Fraud Friday: Love Fraud w/ Scottie Beam & Sylvia Obell

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Fraud Friday, Scottie Beam and Sylvia Obell hear from Laci about Richard Scott Smith—a man who promised love but instead conned a group of Midwestern women out of over $1 million. Plus, a Los Angeles family is shocked to learn that someone posted their home on Airbnb to rent it. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 01/17/2022) CON-gregation, catch Laci's new TV Show, Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Scottie Beam: @scottiebeam Sylvia Obell: @sylviaobell Research By Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/style/taking-down-bad-men-is-her-job.html https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a33821604/love-fraud-richard-scott-smith-true-story/ https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a33915040/richard-scott-smith-love-fraud-now/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8644523/Richard-Scott-Smith.html https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-carla-the-bounty-hunter-from-love-fraud https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/11/30/exclusive-local-family-discovers-home-listed-on-airbnb-after-strangers-arrive-saying-they-rented-it/

Transcript

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0:00.0	What's popping, congregation?
0:02.7	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:05.2	Welcome to an episode of Fraud Fridays, where we release older episodes from the
0:11.8	scam goddess Balt.
0:13.2	That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring back your favorite episodes from behind the
0:17.4	paywall.
0:18.3	Enjoy this episode from behind the paywall.
0:20.5	And as always, stay scheming.
0:23.4	Scam, cars, robbery, and fraud.
0:32.1	Scam.
0:34.4	Cards, robbery, and fraud.
0:40.3	Scam goddess.
0:42.3	What's popping congregation?
0:44.3	Welcome back to another installment of scam goddess.
0:47.3	It is I and Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:50.3	Good to see y'all. Can y'all see me?
0:53.3	I'm just fucking with you. Y'all having a good day? You're having a bad day? You got gas? I don't got gas.
0:59.0	Anyways, guys, I am very, yes, excited. And I truly am. I know I say this every single time, but we get the best guests on this show, and I know that y'all are going to go up for today's guests. And we have two
1:11.5	guests, okay? Double homicide. And I'm very excited. Today we have two guests on the show. One is an
1:17.3	influential media personality, and the other one is an unfiltered journalist. Together, they host
1:22.3	the OK Now Listen podcast on Netflix, Strong Black Lead Brand, honey, yes yes and you can catch the reality TV show
1:29.7	get you a me on the still watching netflix youtube channel get you a me is a show where scotty
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