Smugglers & Strugglers w/ Abby Govindan

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Laci is joined by stand-up comedian Abby Govindan to dive into the wildest and most ridiculous ways people have been caught smuggling drugs. A recent toupee smuggle struggle led them to the discovery of many more fails that led many folks to jail. You won’t believe how many everyday items can be made from cocaine! Laci and Abby rate their favorite smuggle fails, from dinnerware and high heels to Jesus. Stay schemin'! 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 Abby Govindan: @abbygovindan Research by Kathryn Doyle SOURCES https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cocaine-toupee-narco-wig/ https://www.npr.org/2019/07/17/742768864/drug-in-a-rug-is-that-a-bag-of-cocaine-under-your-toupee https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/16/man-held-in-spain-over-attempt-to-smuggle-cocaine-under-his-wig https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/07/16/inenglish/1563277743_245169.html https://www.thelocal.es/20140103/women-smuggled-drugs-under-wigs https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cocaine-under-wigs-smuggling-brazil-spain_n_4536776 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/woman-cocaine-breast-implants-arrested-madrid https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20705742 https://www.immigroup.com/topics/top-11-most-creative-drug-smuggling-attempts/ https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2008/06/05/religion-news-police-confiscate-jesus/48553415007/ https://www.chron.com/lifestyle/houston-belief/article/cocaine-jesus-statue-seized-by-agents-in-laredo-1777599.php https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43005948 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/aug/11/91-year-old-sydney-man-charged-over-importing-5kg-of-cocaine-in-soap-bars https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/4948988/Cocaine-cast-man-arrested-at-Spanish-airport.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-fly-chile-spain-suitcases-made-cocaine-article-1.372793 https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/manolo-blahnik-shoes-made-of-cocaine-northern-spain https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35082219 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163468/Spanish-police-seize-42-piece-dinner-set--entirely-cocaine.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8998-gangs-turn-cocaine-into-clear-plastic-products/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Scam! Cards, robbery, and fraud.
0:09.0	Scam! Cards, robbery, and fraud. Scam goddess!
0:19.0	What's popping congregation? It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess, back with a podcast all about robbery, fraud, and those who practice it.
0:27.6	Sometimes we love them. Sometimes we hate them. We will find out along the way. And y'all already know if you're an OG to this show that I'm very what?
0:36.2	Yes, excited, elated, thrilled to have a stand-up comedian on the show who made her comedic debut at Carolines on Broadway at the age of 20.
0:47.0	She's headlines sold out shows in New York, D.C., San Francisco, and is one of the youngest touring comedians in the country.
0:57.2	She's currently touring her show, How to Embarish Your Immigrant Parents.
1:01.0	Her show is going strong tomorrow through Saturday, March 22nd. So get involved. Get those tickets before they're gone.
1:04.0	Congregation.
1:05.0	Please welcome to the show.
1:06.6	Abby Govinden.
1:07.9	Abby!
1:08.7	Lacey!
1:09.4	I'm so happy to be here.
1:10.7	I'm such a longtime fan of the show.
1:12.6	This is literally the only podcast that I listen to. Oh, thank you. And I also, I'm sure a lot of your
1:19.1	listeners do this too. I, like, listen to episodes and then I'll tell the story as if I knew it
1:25.1	organically. I'll be like, oh my God, did you hear about this guy who like pretended to be on the,
1:29.8	I think it was the CIA's roster.
1:31.4	He just like called random companies and he was like, hey, I'm undercover.
1:34.7	I need you to put me on your payroll and he scammed like three, four million.
1:38.3	It's just like cool stories to have in my like archival to like pull out at a party. I love that scam that y'all are scamming my
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