Nosey Neighbor

Summary

Scam Goddess: "Nosey Neighbor" (December 15, 2022)

Episode Overview

In this season finale of Scam Goddess, host Laci Mosley and guest Priscilla Davies dive into the world of scams by reading a listener-submitted "Confession" from a self-described anti-fraud professional named "Daphne." The episode takes a comedic, yet pointed, look at the line between vigilant neighborliness and outright nosiness, unpacking a Pacific Northwest housing "scam" involving subleases, travel nurses, and one very involved neighbor. Through witty banter and sharp analysis, the hosts deconstruct Daphne's story and reflect on what constitutes a scam, who is harmed, and when helping crosses the line into meddling.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Scene: Holiday Tangents & Podcast Banter (00:02–06:30)

• The hosts riff on holiday traditions and working during the season.
• Laci and Priscilla joke about family naming confusion and the benefits (and pitfalls) of sharing names internationally, including credit scams ("Have you tried ruining your cousin’s credit yet? …That’s actually a brilliant idea" – Laci, 05:21).
• The tone is playful, teasing, and irreverent, setting up the episode's overall feel.

2. Introduction to the Scam Confession: Meet “Daphne” (06:32–10:09)

• The confession comes from "Daphne," an anti-fraud and anti-money laundering professional in the Pacific Northwest, detailing her mission to disrupt a local housing scam targeting travel nurses.
• Discussion on the lucrative, peripatetic lives of travel nurses, and the unique housing challenges they face.
• Advice for listeners: Always pay for temporary housing with a credit card to leverage consumer protections from fraud.

3. The Anatomy of a “Scam”: Chad Jabroni and the Sublet Situation (10:09–22:12)

• Chad: a twenty-something business analyst with a rotating group of roommates, at times careless (passing out with his door open), and subletting his father’s property for profit.
• Daphne’s role: The ever-watchful neighbor noticing absentee yard maintenance and homelessness, feeling justified in getting involved.
• Detailed inventory of items “excavated” from Chad’s yard ("Three Wild Turkey whiskeys. Empty. Six energy drinks with creatine. Empty…" – Priscilla, 15:17), with running jokes about Daphne's meticulousness ("Daphne's petty, too. I know that. Daphne’s a Virgo." – Laci, 15:37).
• The hosts reflect on the blurred line between helpful neighbor and meddler, noting the implicit class and cultural dynamics at play.

4. Nosiness or Vigilance? Daphne's Deep Dive (22:13–27:00)

• Daphne uses the opportunity to talk to subletters and investigate Chad’s claim of being a property manager.
• Reveals Chad’s father is the true owner, possibly not even related, and supplies travel nurses with property information to confront Chad.
• Comedic exploration of how nosy Daphne has become, using “yard work” as cover for information gathering.
• Laci observes: "Your house is… you don’t need ADT if you have Daphne. Daphne is already on the line with the authorities." (14:17)

5. Who’s Actually the Scammer? – The Big Reveal (27:01–40:54)

• The travel nurses discover Chad’s markup in rent: $3,600 from the owner, $5,400 from the nurses.
• Chad is ultimately authorized to sublet; the owner appears indifferent, pointing to a tacit understanding rather than actual fraud.
• The hosts question Daphne’s motives—was this really about justice, or resentment over minor slights (like unwanted tea gifts left unopened by tenants)?
• "Daphne, you’re the scammer. You’re also the problem." (Laci, 34:30 / Priscilla, 34:33)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On nosy neighbors:
  "Now listen, Daphne, that ain't your business, that grass. You don't own that grass. OK, so you gotta mind your business." – Laci (13:24)

• On confronting Chad:
  "When he was passed out and she turned him on his side, she walked around that for a little bit and started looking around, looking through some documents and shit." – Laci (20:23)

• On blurred motives:
  "You have petty vengeance for whatever Chad did as a personal slight to you, but you’re turning it into, like, ‘I just worry about these travel nurses, y’all.’" – Laci (28:40)

• On neighborhood politics:
  "It's giving sundown. It's giving sundown." – Laci (22:24), referencing Pacific Northwest history and the implications of a watchful, possibly exclusionary, community.

• On Daphne herself:
  "Daphne, you're the drama." – Laci (34:36)

• On the ultimate problem:
  "Chad was never the problem here. Them nurses wasn't the problem. And that East Coast Korean man was not the problem. Daphne, I hate to say D Bear, but it was you, girl." – Priscilla (39:33)

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Important Segments with Timestamps

• Holiday intro & family naming tangents: 00:02–05:58
• Advice for short-term renters about payment safety: 10:09–11:11
• Daphne’s confession and item excavation list: 13:24–17:22
• Hosts debate nosy vs. helpful neighbor: 14:09–18:04
• Daphne reveals Chad’s sublet scam: 19:35–21:22
• Hosts’ realization and intervention callout ("You're the scammer"): 34:30–34:39
• Ultimate verdict – Who’s actually getting hurt?: 39:11–40:54

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Tone & Takeaways

• Language & Style: Irreverent, playful, and open, punctuated by comedic asides and pop culture references. The hosts are highly engaged, alternating between empathy, sharp critique, and theatrical exasperation.
• Main Insight: Sometimes, the line between scam-busting and neighborhood busybody is paper-thin. While vigilance can protect against fraud, it can also become invasive, especially when one’s own biases, irritations, or desire for control are at play.
• Final Assessment: After a deep (and hilarious) exploration, the hosts agree that the real "scam" may have been Daphne’s invasive zeal all along—not Chad’s garden-variety rental hustle.

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Stay Schemin'!

Transcript

[A]

Hey, guys. Welcome back to another episode of Confessions. And this isn't just any episode. This is the last episode of our season. I'm your host, Priscilla Davies.

[B]

I'm your other host, Lacey Mosley.

[A]

Are you guys ready to get confessioning?

[B]

Wow, we're really starting this last one of the season off right? You love it. You love it.

[A]

Listen, when you guys hear this, it's gonna be holiday cheering. Cheers. So you'll be in a good mood anyway, so you'll. You'll give us some slack.

[B]

You'll be lit off the eggnog. You gonna be fucking sleepy from the turkey, so. Cause they still eat turkey at Christmas, right? Or is it just ham at Christmas?

[A]

I think they. They do do turkey at Christmas. Well, maybe not. I mean, no, it's like hit or miss.

[B]

Yeah. I'm not sure what they be doing on Christmas. What's Christmas? Food. Y' all let us know.

[A]

Definitely ham, for sure.

[B]

Yeah. Or everybody doesn't celebrate Christmas. You know, Hanukkah got food, though. You know, they got their staple food that they do. Yeah. And then last year, everything was at the same time, so it was like Ramadan, Hanukkah, or Passover, rather. And Christmas season. Ish. So it's, you know, this year they're not the same, but yeah, whatever y' all doing, let us know what y' all eating right for the holiday, for the break. Y' all going to Olive Garden. I know a lot of people go to the restaurants as well, so I'll

[A]

let that open on Christmas.

[B]

Yeah. When you hear, you family.

[A]

Oh, shit. I didn't know. I thought you could only go to, like, Chinese restaurants on Christmas.

[B]

Actually, I don't know, but I know we worked a lot of holidays when I worked in restaurants, so I don't. The girls be trying to make you go to work.

[A]

Hmm.

[B]

I know Walmart's open.

[A]

That's a fucking fact. Oh, my God.

[B]

Go to Wally World, get a Blue Light Special.

[A]

What's a Blue Light Special?

[B]

That's where they had a little blue light on. They'd be like, oh, this is cheap.

[A]

Oh, I was thinking like that. It was like a euphemistic.

[B]

You nasty. Yeah.

[A]

I was like, oh, what's nasty? What's a Blue Light Special?

[B]

I'm sure that is happening at Walmart, but that's not something that the corporation is condoning.

[A]

Why would people be going to Walmart for Blue Light specials? The other version of a Blue Light Special.

[B]

Why not? It's heavily populated. I'm sure there's people There who are willing to get involved in all types of shenanigans because that's the Walmart crowd.

[A]

Guys, write in and let us know what you think a blue light special entails.

[B]

I truly want to know. I am excited though to go on break because I am very tired. But also when you start talking and you like, have I said this before? I feel like I am.

[A]

You're there.

[B]

Yeah. And that's my scam.

[A]

Well, I mean, of course you're tired because we've been putting in so much work, putting together our very new podcast on Patreon called Give Us yous Money.

[B]

We only want a little bit.

[A]

Yes. And it's a podcast where we'll be talking about. Yeah, we'd be talking about scams, but we also be talking about messiness and just, you know, your messiness. You know how we be doing our messiness. Oh yeah, yeah. We get very personal and in depth. I don't. I'm working on this. We get, you know, and this is the podcast where we can just get down and dirty because there are no rules.

[B]

And we love that for us we don't need laws and we don't like rules. And speaking of not liking laws and not liking rules, we have a very detailed letter today.

[A]

So detailed some would call it a novel. It's extremely lengthy. Let's just say that it's got. Listen, it's juicy. So that's a good thing. And it's organized. That's another good thing. I mean this person really came with like the shits. What are we going to call this person?

[B]

Daphne.

[A]

Oh, it's giving 80s real. I always wanted to be a fucking Daphne, man.

[B]

You're a Priscilla, dude. That's already like an iconic name. Like how many Priscilla's are there?

[A]

Wow, thank you. I never thought about it like that. Makes me feel good. Well, considering that I actually have a first cousin who's named Priscilla Davies as well. Then there's a few of us.

[B]

Now that's some bullshit. How your parents, siblings gonna give their kids the same name? Who was born first?

[A]

Bitch, you know, I was.

[B]

Okay, see, how's she gonna be biting? How's she gonna be biting off the sister like that.

[A]

So the story like this, I mean, it's a very short story. So I thought it was like this interesting story. Cause we were both named after our great grandmother, which is my dad and her dad, my uncle, their grandmother, Priscilla. Right. And so I always thought it was like some cool story where like they both wanted to name them and then like my dad, like beat him to the fucking punch, you know.

[B]

But no, that's actually, you know.

[A]

But that's actually not what went down. So. I was born in the 80s at a time when long distance phone calls were very expensive. And my dad's family lives in this particular part of the family lives in Spain. Cause my dad is from Equatorial guinea in Africa. And half that, half my family lives in Spain.

[B]

Come on. International, you notice.

[A]

So my uncle was in Spain and we were in the US and so I was born. They named me. And because long distance was so expensive, like nobody, I guess nobody knew my name. And so my uncle also named my cousin Priscilla Davies. And they didn't find out until after the fact. So.

[B]

So have you tried ruining your cousin's credit yet? Well, have you opened any Spanish credit cards?

[A]

You know, I never thought about that. That's actually a brilliant idea.

[B]

Amex Discover

[A]

Banco Espana.

[B]

Bamboo de Americas de Los Estados Unidos.

[A]

Yeah, I mean that's actually a really good idea.

[B]

Yeah, you gotta use that. You gotta. Look, that's the other Priscilla Davis in Spain. I didn't buy all that on my credit card yesterday.

[A]

I'm gonna just start parking anywhere and just get a ID that says Priscilla Davies from Spain.

[B]

From Spain. It's not gonna be a legit Spanish idea. It's just gonna say from Spain.

[A]

Literally, look her up.

[B]

Look her up and know that she's a bad parker. Okay.

[A]

She's also. My cousin is also dope as fuck and she's funny as hell and she's a great time, by the way.

[B]

Wow. She's your tethered.

[A]

It's weird because I almost. I feel like I have a twin in the world. It's kind of a weird thing. It's like I feel like I have a twin. But we're not twins. But we are. It's very, very bizarre.

[B]

That's how I feel about Lacey Mosley from Flyleaf.

[A]

Fuck that hoe.

[B]

I waited so long to beat her in Google search, now I come up first. It took a long time though.

[A]

Fuck you, Lacey Mosley. Flyleaf.

[B]

They stopped making music. Shout out to y'. All.

[A]

All right, so what was this person's name again?

[B]

Daphne.

[A]

Ah, yes, Daphne. The baddest bitch. Okay, so hey guys, I am an anti fraud, anti money laundering professional writing to you about a Pacific Northwest housing scam. For those who don't know, we're talking Oregon, we're talking Washington. The current scam is retired. But I am actively fucking up this bag and will continue to as it involves scamming travel nurses. Ooh, damn.

[B]

My cousin's a travel nurse and they make bank. But they also like need a lot of temporary housing. Cause they don't be living where they working. You know what I mean? They'll do like three months or four months in one city.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Then go back. So they definitely need like temporary housing.

[A]

Yeah. They be making mad though. Mad nurses just all around. If you got that RN after your name, they get so much respect. I mean, they probably get treated like shit. But they get so much.

[B]

No, they definitely do. A lot of them have been quitting during the pandemic. They were like, okay, and now I'm

[A]

sick of this shit. Yeah, 100%. But they, I mean, they get paid so well if you're a travel nurse, if you're a per diem, My best friend is a nurse. So I know all the, I know all the nurse team. But yeah, they be making mask gorilla. But they work a lot.

[B]

They work a lot. And it's very, you know, grueling.

[A]

Taxing. And it's emotionally taxing as well.

[B]

Yeah. Cause you gotta deal with like folks who, you know, nobody is in the best state when they go to the hospital. And that's also like, you gotta meet everybody at they worst. Like, imagine having a job where ain't nobody ever gonna come in. Like, woo, I'm your new patient. So happy to be here. I'm bleeding. Like, everybody's in the worst state of their life when you meet them. Like that's a lot. It's like working at the counter, you know, Spirit Airlines. Everybody's gonna be upset. So it's, you know, that's a tough job.

[A]

It's a lot. It's a lot. My bestie shout out to Karene when she came out to visit me in Los Angeles. This is years ago. She had to save somebody on a plane. On the plane, she was the person when they said, is there a medical professional? And she was like, fuck, nah.

[B]

That's when you keep drinking your 7 and 7 or your white wine. Cause you know they never tell you what kind she okay.

[A]

She said she was like, well, at first I was like, nah, I'm not going. And then she was like. But then I looked and the dude turning blue. So she was like, fuck. So then she got up and then like another. There was happened to be a doctor on the plane as well. So they like teamed up and they helped him. They got him. Like, he got okay. He was okay again. And she's like, you know, so when we're leaving, me and the doctor, you know, we're going down the terminal and the doctor's like, oh, my God, I'm so glad you were there. I'm an orthopedic doctor. I don't know anything about, you know, blah, blah, blah. And she was like, girl. She was like, I'm so glad you were there. She's like, I. Because she was. I think she actually was the orthopedic nurse and this doctor was some other shit. But she's like, I'm an orthopedic nurse. Like, I fucking deal with people going into surgery. Like, the fuck.

[B]

I love that. They were like, look, I specialize in hemorrhoids.

[A]

Like, I mean, I went to med school.

[B]

I know the general shit. You know, I can do the Heimlich, but I, you know, do no tracheotomies and whatnot.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I work with a booty hole.

[A]

Can you imagine? But they were. They worked it out. And the guy, he lived and he was okay.

[B]

The last thing I want to say on that tangential thing is that if you are a doctor or a nurse and you're on a plane, I understand the hesitancy because I was reading that if you save somebody on a plane or something, they can sue you.

[A]

Yeah, I knew it was gonna go there.

[B]

I'm not opening up myself to that kind of liability. But at the same time, like, the good person in me wouldn't wanna see somebody die and know that I could do something to help, but I feel like I would help. And then if they were like, thank you. Thank you. What's your name? I'd be like, john Smith. And I'd run off that plane so fucking fast, you would never find me again.

[A]

Okay?

[B]

I'd be like, I talked to the airline. Y' all better erase my name off that flight like they did with the Mepstein logs. You better take my shit off, because the last thing I'm gonna do is pay for helping somebody.

[A]

Okay, yeah, yeah, I feel you. It's, you know, it always comes down to fuck shit capitalism. So up top. I want to advise that if you find yourself in a vulnerable position when it comes to short term housing, flight attendants, travel nurses, etcetera, Try the following if it's an option. Ooh. Pay via credit card. Chargebacks are surprisingly biased in favor of the consumer, and you are much more likely to recoup your funds from fraud compared to debit or bank transfer. Thank you for the deets. I like that. Next. Most county governments have a publicly searchable Website that will tell you the name of property owners, if you know the address of the property. Okay, thank you for that information, Daphne. So I've named my scammer neighbor Chad Jabroni. Chad announced in the spring that he was subletting his apartment for the summer. We lived by each other on this little strip of townhouses. I had been Chad's neighbor for eight months with the following observations. I love the detail here, Daphne. Yes, Daphne's always have their shit together.

[B]

Truly.

[A]

Truly. Chad is in his 20s and works as a business analyst. Okay. He has a rotating stream of roommates, except for the girlfriend who has two yapley dogs that I do not see getting walked. Okay. Sometimes Chad passes out with his front door open.

[B]

Okay, Chad is a mess. Sometimes Chad passes out with his front door open.

[A]

So you gotta pop your head in, make sure he's on his side, then close his front door. Does Chad have sleep apnea?

[B]

No, on his side means that if he was to throw up on his back, he could choke from his own vomit and die. Ooh, that's bleak.

[A]

Oh, so passing out because he's fucked up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not just cause he's. He's careless and sleeps with the door open.

[B]

Yeah, no, I don't. Nobody's like that careless that they like half in at the threshold and half out of the door of they home.

[A]

Well, it says it's not. I don't think that's what they said. I mean, they said his door is open, we don't know where he at.

[B]

Okay. I imagined immediately that he was like halfway in the door and his feet were like hanging off of the porch. That's what I imagined.

[A]

Okay, you went dark.

[B]

I'm not gonna lie. When he said I watch too much tv.

[A]

Well, when he said Chad passes out immediately I imag imagine him in the front yard on the ground. So we went dark. Both of us.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So at this point I cannot tell you if Chad is trash or just in his twenties. Valid. Valid observations.

[B]

Valid because those can be synonymous a lot.

[A]

Gray area. Very gray. Then the subletters move in. I notice the scrubs, so I assume nurse or dental hygienist. I start asking if it's okay to clean out their yard. Pictures for reference. It's two feet of weeds and unusable at first. I'm not thinking about Chad Jabroni. I'm thinking about the property owner. How are you going to charge presumably 3,000 to rent in Bezos land, okay. And not shell out for annual yard maintenance? I cannot in good conscience Think of folks who spend 12 plus hours on their feet all day spending a second on this yard. Plus my neighbors in the other townhouse are moving. And maybe the neighbor's yard resembling a yard will help when they put their place up for sale. Before I was being paid to anti scam professionally.

[B]

Now I gotta stop for one second. It's a lot of words. Daphne, Daphne, you all up in everybody's business. You over here worried about the housing property. You are head of the hoa. She was like, oh, this grass is so unkempt. Now listen, Daphne, that ain't your business that grass. You don't own that grass. Okay, so I'm a little like, you know, you gotta mind your business. Cause Daphne, it's giving a little bit of like you somebody new, you gonna call the police. Cause you done already seen these people move in. You'd have assessed their places of business because of their attire. Like you all in they shit. Daphne, you out the window just peeking, walking over, hey, I'm your neighbor with some cookies. But meanwhile you trying to look inside to see what they stuff look like.

[A]

You're wearing like spy glasses that take pictures. Like it's a lot. But you know. See Daphne's though, they come in the clutch.

[B]

They do, they do.

[A]

And it's like, it's like, you know, it's a double edged sword. Cause Daphne, when you need to know what's up, you knock on Daphne's door

[B]

like your house is. You don't need ADT if you have Daphne. Cause if your house get burglarized, Daphne is already on the line with the authorities. Okay, but at the same time, Daphne might mistake you for being a burglar. And then you gonna be in jail getting beat up by the police. Okay, so it's a double edged sword.

[A]

So Daphne continues. Before I was being paid to anti scam professionally. And I see why you do this professionally. Cause you be in in the business observations. Okay, I was an archaeologist. Daphne, you fancy as fuck. I knew she had to be a bad bitch with a name like Daphne.

[B]

So if you're an archaeologist, that means that you can see mess from under the ground. Like on top of the dirt you like it's a mess down here. Like let's dig here. Like that's how perceptive you are of mess.

[A]

Yeah, so she says. This is not a burden. Clean my own yard. Boring. Excavate Chadlandia. Yes. So I recovered the following over the next couple of weeks.

[B]

So then I will read what she recovered. Yeah, a wiffle bat.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

A yard sign, an inflatable pool toy. Trash lid with no trash can. Trash lid with trash can. Dead potted plants, two carpets. Three Wild Turkey whiskeys. Empty. Six energy drinks with creatine. Empty. Now, what you gotta say with creatine, girl?

[A]

Daphne's petty, too. I know that. Daphne's a Virgo.

[B]

Go ahead. She definitely is. 12 White Claw hard supplements, three milk tea and chrysanthemum teas I gave to the new neighbor as a gift when I moved in unopened.

[A]

Oh, damn, that one must have hurt.

[B]

So they threw them shits in the yard you brought over. See, I knew you was gonna bring over some kind of treat when you were being nosy, and then you brought that shit over, which is a real extra thing to give to somebody. Milk tea and chrysanthemum tea. That's very specific. You're supposed to bring cookies or a cake or something that everybody likes and not cook it yourself. Because we don't know what y' all kitchens be like. But okay, sis, so we did exactly what we thought. You went over there to nose around the first time, and they threw your shit in the yard. I knew you was mad about that. Cause it also says unopened. They didn't even drink my shit.

[A]

It's fucked up. Daphne's, like, crying. Crying in the back with the hoe.

[B]

Then she says she found a grill, a chair, water cooler, six 10 gallon paint canisters full, partially full, whole ass power back for weightlifting.

[A]

Power rack.

[B]

50 inch television still in the box with plastic film on the screen.

[A]

Okay, what you did with that tv, right?

[B]

That feels like an opportunity. Let me clean out your yard. Y' all got treasure back there? What? Also, how do you keep a TV in the yard? Like, doesn't it rain?

[A]

Yeah, and that's the. That's the problem also.

[B]

Yeah, it's giving breakout. Because this tally list with all the numbers. Energy drink with creatine. So you know that's crack. Yeah.

[A]

Daphne is 1000% a Virgo. I mean, the precision here, the orderliness. And then, like, being all up in their business and the critical judgment, like, listen, I have a Virgo moon. Daphne, I understand. I know your pain, but, Dee Dee, come on, girl.

[B]

And I have a lot of friends who are Virgos, and they're very good with money. They're Mr. Krabs. They love to pinch a penny and squeeze it until all the blood comes out. And this is what it's giving. Cause I'm like, daphne, also, don't you have a job? Like, you Have a lot of free stuff.

[A]

Daphne, you're a licensed archaeologist,

[B]

and now you're. You used to excavate like, I don't know, King Tutson shit. Okay, yeah, you was there in the Egyptians, doing the walk like an Egyptian. And now you're excavating trash with no lid, and still the archaeologist is jumping out. Trash with no lid. Trash with lid. The gift that I gave them unopened, Right.

[A]

Oh, death.

[B]

A petty icon. Truly. So Daphne says I used the 50 inch television as an excuse to talk to the subletters by offering to schedule electronic recycling pickup.

[A]

So wait, so this brand new TV just got sat out in the rain and got fucked up? Is that. I'm really upset that this TV is just good to go. But it's not.

[B]

It says plastic film on the screen, which to me. But you know what? Daphne is very organized. So if the TV was new, I feel like she would be like, brand new.

[A]

True. Okay, but then why would it still have the plastic on it?

[B]

Maybe they never took it off. Yeah, and then, like plastic on the sofa, they were like, nah, I gotta leave that on there so it don't get scratched.

[A]

But it's fucked up because they have to get rid of it. I guess it got fucked up in the rain.

[B]

Yeah. Or something, because otherwise, blame it on the rain. That's a throwback.

[A]

Yeah, that's a real throwback.

[B]

So, Milli Vanilli. I know that now because of you. So she done used this as an excuse to knock on it. Hey, it's me, your neighbor, Daphne, who's

[A]

cleaning out your fake yard.

[B]

Yard? Yeah, for free, out of the kindness of my heart.

[A]

Even though I am a licensed archaeologist and I have to be at work in 10 minutes.

[B]

How'd you like the milk and chrysanthemum teas I gave you? You opened them, right?

[A]

They tasted delicious. Unique.

[B]

Right, Right.

[A]

Describe them for me.

[B]

Every note. Let me see that you've opened some of them.

[A]

I wouldn't mind a couple right now.

[B]

Can I o. Oh, you have some left? Curious. Anyone would have thought you'd drank them all by now, but.

[A]

Okay, Daphne, I'm getting stressed right now.

[B]

So she's used this TV now as an excuse. She's like, while I was, you know, being an amazing neighbor, I noticed it's trash and. So can I help you guys coordinate an electronic recycling pickup? Cause Daphne cares about the environment. She's been digging it up her whole life. So then Daphne says, this got us texting. And I learned that Chad has been claiming to be the Property manager for his rental and that Chad's dad actually owns the unit.

[A]

I just want to jump in there and say that makes us lean towards. He's not an asshole. He's in his 20s.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

For me, he's living in a place his dad owns. He's just in his 20s and passing out and having to be turned over on his side. Daphne, how did you get so cool with him that you need that? You knew all this? Well, we know, but you were all

[B]

up in his house. That's because when he was passed out and she turned him on his side, she walked around that for a little bit and started looking around, looking through some documents and shit. She was like, he passed out. I might as well do some excavations while I'm here.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Might as well excavate his bedroom side table drawer and.

[A]

And this locked drawer at his desk that has the key sticking out of it.

[B]

Might as well do a little archeology while I'm here. Let me get my brush out, start dusting.

[A]

You know, for Prince. Of course.

[B]

Yes. Don't worry about what they're for. So, yeah, so she says she opened them up, got him texted, and then got some information out of them. And so she sent the travel nurses a link to the county records government website, adding, I don't think Chad's dad is a South Korean man living on the east coast.

[A]

You just threw that in there. What?

[B]

Where did a South Korean man on the east coast? Yeah, what she's saying is that Chad said that his dad owns the property and that he is the manager. And she said, well, that's curious. Cause Chad is a white man and his father is a South Korean man.

[A]

Okay, so we're leaning back to Chad is trash.

[B]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah, I think we're leaning. I love the meter. It keeps going. Is he in his 20s? Is he trash? Is he in his 20s? He could be both.

[A]

And it could just stand right in the middle. You're right.

[B]

Yes. It's like, is it a square or a rhombus? And can't a rhombus be a square? But a square can't be a rhombus. You feel me? I took geometry.

[A]

Let's look at these Venn diagrams and find out.

[B]

So Daphne says, I also gave them the actual property owner's contact information. Messy. Which I got from the other neighbors. This a nosy ass neighborhood, bro. This neighborhood's scaring me. So I could get the okay to trim the rental unit's tree branches that were growing into the cable lines.

[A]

You know, I Just have to say it's funny that you said this neighborhood is scaring you, because I'm now putting pieces together. This is in the PNW Pacific Northwest, you know, Oregon. They had sundown towns there. Okay.

[B]

It's giving sundown. It's giving sundown.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And also the fact that she's using, like, pretending that she a whole motherfucking gardener to get information from everyone in the neighborhood. Y', all, I guess take this up if y' all want to get real nosy. If you're a nosy neighbor, start asking about if you could do people. Cause this is the way. This is the way in.

[A]

It's the good old Edward Scissorhands method. Then you graduate to dogs.

[B]

Edward Scissorhands was definitely a scammer because the way he fucked up all them women's hair and they were just like, yeah, we love it. We coming back for more. I would tell my neighbors, yeah, he was definitely a scammer.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So at this point, the status quo is that the travel nurses are subletting from a man that is not authorized to rent them or rent to them as he's not the property owner. Yeah, that's usually how subletting works. But hold on now. If Chad rented the place from the owner and then he subletted it out. Daphne, you in somebody business. Let him get that coin. That's some landlord ass shit.

[A]

And remind me now, Daphne's just a neighbor. Like, she's not living anywhere, right?

[B]

The block captain. She is just a nosy ass neighbor.

[A]

She just be spinning the block.

[B]

Spinning the block. That's all she doing. And it's funny. Cause I saw an article saying that Airbnb is partnering with landlords so that renters can sublet their places. And you know, most places, they have a closet that we rent. Like, no sublet. Yeah. So now that the landlord's gonna get a cut through Airbnb. So basically, Airbnb go starts niching. I guess now all of a sudden, you can sublet your place.

[A]

Wow. Fuck this fucking country, right?

[B]

So they living in a place that technically, Chad is not supposed to be able to lease. This means that the rental contract is not enforceable, but also that they have no legal standing as they're not tenants. I will gladly fuck up Chad's bag. But not a person's tenuous access to housing. So I'm glad you have a line, Daphne.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

I'm glad we found it because you're doing a lot. You're out of bounds a lot. Okay. Yellow card, yellow car flag on a plane. The place. Okay. So she's like, I'm not going to fuck up their housing situation. So I guess she's not going to snitch to the highest accord. So any info I can grab is theirs. And I was like, I'll go take the paint over to the paint recycling. Also, keep me looped in, because shutting down scams is my day to day, actually, and I want to get this Chad dragged.

[A]

So why is you so mad at Chad? What did Chad do to you? I thought you loved Chad because you would kill.

[B]

Also, you said you have a real job. Shutting down scams that you get paid for. And you have so much time and energy to dedicate to Chad. Is it cause he didn't drink the milk tea and the Christmas tea?

[A]

Now things are adding up. Cause I'm like, baby gal, what did Chad do to you?

[B]

He was minding his business, throwing his TVs in his yard.

[A]

Yeah, and I thought you were, you know, you were sitting there, you know, caressing his hair before you turned him over on his side and locked his front door. You know what I mean? Like, I thought y' all had a vibe. Like, what, girl? What did I need to know What Chad. It was the Chrysanthemum Team milk tea.

[B]

It was. I feel like Chad wasn't showing enough appreciation for everything Daphne's been doing in his life. Probably cause he don't remember. And she'd probably see him on the block. She's like, hey, Chad, how you feeling today? And he's like, I feel fine. Bitch goes back in his house.

[A]

And she's like, I'm calling the authorities on this fucking bitch. Yeah. Fucking asshole.

[B]

So the travel nurses used my cleanup as a pretext. Of course they did. Because that's the only reason you're offering all this cleanup shit is because you're trying to stay in their business by acting like you're helping them. Daphne, you know what's up? So the neighbors say, you don't own the property. What's your dad's name? This is the text that the travel nurses sent to Chad. Yeah, and so here's my thing. Travel nurses. I know y' all working in nurses and saving lives and whatnot. So y' all don't know espionage, but you don't give up the information that you have. You ask questions that you already know the answer to, and you wait to see the answer. That's like literally how lawyering works. So you don't ask questions. You don't know the answer. To. That's bad lawyering. So you should just ask them, hey, what's your dad's name? We need to do something with the property. Come up with something like, we have to pick up this stuff and the city said they can't come unless, like, we know the landlord's name, anything. Chad is drunk, so he could have said anything. Just been like, what's your dad's name? And left it at that. You already tipping Chad off? Don't tip him off.

[A]

I'm still trying to. I'm like, maybe I missed something. I'm just trying to understand why Chad is the enemy.

[B]

Cause Chad ain't kicking y' all out

[A]

the place and you have a place. Is he overcharging? Like, why is Chad the.

[B]

I feel like, sit on this information until you need it. If Chad hasn't tried to kick you out, if he hasn't shown up and opened the doors and laid halfway on the porch and halfway inside the place and passed out, then why? Why are y' all worried about Chad? Y' all have a place to live. Y' all done. Y' all let y' all self get sucked into Daphne's bullshit just cause she cleaned up the backyard.

[A]

Daphne has a vendetta. You guys don't. Okay, we're still trying to figure out where Daphne's vendetta comes from.

[B]

This is none of your business. Yeah, you live there, but it's none of your business.

[A]

I mean, is it cause he's messy? Daphne? Is that what it is? Cause the yard was messy. I don't know, girl.

[B]

So Chad replies, I think it's blank and blank. And he gives the property owners, you know, the South Korean name and the owner's personal email. So they let Chad get a step ahead. Chad was like, let me put this Wild Turkey down and get on Google. What is this?

[A]

Let me put this Wild turkey and these 11 white claws down and.

[B]

And these energy drinks with hella creatine. It really balances it all out.

[A]

Let me stop pumping iron on this power rack.

[B]

And what else?

[A]

Let me pull this list up and let me stop. Let me unroll these dead bodies in these two carpets.

[B]

Like, sir. So of course he figures it out and sends the email. Daphne says, I just want to dwell on the fact that this Jabroni. The fact that you're calling him Jabroni. Daphne, why is you saying you might be a Karen?

[A]

I think. Daphne, I don't want to do this because I fucking. Daphne, I don't know.

[B]

Karen's listen to this show, but we Will take the streams.

[A]

For real. For real.

[B]

We love the streams.

[A]

God damn. Yeah. I'm like, are you a Karen, Daphne?

[B]

You haven't done anything full caring yet. You haven't called the police on anybody of color, so we're gonna let you ride as just a nosy neighbor. I love how you have petty vengeance for whatever Chad did is a personal slight to you, but you're turning it into, like. I just worry about these travel nurses, y'. All. Yeah. The stress that they're under. And I just wanna make sure they have secure housing. Chad. You have Chad.

[A]

Yeah. You want blood from Chad?

[B]

You asked before these motherfuckers moved in, you asked other neighbors to give you the information on Chad's ownership of the house because you wanted to ask the city to cut some trees on his property.

[A]

Girl. Over some tre. I mean, people who be doing shit like this over trees are Karens. I hate to say it.

[B]

I mean, look, I feel like Daphne is living on Wisteria Lane, and she was like, every other house has beautiful grass and every other place is cute. And every time my visitors come over for, you know, milk tea and Krasenski tea, they gotta look at your shitty ass stuff, bringing my property value down.

[A]

I mean, look, I'm not a homeowner because I'm a millennial, right?

[B]

Right.

[A]

So I don't know what it's like to live in a beautiful place where there's just one eyesore. You know what I mean? Like, I don't know. And I'm the type. And remember, I got a Virgo moon, So I am definitely the type of person to be like, God damn it, you know, this fucking house is ruining my little suburban dreams. But I also, you know, sometimes it's good to have compassion. And like you did. You ended up doing the work. You know what I mean? It's like. And just being like, maybe this person needs help.

[B]

Yeah. And it's like, you were like, maybe they need to be stopped. And it's like, you.

[A]

Maybe they need to die.

[B]

They need help.

[A]

You rolled Chad back on his back. Come on.

[B]

Why would you do this? Why would you do this? So this jabroni was asked his dad's name and had to think about that answer. He's like, I just wanna add that. Cause, like, if that's your real daddy, then why can't you just text back immediately? Cause I asked the nurse neighbors how long it took you to respond to the text, and they said two hours. So if it's your real daddy, why you ain't know. Okay. And it's like, maybe he didn't see the text.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So. But she's like, had to think about that answer, Daphne says and gave two potential names in response. The Travel nurses are connected to this man on Facebook. They can scroll to his father's day post and that a very white man with a non Korean name was in the picture. Then it says, bruh. Now, wait a minute, Daphne. This whole time we thought you was white, but then you put a bruh in here. And now I'm like, hmm, are you one of us?

[A]

Wait a minute, bruh. Yeah, I guess so. I'm like, have I ever seen a Caucasian use bruh?

[B]

No, bruh, I haven't.

[A]

So, Daphne, you are a black Karen. Wow.

[B]

There's no such thing as a Black Karen. But no. Cause you gotta be able to weaponize white supremacy, which we can't. We call the cops, they gonna beat our asses.

[A]

That's true.

[B]

But you are nosy as hell. Daphne, you in people business. Daphne, you in they house. You in they business. You in their backyard. Daphne, when are you at your house? When are you at your house?

[A]

When are you doing finding out, busting the scams. That actually is in your workload. That's actually on your computer right now.

[B]

I feel like there's several Ponzi schemas who are just waiting to get. God.

[A]

Bernie Madoff is just out here back from the dead, just. And you're sitting here worried about creatine.

[B]

Like, okay, so the nurses are ending their sublet soon. So they contact the property owner. This man charges Chad $3,600 in rent. Chad charges the nurses $5,400 total. Chad is authorized to sublet. And the owner does not seem particularly that this tenant is scamming the Travel Nurses and pretending to be the owner's son.

[A]

And there it is. So you worried about other you in other people's business. Daphne worried about what's going on next door. When clearly this Southern Korean man and Chad, they have a relationship. They have a relationship. He clearly don't give a damn.

[B]

He's like, look, I bought this property. I don't live in this city. I live on the East Coast. So Chad is maintaining that shit and earning his keep. And he's in turn getting new sublets, you know, trustworthy ones like travel nurses.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And everybody's winning. He's like, I don't have to pay Chad to upkeep the house. Cause he getting his coin off the back end. He's like, daphne, why you over Here, fucking up our situation.

[A]

Have you ever been cursed out and grinned, Daphne? Cause it's about to fucking go down.

[B]

Today might be the day.

[A]

Okay, yeah, Daphne, I'm gonna. We'll continue reading. Cause I'll give my assessment of it. Cause I'm like, girl, what is she.

[B]

Baby, what is you doing, baby? So now Chad is banned from the travel nurse Facebook group where he ran his scam, which he had started running again on Facebook. His lease is up next May, since the property owner is doing the least on this Now, Daphne, I read that wrong because it was wrong. I was like, this is not wrong.

[A]

Cause the sentiment was wrong.

[B]

That's why I was like, this is not what you saying. This is not what you saying. I know this is not what you're saying.

[A]

Daphne, if I could wring your neck right now, not hard, just lightly, I would shake the shit out of you.

[B]

A little hug around your neck with

[A]

my hands, maybe with my elbow.

[B]

Maybe I get a running start. But,

[A]

Daphne, I might accidentally drop kick you on purpose.

[B]

I'm gonna have to read. I'm gonna try to attempt to read this again because I was just so flummoxed. Since the property owner is doing the lease on this, the best I can hope for is that Chad's lease is not renewed. I'm certain he will try to stay scam again. So I don't. I don't see.

[A]

Daphne.

[B]

Daphne, let me tell you. Let me tell you something. Daphne, wait.

[A]

We're calling you in, by the way. We're not calling you out. We're calling you in.

[B]

We're calling you in. But I want you to lean close to the speaker. Everyone can lean close.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

Daphne, you're the scammer.

[A]

You're also the problem.

[B]

You know, that bioclimber is like, am I the drama?

[A]

Is it me?

[B]

Daphne, you're the drama.

[A]

You know the saying that if you're a hammer, everything's gonna look like a nail?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I feel like, Daphne, you're a scam buster. And so now you're just looking for scams everywhere?

[B]

Everywhere. You've been doing recon on this man for months, girl. For months, you have made this man your passion project, your hobby. This is all thrilling to you when you got to finally go through Chad's backyard. Cause he wasn't there. And you tricked the new neighbors into letting you clean it up. You were just excavating. Do you miss archeology? Because you are really looking for artifacts and clues. Chad didn't do a scam because middlemen are yes, they are a scam. You're not wrong about that. But in this case, he had an agreement with the property owner and he was getting paid to sublet over the cost so that he was managing all the sublets. He's the one getting on Facebook, getting new tenants. He's the ones, you know, making sure the money flows.

[A]

He deserved that. As so this sounds just like a

[B]

little business that they have going on. And maybe you don't like the fact that there's different people coming in and out. Because when I stayed in the Hamptons in a basement apartment, like I got it for cheaper than normal, what they would charge. Because normally they thinking people coming out for the weekend, they're coming out for a few days. So they charge an exponential amount of money to do a long term stay. But I got a cheaper deal. It was like 1600, which in the summer of the in the Hamptons is a steal. And it was nice. And it was. And there was a mounted TV and a little fridge and my own bathroom and entrance and everything. So it was cute. It was a good situation. But I mean, except for the landlady who was weird as fuck. Another day. But she had to start doing long term stays because her neighbors were tired of people coming in and out of the neighborhood staying there on their Hamptons vacations. So they had an ordinance put in that you couldn't Airbnb your place. So in order for her to, she could only do long term stays. And so she lowered the price because most people aren't staying in the Hamptons for three months. But I was working in the Hamptons, so I was there for the season. So she did. You know, nobody wants to summer in the Hamptons for the season in a basement. You know, that's for working folks. So she, she had a good scam going. But I feel like Daphne also don't like that it'd be people running in and out of the house. Because otherwise why are you trying so hard to stop this?

[A]

I wish Daphne, as you know, organized as you are, you could have drawn us a little map just so we could. I just wanna know where you were in relation to this place. Cause I'm like, was it your like right door next door? Like how. Cause Daphne. Cause she said it was like a little row of like townhouses, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I'm like, bitch, don't let you be on one end and Chad be on the other, okay?

[B]

He has to be somewhere close. Cause she's seeing him pass out, you know, in his doorstep and shit. So, like, presumably she has to be close.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, I guess this is about the trees. It's about the in and out. And it's about. Really. We know what it's about. The tea. It's about. It's about the milk tea.

[B]

She's nosy as hell. Yes, she's nosy as hell. So it's about the non literal tea and the actual literal tea that Chad did not drink, which was probably something that she does for everybody who moves in on the neighborhood. And she's like, I'm putting them on to something fancy. I'm letting them know about chrysanthemum. They didn't even know chrysanthemum could be a tea. Okay, yeah, I'm broadening horizons as a neighborhood, and your bitch ass threw my shit in the lawn. It's over for you now.

[A]

You fucking pay.

[B]

I'm gonna destroy your whole business. And she did. I just feel like.

[A]

I feel like, honestly, Daphne, you feel like you did something here, but really, you just hurt people, Daphne. Because, like, all those nurses who were, you know, they. Remember we talked. Nurses are rich.

[B]

Yeah, they're good.

[A]

Like, they, you know, obviously, you know, we're being facetious, but it's like they were good on that. $5,400 a month.

[B]

So this is part of the backyard. I'm gonna show you some photos. So this is like, you can see the strawberries all messed up, but the backyard is in a fence.

[A]

It's like a little. It's like a little tiny patio. Yeah.

[B]

There's no way that she could have known what was going on in this backyard. Unless when Chad was passed out one of those times that she helped him out, she went through the house, which

[A]

we already know she did. We've decided.

[B]

We've decided. I mean, or maybe she can see through the fence.

[A]

This is the bad. This is the bad yard. It's not even that bad. Daphne is definitely a fucking Virgo with a Capricorn moon. I don't know where you.

[B]

Daphne, girl, she done peeked over that fence before she even got to going through his house. She saw him passed out and that door open as an opportunity.

[A]

Listen, we are running out of time, so I just want to say, in conclusion, I have decided that Chad is just in his 20s. He's not trash. Chad was never the problem here. Them nurses wasn't the problem. And that East Coast Korean man was not the problem. Daphne, I hate to say D Bear, but it was you, girl.

[B]

Baby D. It was you, baby D. I'm so Sorry, but it was you, sis, because what is this? Also, Chad was doing his job. He was in the Facebook groups. He was getting new tenants. And you now you fucking up his bag. And also you stalking him. Cause you talking about he done made a new Facebook and started. Yeah. Cause you kicked him out of his money. Like where he was making his coins for no reason. He didn't scam anybody. People knew what the price was. They came, they paid it. He didn't do nothing to them while they were there. They didn't have no problems. They didn't come to you with any problems. You came to them with the problems.

[A]

Okay? And it's like, honestly, Chad is like a fucking. Outside of his raging alcoholism, Chad is a responsible 20 something. I mean, he had a whole system in business going. I fucking highly respect Chad.

[B]

Love Chad. Also, I'll say this as my last point. These travel nurses, I have a feeling that they knew that you were a little nosy Nancy in this neighborhood because you said in your own letter that when they were about to move out, they took your little tea and they were like, oh, I guess we can ask. We can just ask. They didn't give a fuck. And they definitely weren't gonna jeopardize the housing, that clearly they wanted to do an investigation that would probably get them kicked out. Why would they do that? If they happy, where they at?

[A]

Oh, dear.

[B]

They saving lives. They working 12, 14 hour shifts. They ain't got time to do recon on something that if it ain't broke. Daphne.

[A]

And what was the difference, really? $1,000, $500. That's nothing to a traveling nurse. They spit on that money.

[B]

They burn that. They wipe their asses with it. When they get off of their shit,

[A]

they use it for bandages for the patient. Okay. Come on, D Boogie. We love you, though. Keep bringing in.

[B]

We do love you.

[A]

Send more messy letters.

[B]

Cause if you do any more side hustling where you're scam busting, I want to hear about it. Yes. Cause, Daphne, you're diligent and you gave us a lot to work with, and I love you for that.

[A]

Yes. Thanks, Daph.

[B]

All right, well, that brings us to the end of the last confessions of the season.

[A]

Oh, man.

[B]

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[A]

And if you want to find me risthegoddess on all platforms as well. Follow me on TikTok.

[B]

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[A]

Okay?

[B]

And you can write in to give us yous money pod. If you want to snitch on yourself over there. Daphne, come on over to give us yous money pod because I feel like you got some messier stories.

[A]

Yeah, Daphne, we about to put you in the hall of fame.

[B]

Shame, fame, shame.

[A]

The shame, fame haul.

[B]

The shame, fame haul.

[A]

All right, well, that's it, guys. We'll see you next time.

[B]

See you soon. Bye. Scam Goddess this has been an Earwolf production in association with Team Coco. Scam Goddess stars and is hosted by me, Lacey Mosley, AKA Scam Goddess. It's produced by Judith Garcbo, engineered by Ryan Connor and Abby Aguilar. Our researcher is Kaylin Brandt. Stay scheming.