Scam Goddess

The Deacon Jacquis Neal (Crowd Control, Dropout TV) returns to the CONgregation, and today even the highest in the church grows weary. He shares nearly being fooled by a fake credit union posing as his own. Meanwhile, Laci regales Jacquis with the tale of a major pigeon heist: an organized crime ring in Belgium stealing elite racing pigeons worth millions, cutting into lofts to snatch champion birds. 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 [email protected].
 
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Research by Kathryn Doyle 
 
SOURCES
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/pigeon-racing-china-crime-belgium/?fbclid=PAZnRzaAMtz85leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp4oUnvFW3FdZ7YeGZL7aQ-v362mX51VXZmjfhmVb1jQt99N6ntibO_9ZLYoT_aem_afSDtoi9XWhrQf45zuPOYA
https://apnews.com/article/pigeon-racing-breeding-theft-belgium-fraud-4313323916aae9aa85b0e240851726ba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl--sl_Q8to
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sold-expensive-pigeon

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Just like that, it's Fraud Friday! Today, Laci visits one of the very first episodes of Scam Goddess, episode 13, with comedy legend Matt Walsh (Ghosts, Upright Citizens Brigade), as they dive into the most famous Ponzi schemer in world history: Bernie Madoff. More like he “made off” with those billions. Stay schemin’! (Originally released 12/23/2019)
 
CON-gregation, keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at [email protected].
 
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Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Matt Walsh:@mrmattwalsh

 
Research by Laci Mosley

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Laci welcomes back comedian Jay Jurden (Yes Ma’am) to break down the scam of shrinkflation at stand-up comedy shows and to unpack the bizarre true story of Ryan Borgwardt, a Wisconsin cabinetmaker who faked his own death in a kayaking accident, abandoning his wife and three kids to start a new life with an Eastern European woman he met online. 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 [email protected].

 
Follow on Instagram:
Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Jay Jurden: @jayjurden
Research by Kathryn Doyle 
 
SOURCES
https://abcnews.go.com/US/lie-wisconsin-kayaker-faked-drowning-fled-country-told/story?id=125419190
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/candid-comments-kayaker-who-faked-35878304
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/wisconsin-ryan-borgwardt-wife-georgia-b2823424.html
https://www.wisn.com/article/wife-of-wisconsin-man-accused-of-faking-his-own-death-files-for-divorce-missing-kayaker/63173392
https://www.wisn.com/article/i-kept-going-wisconsin-husband-details-how-he-faked-his-own-death/66030235
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/us/wisconsin-missing-kayaker

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Fraud Friday already? Today, Laci revisits Episode 59 from around election time in 2020 and chats with actor and comedian Priscilla Davies (Monét's Slumber Party). Together, they uncover Frank Farian the German mastermind music producer behind the Milli Vanilli scandal. Stay schemin’! (Originally released 11/09/2020)
 
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 [email protected].
 
Follow on Instagram:
Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Priscilla Davies: @pristhegoddess
 
Research by Sharilyn Vera

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Laci welcomes back comedians, actors, and podcasters Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?), and the pair immediately have a bone to pick with the studio: why is there a Chewbacca mural on the wall instead of one of them? Paul, Jason, and Laci then bond over their shared distrust of AI on social media before diving into a wild FBI sting that exposed former NBA players and coaches like Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones, who were allegedly involved in rigged poker games. Backed by the Mafia, the operation used insider information to cheat at sports betting on a multi-million-dollar scale. Stay schemin’!

 
Listen to How Did This Get Made? 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 [email protected].

 
Follow on Instagram:
Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaci
How Did This Get Made? Podcast: @HDTGM
Paul Scheer: @paulscheer

 
Research by Kathryn Doyle 
 
SOURCES
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/current-and-former-national-basketball-association-players-and-four-other-individuals
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/terry-rozier-tax-lien-sports-betting-ring/
https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/nba-gambling-scandal-damon-jones-lebron-james-8a8f4f77?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeaEzJTg4cht94T_OTRX8F97Huk54E3ijkntEnw6hLa9uRb3g4fWZcRz1Z86GE%3D&gaa_ts=69028121&gaa_sig=ygd3QlDvRJwbSjj9LqwuqIFelkFOD2AAQb4Xqj3sAmJsBIx8DMxsGnvzELsBJn988iMAwXtsdrwEpwiVDQgk0Q%3D%3D
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/nyregion/nba-gambling-scandal-explained.html
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46695228/sources-terry-rozier-arrested-part-gambling-inquiry
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tsn/news/biggest-gambling-scandals-sports-history-bet/df2d2288eca5e3ba71738ecd
https://nypost.com/2025/10/27/us-news/alleged-nba-poker-scammer-pookie-painted-portraits-for-celebrities-and-singers/

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