Scam Goddess

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Laci welcomes best-selling author and comedian Phoebe Robinson (2 Dope Queens) to bring you even more bad news from Washington, D.C. this time about Real Housewives of Potomac star Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, who...

In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by actresses Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Pena & Yasmine Hamady (Dare We Say Podcast) to discuss Richard Ayvazyan and Marietta Terabelian, the leaders of a family fraud ring...

Laci welcomes Emmy-nominated actor and comedian Kiran Deol ( Kiran Deol: Joysuck, Advanced Chemistry ) to the show! Together, they discuss how a scammer from Lithuania stole over $120 million from tech giants using a...

Laci welcomes Tracy Clayton and Josh Gywnn ( Back Issue) to discuss a teenager who led authorities on a wild goose chase across the nation by stealing planes, all the while not wearing shoes. Plus, a 62-year-old artist...

Laci welcomes back her great friend, actor and influencer La'Ron Hines (from the Snapchat Original Series: La’Ron In A Million ) to the show! Together, Laci and La'Ron dive into the Escobar Phone, one of Roberto...

Laci welcomes Jojo T. Gibbs ( Fresh, Twenties ) for the 100th episode of Scam Goddess, and they discuss one of the biggest bank fraud schemes in history. Plus, someone posing as actor Colin Firth scams three Italian...

Laci welcomes her mentor and great friend, Yvette Nicole Brown ( Community, Squeezed Podcast ), to look through her binoculars and examine last month’s heist at the Louvre, which took place on October 19th at...

Laci welcomes Tracie Morrissey ( Pot Psychology Podcast )to dig into a man who was caught defrauding 35 of his “girlfriends” in Japan, his maybe wig, and his love of cake. Plus, a former senior advisor in the federal...

Laci welcomes comedians, writers, and actor besties Jenny Slate, Max Silvestri, and Gabe Liedman ( I Need You Guys' podcast) to catch up on her adventures in Ireland, learning about Berlin’s KitKatClub, and getting help...

Laci welcomes Alaska Thunderfuck ( RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2 ) to discuss a Victorian era beauty influencer who peddled deadly beauty products and was a full-time criminal. Plus, a bride and groom planned a...

In the spookiest of scam stories yet, Laci welcomes actor Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows, Companion) to dig into David Sconce, a mortician who found new and gruesome ways to cut corners in the cremation...

Laci welcomes Traci Thomas (T he Stacks Podcast) to discuss Jamison Bachman, a man who posed as a charming tenant only to victimize his roommates, determined to take their homes from under them. Plus, an elderly woman...

Laci welcomes comedian, writer, and now dancer Andy Richter ( Dancing with the Stars, The Three Questions Podcast ) to dig up the sauciest of cons by R&V Warren Farms. Between 1997 and 2003, as the most successful...

Laci welcomes Jabaris Davis (NBA Finals File ) to discuss Heather Morgan, a rapping former-CEO who was a part of the largest asset seizure in history, involving over $4 billion in bitcoin. Plus, a Greek Orthodox priest...

Laci welcomes world-class improviser Vic Michaelis ( Dropout: Very Important People ) to explore history’s most glittering con job carried out by Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, the self-proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte."...

Laci welcomes Brittani Warrick ( 28 Days) to discuss how a 19th-century Scottish man convinced people to establish the new country of Poyais; however, it didn’t actually exist. Plus, one antique store goes viral after a...

"All aboard the scam express!" Laci welcomes news correspondent and producer Loren Lorosa ( The Breakfast Club ) to unpack how over 100 Amtrak employees derailed the company’s health plan in a $12 million scheme...

It's Fraud Friday, and we're feeling good because the deacon has returned. Jacquis Neal ( Grand Crew) joins Laci to discuss the story of Juan Carlos Guzman Betancur. He was a teenage stowaway found frozen like a cube on...

This week, Laci welcomes Mandii B and Weezy WTF (Decisions, Decisions Podcast) to dig into Stephanie Hockridge, a former Emmy-nominated TV news anchor convicted in a billion-dollar COVID fraud scheme. She went from...

In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by Sarah Marshall (Y ou’re Wrong About Podcast) to discuss the scams of televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker from their start with a puppet ministry to a full-blown...