.com]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NBA_betting_scandal [en.wikipedia.org]
January 6, 2020
Happy New Year Con-gregation! My New Years Resolution is keep telling y’all about all the biggest scams honey! This week we’re chilling with the hilarious and talented Teresa Lee (I Think She Likes You, Cracked) and diving into the boy band abuser, Lou Jay Pearlman!
This episode is brought to you by Dashlane.
Research by Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nsync-lou-pearlman-nightline-927166/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCRs0Ic3FI&vl=en
December 30, 2019
Happy New Year Con-gregation! Scams are all about hindsight so we got together with our good friend Oscar Montoya (Spanish Aquí, Bless The Harts) to look at our favorite scammer of the decade, habitual political line-stepper and possibly my soulmate, Mina Chang!
Research: Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1080356
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIhWGIUGboE
https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/unfortunately-i-love-mina-chang-state-department-scammer.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-mina-chang-from-state-department-career-2019-11
https://twitter.com/ksieff/status/1194342219664232454?s=20
This episode is brought to you by Buffy Comforters.
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
