Love Fraud & Swifties for Trump (w/ Kathy Griffin)

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: @divalaci Brittany Luse: @bmluse Research done by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES https://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.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/nyregion/george-santos-ny-republicans.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/01/13/george-santos-everything-the-embattled-congressman-has-lied-about/?sh=357d28854557 https://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.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/nyregion/george-santos-republicans-lies.html https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-01-14/george-santos-election-fraud https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1149491284/martin-luther-king-mlk-statue-boston-consternation-laughs-reaction-coretta

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: @scamgoddesspod  Laci Mosley: @divalaci Jonathan Van Ness: @jvn Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/deception-effects-1.4628704/how-margaret-keane-helped-deceive-the-art-world-1.4629030 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/26/art-fraud-margaret-walter-keane-tim-burton-biopic https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/margaret-and-walter-keane-art-fraud

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: @divalaci Margaret Cho:@margaret_cho Research by Kate Doyle. SOURCES https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/books/review/never-saw-me-coming-tanya-smith.html  https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/22/tanya-smith-stole-40m-evaded-fbi-broke-out-prison https://www.instagram.com/neversawmecomingbook/reel/C_egcnYPTTT/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zfS7IYWx-k https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/09/24/twin-sisters-found-guilty-of-fraud/

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: @scamgoddesspod  Laci Mosley: @divalaci Caleb 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-scam https://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/

This New Years Eve we thought we'd revisit a classic ep so at midnight you can count down all the ways that so-called civil rights activist Jeffrey Shaun King has continued his scamming ways. Also, a worker in Chile accidentally got paid 286 times his salary. Stay schemin’! (Originally Released 07/18/2022) 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: @scamgoddesspod   Laci Mosley: @divalaci Ashley Ray: @theashleyray Research by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES https://www.blackenterprise.com/shaun-king-daughter-kendi-has-a-word-family-move/ https://www.blackenterprise.com/calvin-crime-black-twitter-rips-shaun-king-after-he-begs-for-money-for-new-fashion-line/ https://twitter.com/MrErnestOwens/status/1407733142769831944?s=20&t=XD6Se6jkQmSc6OPoI2L_bw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxI_DE4S0A https://jezebel.com/samaria-rice-asks-shaun-king-accused-grifter-how-the-1847160251 https://www.blackenterprise.com/grifter-or-nah-shaun-king-lives-it-up-in-luxe-jersey-estate-while-begging-for-money-for-his-wife/ https://www.yahoo.com/video/shaun-king-asks-assistance-move-153036273.html https://www.newsonyx.com/update-shaun-king-accused-of-clothing-line-scam/ https://scoop.upworthy.com/his-company-accidentally-paid-him-286-times-his-salary-so-he-promptly-resigned-and-disappeared