The Sweepstakes Scammers w/ Tone Bell (Fraud Friday)

About this episode

Laci Mosley and Tone Bell discuss 1980s sweepstakes scammers and a recent cancer scam.

In this week’s Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by comedian and actor Tone Bell (Survival of the Thickest) to discuss a group of men in the 1980s who created a sweepstakes company that barely created any winnings. Plus, a 19-year-old has been caught scamming $37,000 from 439 concerned donors after falsely claiming that she had pancreatic cancer. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 03/06/2023) Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Tone Bell: @tonebell Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES https://nypost.com/2023/01/31/madison-russo-19-charged-in-gofundme-cancer-scam/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/donald-trump-and-the-sweepstakes-scammers https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2002/09/23/newscolumn2.html https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/09/29/Five-charged-in-corporate-sweepstakes-scam/5185623044800/

People in this episode

Host: Laci Mosley

Guest: Tone Bell

Topics covered

• sweepstakes scams
• fraud
• true crime
• comedy
• scamming
• cancer scam

Keywords

• sweepstakes
• scam
• fraud
• cancer
• GoFundMe
• 1980s
• comedy
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scam Goddess Pod, GoFundMe, New York Post, The New Yorker, Philadelphia Business Journal, UPI

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