Fraud Friday: The MIT Blackjack Team w/ Chinedu Unaka

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Chinedu Unaka (Abbott Elementary, Insecure) joins the Con-gregation to discuss how a group of MIT and Harvard students in the 80s perfected card counting and took to casinos, making over $57 million dollars. Plus, a former British Airways pilot is sentenced to a year in jail after he falsified his flying experience. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 04/18/2022) Laci’s book is out now! Order “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes" here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Chinedu Unaka: @chineduunaka Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES: https://web.archive.org/web/20050113100211/https://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,324,00.html https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27519748 https://www.theverge.com/2012/8/10/3223068/mit-mike-aponte-blackjack-card-counting-defcon https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/31/pilot-jailed-lying-flying-experience-get-british-airways-job/ https://www.businessinsider.com/british-airways-pilot-jailed-faked-resume-flying-experience-pressed-button-2022-4 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/race-ethnicity

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0:00.0	What's popping, congregation?
0:02.5	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:05.0	Welcome to an episode of Fraud Fridays, where we release older episodes from the
0:11.6	Scam Goddess Vault.
0:13.0	That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring back your favorite episodes from behind
0:16.8	the paywall.
0:18.1	Enjoy this episode from behind the paywall.
0:20.3	And as always, stay scheming.
0:23.2	Scam, cards, robbery, and fraud.
0:31.9	Scam!
0:34.1	Cards, robbery and fraud.
0:40.2	GAM Goddess.
0:42.2	West Popping Congregation, welcome to another installment of scam goddess.
0:45.9	It's me, Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess, here to talk about robbery, fraud, chicanery, criminals.
0:52.3	Those of the Lycon artistry, as we call it. If you listen to this podcast,
0:58.6	you know that I'm very, yes, I'm very excited. I keep saying I'm going to change that, but maybe
1:02.9	I won't. Maybe we'll just stick here together. I don't know. Let's see. But I really am excited.
1:07.8	I love when we have people on the pod who I know in real life and are
1:10.8	amazing comedians. Today we have hilarious comedian actor, writer on the show, along with
1:16.0	Candace Thompson. He co-hosts the Spotify original podcast, Nosey Neighbors, where each week
1:21.0	they review the wildest neighbor stories. Come on next door. Also, you'll see him in the upcoming
1:27.2	feature film reboot House Party coming out July 28th.
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