Scam Goddess

CON-gregation, US Rep. George Santos' sentencing has been delayed so he can keep making podcasts! What?! Here's a refresher on this fraudster with a legitimate podcast host Brittany Luse (NPR’s It’s Been A Minute A Minute) joining Laci to discuss the disgraced former CON-gressman, who is making history as the most fraudulent politician to have been elected to Congress. Plus, a man who has been using Chance the Rapper’s name to scam two victims out of tens of thousands of dollars has been arrested. Stay Schemin! Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod  Laci Mosley: @divalaciBrittany Luse: @bmluse  Research done by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCEShttps://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/accused-con-artist-arrested-after-cbs-2-investigation/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/nyregion/george-santos-donors-fund-raising.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.htmlhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/01/13/george-santos-everything-the-embattled-congressman-has-lied-about/?sh=357d28854557https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/rep-elect-george-santos-admits-fabricating-key-details-of-his-bio/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/01/george-santos-the-luckiest-liar-in-politics.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/nyregion/george-santos-republicans-lies.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-01-14/george-santos-election-fraudhttps://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1149491284/martin-luther-king-mlk-statue-boston-consternation-laughs-reaction-coretta Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/scam.

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? Jonathan Van Ness joins us to discuss how Margaret Keane didn’t know that her husband, Walter Keane, was taking credit for her famous “Big Eyed” children paintings popularized during the 1950s and 60s. Plus, find out how one woman found a stack of 70 Chase bank credit cards in her mailbox. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 7/26/2022) Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspodLaci Mosley: @divalaciJonathan Van Ness: @jvn Sources:https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/deception-effects-1.4628704/how-margaret-keane-helped-deceive-the-art-world-1.4629030https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/26/art-fraud-margaret-walter-keane-tim-burton-biopichttps://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/margaret-and-walter-keane-art-fraud Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/scam.

Legendary comedian Margaret Cho joins the CONgregation as a self-proclaimed deacon. Margaret helps Laci uncover the surprising connection between Prince, Michael Jackson, and the art of smooth talk—and how it all leads to wire fraud scammer Tanya Smith, who, to her chagrin, is the last person you’d expect to pull one over on the FBI. Laci and Margaret also dive into a "purr-fectly" peculiar lesson about buying a new pet with gift cards and so much more. Stay schemin'! Check out Margaret's new single "Lucky Gift" and tickets to her Live and Livid stand-up tour are on sale now at https://margaretcho.com/tour/ Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod  Laci Mosley: @divalaciMargaret Cho:@margaret_cho Research by Kate Doyle. SOURCEShttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/books/review/never-saw-me-coming-tanya-smith.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/22/tanya-smith-stole-40m-evaded-fbi-broke-out-prisonhttps://www.instagram.com/neversawmecomingbook/reel/C_egcnYPTTT/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zfS7IYWx-khttps://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/09/24/twin-sisters-found-guilty-of-fraud/ Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/scam.

Comedian Caleb Hearon (Jurassic World Dominion) returns to discuss Norman Baker, a vaudevillian, business-owner, and radio-show host in the 1800’s who claimed to have a cure for cancer. Plus, a Hong Kong student has been arrested after participating in an elaborate kidnapping to scam her parents out of ransom money. Stay schemin’! (Originally Released 10/24/2022) 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 Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspodLaci Mosley: @divalaciCaleb Hearon: @calebsaysthings Research by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES:https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3194630/student-arrested-hong-kong-role-fake-kidnapping-scamhttps://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2022/06/01/norman-baker-and-the-naked-truth/https://historycollection.com/norman-baker-man-claimed-cure-cancer/https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/ Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/scam.