Fraud Friday: The Scammerhood of the Traveling Wigs w/ Fortune Feimster

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Con-gregation, it's Fraud Friday! And today comedian Fortune Feimster joins us to discuss Laura Albert, an author who published a book under the pseudonym JT LeRoy, only years later it was discovered that JT never really existed. Plus, a 63-year-old Mississippi man is accused of being involved in a footbath scheme resulting in over $10 million in fake claims. Stay Schemin’! CW: There is mention of sexual assault, abuse and suicide in this episode. (Originally Released 01/10/2022) Pre-Order Laci’s book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes": https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press On Sunday, Sept. 22nd Laci will be hosting the Scam Goddess Live: 5 Year Anniversary @ the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles. Buy tickets at https://regentdtla.com/tm-event/scam-goddess-live-five-year-anniversary/ Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Fortune Feimster: @fortunefeimster Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2006/04/jtleroy200604 https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230831/jt-le-roy-true-story-movie-literary-scam-hoax https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2001/7/strange-innocence https://www.savannahknoop.net/ https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/north-mississippi-podiatrist-indicted-foot-bath-scheme-water-valley-medicare-fraud/522-d92da935-ce2f-47e8-9ffa-33a44a182eba\

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0:00.0	What's Popping congregation? It's your girl Lacy Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:04.8	Welcome to an episode of Fraud Fridays, where we release older episodes from the Scam Goddess
0:12.3	vault. That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring episodes from the Schem Goddess Vault.
0:13.0	That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring back your favorite episodes from behind the paywall.
0:18.0	Enjoy this episode from behind the paywall, and as always, stay scheming.
0:23.0	Schemum. Schemum
0:25.0	R
0:30.0	Robberry and Schem Schem Sca, Sca'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'ery and fraud.
0:40.0	Scaub-G! What's popping congregation?
0:44.0	It's your girl Lacey Mosi, aka Scam Goddess.
0:46.0	Guys, I am what?
0:49.0	Yes, look at y'all understanding the assignment. Yes, I'm you're understanding the assignment.
0:53.0	Yes, I'm excited.
0:55.0	I gotta come up with some new words for y'all, I don't know, a lady, enthused,
0:59.0	a horny, that's not, that's not the right direction. But but you know I'm gonna come up with some
1:03.8	SCT words for y'all and we're gonna switch it up in 2022 who maybe I don't know we're still in the
1:09.5	pandemic child I'm tired, I am truly excited for our guests today.
1:16.0	And I know I always say truly, I know and I know y'all think I'll be lying.
1:19.0	Look sometimes I'll be lying, but right now I'm not lying.
1:21.0	This is for true.
1:22.0	This is absolutely for true because we have a very talented comedian writer
1:29.0	Actor on the show. Yo, this is somebody I met on the set of Eic Harley and then we met again on the set of Keenan
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