Scam Goddess
with Laci Mosley
August 29, 2024
Iconic singer/songwriter Dawn Richard of Danity Kane joins the Con-gregation to help spill the controversial tea surrounding who really invented the Flamin’ Hot Cheeto.
August 26, 2024
EP. 257 — RayGun & Olympic Games Grifts w/ Kimia Behpoornia & Patrick McDonald
Guest Kimia Behpoornia & Patrick McDonald
It’s the Scam Goddess Olympic Games Grifting special! Kimia Behpoornia (Abbott Elementary) & Patrick McDonald (Radio Margaritaville) join the Con-gregation to discuss over a century of Olympics fraud—from cheating runners in the first modern marathon to Australian viral breakdancer RayGun at the 2024 Paris Games.
August 22, 2024
The hilarious Vinny Thomas (Platonic) joins the Con-gregation to discuss Gerry Cotten, the infamous Crypto King.
August 19, 2024
How does a Brazilian immigrant become an American Uber Mafia Queen? Buckle up, ’cause Niles Abston (FXX’s Dave) stops by to help tell the story of Priscila Barbosa who finessed the gig economy to make more than $780,000 before it all came crashing down.
August 15, 2024
Before Netflix’s “Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam” Teresa Lee (Girls5eva) joined the Con-gregation to break down the scams and abuse of Lou Pearlman—the man who launched the careers of *NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, and Britney Spears but conned the musicians out of their hard-earned money and ran one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.
August 12, 2024
Adam Pally, who stars alongside Steph Curry in the new Peacock series Mr. Throwback, joins the con-gregation to help break down the story of Cliff Panezich—an ex-baseball player whose throwing arm turned out to be more useful for forging sports memorabilia autographs.
August 8, 2024
What’s poppin’ congregation? This week, content creator La’Ron Hines joins us to discuss how a New York man is scammed by his therapist Dr. Ike Herschkopf, getting caught in a web of entanglement and paying him $3 million in monetary compensation.
August 5, 2024
Scam Goddess’ founding father and Jett Jackson impersonator Miles Gray (The Daily Zeitgeist, Mad Boosties) returns to the con-gregation to talk all about Medi Abalimba—the football fraudster who stole the identity of a Premier League soccer player in order to live a life of luxury.
August 1, 2024
EP. 253.5 — Fraud Friday: The Scammerhood of the Traveling Wigs w/ Fortune Feimster
Guest Fortune Feimster
Con-gregation, it’s Fraud Friday! And today comedian Fortune Feimster joins us to discuss Laura Albert, an author who published a book under the pseudonym JT LeRoy, only years later it was discovered that JT never really existed.
July 29, 2024
Lisa Gilroy (Jury Duty) joins the con-gregation to discuss how Beanie Baby Mania took the 90’s by storm, with people collecting and selling Ty Inc. stuffed toys for thousands of dollars.
July 25, 2024
What’s poppin, con-gregation? Today we re-visit our episode with Jason Concepcion analyzing the covid vaccine start-up that bamboozled a whole city.
July 22, 2024
EP. 252 — Cali City Con Man w/ Ceara O’Sullivan & Griff Stark-Ennis
Guest Ceara O’Sullivan & Griff Stark-Ennis
Ceara O’Sullivan & Griff Stark-Ennis of the Petty Crimes podcast join the con-gregation to talk all about Nat Mendelsohn—the 1960s real estate developer whose California City desert utopia became a desert nightmare.
July 18, 2024
What’s poppin, con-gregation? Today we re-visit our episode with comedian Hari Kondabolu (The Problem with Apu) who helps us discuss Mohammed Agbareia, the FBI informant who also ran his own scam side hustle.
July 15, 2024
What’s poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, comedian Londale Theus Jr. joins the show to discuss Belle Gibson who was set to be next biggest wellness guru but 10 years later, her international empire built on a cancer journey has crumbled.
July 11, 2024
Happy Friday, con-gregation! We re-visit our episode with comedian Tahir Moore where he breaks down the patriot who puts the fake in fake news. Stay schemin!