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. And remember Con-gregation, if your Uber driver is lit you don't have to sit! Stay schemin'!
This story was primarily reported by Wired Magazine's Lauren Smiley in her article, "Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia"
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On Sunday, Sept. 22nd Laci will be hosting the Scam Goddess 5 Year Anniversary Live Show @ the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles. Buy tickets at https://regentdtla.com/tm-event/scam-goddess-live-five-year-anniversary/
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Research by Kaelyn Brandt.
SOURCES:
https://www.wired.com/story/priscila-queen-of-the-rideshare-mafia/
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Happy New Year, CONgregation, let’s start the year with a bang!Laci welcomes comedian and multi-hyphenate Kevin Fredericks, aka KevOnStage (Not My Best Moment, Churchy), to help ring in the new year with all of your fantastic letters. This episode has it all: Laci faking passing out at the airport, a potential love interest, a scammy sugar daddy, a scoundrel teacher, waking up to birds in the air, and so much more! Happy holidays & stay schemin’!
Check out "Not My Best Moment " with KevOnStage, an iHeartPodcasts production in collaboration with Unanimous Media, featuring new episodes available weekly on Wednesdays on YouTube.
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Curated by Jessica Cisneros
Congregation Letters by YOU
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In this week’s Fraud Friday, Laci revisits Episode 152 and chats with journalist and podcast host Sam Sanders (The Sam Sanders Show) about Bishop Lamor Whitehead, who initially gained sympathy after being robbed during a livestreamed sermon. Now, his integrity is under scrutiny as details of his past crimes have emerged. Plus, the viral TikTok Pink Sauce is called out for not being FDA approved. Stay schemin’! (Originally released 08/22/2022)
CONgregation, catch Laci's TV Show, Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu!
Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.
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Sam Sanders: @samsanders
Research by Kaelyn Brandt
SOURCES:
https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2022/7/29/23284458/brooklyn-pastor-lamor-whitehead-pleads-for-sympathy
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/nyregion/lamor-whitehead-bishop-robbed.html
https://www.curbed.com/2022/07/bishop-lamor-whitehead-real-estate-holdings-default.html
https://bestlifeonline.com/news-robbed-pastor-whitehead-life-details/
https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/tiktok-viral-pink-sauce/
https://www.eater.com/23284219/pink-sauce-tiktok-color-expert-reactions
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Laci welcomes rappers, comedians, and longtime besties Justina Valentine and Conceited (What’s Cookin’ Good Lookin’, Wild ’N Out) to our NYE show! Together, they discuss their personal experiences with scams from sneaker schemes to FaceTuned images gone wrong. We also count down some of our favorite “honorable scammers” of 2025, including OnlyFans model Adva Lavie, Akon, the infamous “petty woman” at Louis Vuitton, Charles E. Cheese, and a Justin Bieber impersonator. From start to finish, 2025 truly had it all. Happy holidays & stay schemin’!
Check out Season 2 of What's Cookin' Good Lookin’ with @JustinaValentine and @ConceitedNYC on the @LOLNetwork YouTube.
CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu!
Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.
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Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Justina Valentine: @justinavalentine
Conceited: @conceitednyc
Research by Kathryn Doyle
SOURCES
https://abc7.com/post/woman-used-dating-apps-target-men-burglarize-la-county-homes-authorities-say/17968915/
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/adva-lavie-dating-app-burglary-suspect-business-theft-los-angeles/3790816/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-uses-dating-apps-find-elderly-men-burglarizes-homes-rcna236857
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2025/11/13/why-was-akon-arrested-in-georgia-what-to-know-about-rb-superstar/87245884007/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/04/akon-city-tumbleweed-rolls-through-site-of-rappers-wakanda-inspired-dream
https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1957495751484796969?s=42
https://consequence.net/2025/08/justin-bieber-impersonator-vegas-stage/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/justin-bieber-lookalike-tricked-a-vegas-nightclub-into-letting-him-perform-allegedly-racked-up-10k-bill-before-getting-kicked-out/
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2025/07/24/chuck-e-cheese-arrest-by-tallahassee-police-photos-video/85355422007/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/us/chuck-e-cheese-costume-arrest-fraud.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3275270/snubbed-china-shopper-makes-luxury-shop-staff-count-us84000-cash-2-hours-leaves
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On this week's Fraud Friday, Laci welcomes Jean Elie (HBO’s Insecure) to the show to discuss Fred Brito, a con artist of many faces including the faces of priests. Plus, John Oliver recently tipped his hat to Kim Kardashian for her role in helping solve an art fraud scheme. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 11/01/2022)
Also, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Did you miss out on a custom signed Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes book? Look no more, nab your copy here on PODSWAG. Plus, keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.
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Laci Mosley: @divalaciJean Ellie: @jeanelie
Research by Kaelyn Bryant
SOURCES
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-gold-coffin-of-nedjemankh-trnd/index.html#:~:text=An%20ancient%20gold%20coffin%20displayed,Office%20in%20a%20statement%20Wednesday
https://deadline.com/2022/10/john-oliver-recognizes-kim-kardashian-influence-helping-solve-art-fraud-scheme-1235133309/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18300507
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-17-me-brito17-story.html
https://www.taosnews.com/news/crime/the-pancake-con-man/article_c469819b-b018-5348-ae2d-af20a9ebfe75.html
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Laci welcomes actor, podcaster, comedian, and author Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar, Here We Go Again Podcast) to the show! Kal dishes on his personal connection to scams, his acting journey, and a jaw-dropping story that may have been inspired by Home Alone. Reckless parents David and Sharon Shoo left their 9- and 4-year-old daughters alone while vacationing for 9 days in Mexico in 1992. Happy holidays & stay schemin’!
Don’t miss Kal’s podcast, Here We Go Again, available wherever you get your podcasts.
CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu!
Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.
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Kal Penn: @kalpenn
Research by Kathryn Doyle
SOURCES
https://people.com/couple-left-kids-alone-frozen-dinners-christmas-vacation-11838943
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2017/12/22/25-years-ago-st-charles-parents-left-their-kids-alone-to-vacation-in-mexico-their-case-changed-state-law/
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/01/02/neighbors-had-wondered-where-were-the-children/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/01/03/home-alone-family-called-reclusive/a77bbd3c-ff87-473c-b4c5-1da90202cb13/
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In this week’s Fraud Friday, Laci throws it back to Episode 7 and kicks it with writer, comedian, and actor Lamar Woods (Single Parents, New Girl) to talk about personal Airbnb scams and Airbnb scams on a larger scale. Stay schemin’! (Originally released 11/11/2019)
CONgregation, catch Laci's TV Show, Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu!
Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.
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Lamar Woods: @prophmatic
Research by Sharilyn Vera
SOURCES:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/nationwide-fake-host-scam-on-airbnb/?utm_source=vicetwitterus&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_858978
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Laci welcomes back journalist, writer, and podcaster Sarah Marshall (You’re Wrong About, The Devil You Know). They unpack one of the wildest hoaxes of the Satanic Panic era— the claim that Dungeons & Dragons was a literal gateway to hell. CON-gregation, stay blessed — not possessed!
Also, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu!
Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.
CW: @43:24 Mention of Unliving.
Follow on Instagram:Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaciSarah Marshall’s You’re Wrong About Pod : @yourewrongaboutpod
Research by Kathryn Doyle
SOURCES
https://medium.com/belover/in-the-1980s-a-woman-spread-a-hoax-that-dungeons-dragons-is-satanic-cb8da5614132
https://app.podscribe.com/episode/140508838?transcriptVersionReqId=46eb5796-f194-4b89-80a5-c951cbe7b00f
https://gametree.me/blog/how-many-people-can-play-dnd/
https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/qvnhcp/dd_veterans_of_the_80s_and_90s_what_reaction_did/
https://reason.com/2018/04/07/the-radical-freedom-of-dungeon/
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200609/?read=article_lafarge
/http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/news/2008/03/ff_gygax?currentPage=all
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/
https://www.kismetrose.com/antirpg/PullingObituary091997.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105
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Laci welcomes the WHOLE cast of Florida Girls, Laura Chinn, Patty Guggenheim, and Melanie Field! Honey, they gossip about the lavish embezzlement carried out by Texan fruitcake mogul Sandy Jenkins in this OG episode. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 01/20/2020)
CONgregation, catch Laci's TV Show, Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu!
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Laura Chinn: @laurachinnnn
Patty Guggenheim: @patriscuit
Melanie Field: @melanie__field
Research by Laci Mosley
SOURCES:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/just-desserts/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/6/21048947/whitney-young-swim-coach-principal-pool-inspector-general
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Every era has thieves, but only some have taste! Laci welcomes Olympic medalist and podcaster Adam Rippon (Intrusive Thoughts) to break down today’s loudest wig heists, from ripping your own wig off and offering it to Beyoncé, to stealing them from boutiques, to snatching them right off people’s heads. Plus wig thieves may be shocked to discover they follow in the footsteps of a rich, 300-year history of literal wig-snatchers. Stay schemin’!
CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu!
Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.
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Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Adam Rippon: @adaripp
Research by Kathryn Doyle
SOURCES
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/wig-snatcher-caught-on-camera-at-stonecrest-mall
https://nypost.com/2025/04/26/us-news/thief-who-went-to-prison-for-20-years-jailed-for-nyc-wig-theft/
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/brooklyn/thief-steals-supplies-hair-brooklyn-wig-shop-crown-heights/6183324/
https://www.kltv.com/2025/05/30/woman-accused-stealing-wig-off-body-tyler-funeral-home/
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In this week's Fraud Friday, actress Lizz Adams (Netflix’s Dead To Me) joins Laci to break 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. (Originally Released 4/21/2020)
CONgregation, catch Laci's TV Show, Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Did you miss out on a custom signed Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes book? Look no more, nab your copy here on PODSWAG.
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Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Lizz Adams : @lizzparty
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.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Amway/AUS/index.htm
https://ournextlife.com/2019/04/01/multilevel-marketing-scam
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