Scam Goddess

Joel Kim Booster (Wondery’s Bad Dates and Bravo’s Love Hotel) joins Laci to dive into all of your scams and stories, CON-gregation! First, Joel shares his own heartbreaking story of being caught shoplifting. Then, they dive into letters revealing an Ocean’s Eleven-level grocery store checkout scam (also… stop locking everything up, grocery stores!!!), how to dupe the public transit system with a screenshot, a boss becoming someone's “John,” and a text-ual relationship that was sketchy as hell. Stay schemin’!

Keep the scams coming and snitch on your shady friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com.

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Confession Stories by the CONgregation
Curated By Jessica Cisneros
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BookTok used to be the place where readers went to argue about their favorite authors, ship the gays, and learn which creatures their friends were sexually attracted to, and now, like all good things, it's being used to scam. Writer and comedian Ashley Ray joins Laci to discuss the Fyre Fest of book link-ups. A shared cabin, no food, in the middle of the wilderness could be a good time if properly funded; instead, it left a pack of women and one very nice male author hungry and feeling ripped off. Will there be justice or a second round of schemes?

SOCIALS:
Ashley Ray: @theashleyray
Laci Mosley: @divalaci

WE'RE ON YOUTUBE:
Join us on YouTube! See Laci, the guests, and fraudsters: https://www.youtube.com/@ScamGoddess

SOURCES:
https://www.tiktok.com/@_britunfiltered/video/7654234457108450591?_r=1&_t=ZT-98fYoRoIcmb
https://www.today.com/popculture/books/what-is-booktok-meaning-rcna70362
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20kEAinag0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM7_h_sFVyQ
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What's poppin, con-gregation? Sasheer Zamata drops by the pod this week to expose the man who told people he was a government spy who needed money, and those people were like, "sure." Plus, a clip from the Scam Goddess premium show Con-Fessions, hosted by Laci and Priscilla Davies. Stay schemin!
Research by Sharilyn Vera
Sources:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/former-dea-spokesman-garrison-courtney-guilty-plea-cia-operative-4-4-million-fraud-scheme/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2020/06/ex-federal-worker-pretended-to-be-cia-to-steal-millions-2/amp/
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Kerry Coddett, actress and comedian known for her work in Flatbush Misdemeanors, Ramy, Crashing, and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, joins Laci for one of the most colorful scams we've ever covered. In Astoria, Queens, one couple scammed multiple members of their immigrant community with one of the ugliest houses ever seen on Zillow. Multiple fronts, including a fashion house, delayed justice, but as with most scams, greed eventually caught up with the perpetrators.
SOCIALS:
Join us on YouTube! See Laci, the guests, and fraudsters: https://www.youtube.com/@ScamGoddess
Find Kerry Coddett on Instagram @overfab
SOURCES
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/realestate/queens-real-estate-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk8.d-iS.Nsr2d5cWNFO7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/queens-man-pleads-guilty-real-estate-fraud-scheme
https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/real-estate/the-dark-story-behind-the-most-colorful-house-in-queens/
https://toptenrealestatedeals.com/weekly-ten-best-home-deals/home/as-seen-on-zillow-gone-wild-queens-most-colorful-home
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article311691934.html
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What's poppin, con-gregation? Caleb Hearon joins us to discuss a cheating chief of police who falsified documents to hide his many affairs. Plus, a Texas resident scams millions of CARES Act money from Uncle Sam. Stay schemin!

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Follow on Instagram:
Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Caleb Hearon: @sooootruepod

SOURCES:
https://heavy.com/news/jason-collier/
https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/three-timing-texas-police-chief-jason-collier-arrested-by-texas-rangers-11982954
https://abc7news.com/ppp-fraud-houston-covid-funds-scam-business-owners-bought-luxury-cars-with-loans-ladonna-wiggins/10385500/

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