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Scams. C. Robbery and frauds. Scams. Cuns. Robbery and fraud. Scam Goddess. What's Poppin Congregation? It's your girl, Scam Goddess, AKA Lacey Mosley. And we are coming to you with triage episodes of Scam Goddess during the pandemic. Honey, we are braving, but we do have like a seven foot distance.
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Oh, yeah. I've never been further from you.
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And that voice. You hear that amazing voice. Guys, I always say I'm excited. You know, I always say I'm excited. Say it with me. I'm excited for our guest. You can hear him on the amazing, illustrious, popular Poppin podcast, Drag Her. Yes. You know I got that right. Okay, this is mono. I do not know how to pronounce your last name, and I've known you for years. It's. It.
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It's throws everyone off. I say Agapion.
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Agapion. Okay.
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That's what I thought it was.
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Anything. I thought it was Agapion, but I was.
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I'll change my name to just Mono.
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Don't know.
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No, I just. I want to be like Cher or Madonna. No, they can, but I kind of want to be like a Cher level.
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Oh, you could just be Mono.
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Mono.
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There's no other. Yeah.
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Or Manolo. Cause, like, that's my full name in Greek. So I should go maybe to Manolo or Manoli. Ooh.
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I like Mano the best.
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You do?
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Cause I'm like, I like a two syllable mano or three, like Beyonce.
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You know, you get foolish people who are like, I know. And I. To those people, I say, I like nucleosis. Right, Right. And to those, it's like, it's just race. It's. I mean, you could say it's racism, because it is. But it's just like, you know when people are like, your name is different, and I'm just like, have you listened? Have you sat down and looked at the name Kyle?
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Right.
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Cause it is crazy.
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Kela. That's why I love that. That's why I love that Kenan sketch.
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Yes. A. A Ron Key and Peele.
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Yeah. A. A Ron Balake.
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Balake.
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Balake.
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Yes.
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Guys, names are a scam.
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Thanks for having me. Lacey, I. I see you. I want to hug you and crush you.
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I know it's not gonna happen, but we have a bow to each other.
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Yes.
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And just, you know, honor each other.
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Just honor each other from afar. Keep it pushing.
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I feel the love, though.
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I do too. I do, too. And we're gonna get through this motherfucking thing. How's Your anxiety doing? Is it okay?
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Oh, sis, my anxiety is lit. Okay, you wanna talk about a turn up? My anxiety is like, this is my 21st birthday, bitch. Drinks po up. True. Anxiety is on a million right now.
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Me too. My anxiety is like Latrice Royale snort at Pride 2021. Like, it is high hot. So I don't know what to do.
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But my anxiety is like Whitney Houston, when she was at that meeting, talking about show me the receipts when she was fully on cocaine. That's how my anxiety is. Show me the receipts.
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Cocaine is not a poor person's drug. What does she say?
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Cocaine is cheap.
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Oh, yeah. She says crack is cheap.
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Crack is cheap.
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Yeah. Oh, God. Oh, girl.
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Rest in peace.
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To an icon, rest in peace.
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So, yeah, we're all on a high alert. We're not going to drive Yalls anxiety up any further than it is, but we're going to try to help y'. All. During these times, I will say I have called the cdc.
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Yes, you told me yesterday. I was like. You were like, hold on. The podcast might be canceled. I don't know. I feel weird. And then you called the CDC and they said, you do not have the symptoms.
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I also went to urgent care.
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Oh, good.
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So I did double duty. My nose started running. And, you know, sis, I was in Trader Joe's. I don't know. I'm gonna say sis to the audience. I was in Trader Joe's, y'. All. And literally, it was so crazy in there. Like, everyone was. It was like Supermarket Sweep. Everybody was just this shit off the shelf. Get the hams formula right. And. Well, see, that's what we should be doing. But I ran into Ira Glass, who's been on this podcast. I ran into him at that Trader Joe's, and while we both got carts
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full of kombucha, that is not gonna sustain you. I went to Gelson's. And I like, well, first of all, I went to Gelson's, which was the first mistake because it was, like, hit up first.
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And so was Gelson's.
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Yeah. But I was like, I'm paying a premium for shelf stable noodles. You know what I mean? I felt pretty foolish, but whatever. I went there and I sopped up as much soup, macaroni and cheese, beans, rice as I could find.
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Oh, so you were ready? We were like, get the booch.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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The most la hipster thing I've ever done. No, we need the boots.
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I have some stupid stuff, too. I was like, frozen pizza for the apocalypse.
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Oh, that's not Stupid. That was cleaned out first.
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Yeah, though. That. It was. It's spooky, man. It is spooky. It is some apocalypto shit. I can't wait till we get to laugh about this.
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I know we're all laughing, but it's also, like, I feel like I laugh and then I hurt a little bit afterwards. On Twitter, we've been laughing. Black people, y' all need to sit down. I don't know why we gave y' all Twitter. It is absolutely ridiculous. Have you heard the coronavirus song?
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No.
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I'm playing some of it.
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Oh, my God.
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It's happening. It can't be copywritten. It's on Twitter. But let me tell y', all, the ignorance of my people, y' all hearing this. Like. Like, please tell your cousins that they need to chill, because y' all are absolutely ridiculous.
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Really wild.
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Like, who went in the studio and said, this is the perfect time for me to lay down a track?
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The queers are just as guilty. The queers are fucking crazy. Like, I saw a video of some queer. While you're pulling that up, a video of some queer. Like, you know that part in the Ray of Light video?
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Yeah.
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Where it's, like, Madonna's, like, all crazy, and it's showing, like, the world. It's showing, like, every part of the world.
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Yeah.
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Some reckless homo posted that, and it was just like, the coronavirus traveling the world. You know what I mean? Just like Madonna and people in crowds, and it was just, like, me fucking dumb.
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I love it.
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I love it, I love it. I live for it, but you all are dumb.
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The trap song, Coronavirus. Oh, wait, hold on. I gotta. I gotta take it back. Please hold on. Let that beat drop. Let it sink in. Coughing on the beat.
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Coughing on the beat.
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You got coronavirus. You got coronavirus. I know it. It's a bop.
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Y'.
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All. Go ahead and dance.
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I actually love it.
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Coronavirus. I gotta let the lyrics drop, though.
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I can see some really hot choreography to that.
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I just see women in face, like. Like, supreme face masks, twerking on an ambulance.
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Yes. I like, you know the sprinkler. Yes. A little bit of sprinkler with, like, a. That could be hot. You got coronavirus. Hey, I sneezed on the beat and the beat got sicker. Like, there's gotta be a reference to that.
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And Beyonce, you know, she is a queen, an icon. Also a prophet.
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A prophet.
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She said we were gonna sneeze on the beat.
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Got sicker. Just like Sylvia Brown.
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So what's Your relationship with scams.
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I love scams. I love scams. I am the friend who makes all my friends a little nervous because like I try to see how much I can get away with like. I guess what I. How do I put this? I love casual theft.
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I love that too.
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Yeah, like in hotel rooms.
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Yes.
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And podcast studios. I'm always open up my backpack and
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shoveling up that Lacroix.
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Yeah, the Lacroix, the chip bags. I'll always steal a chunk of napkins from the Chipotle.
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As you should. I.
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Little scams like that are my favorite of like very low. I guess what I think is like low cost theft or I'm like, they. There's a little bit of social leeway here, right? Like stealing a robe from a hotel room. All that shit.
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Yeah. They're like, if it's free, it's for me.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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A robe. I wouldn't take a pillow because they'd be reusing them.
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But I have to show you a picture. When I left Equinox, I stole like a lot.
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Oh, I have several towels from Equinox and other things.
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You're gonna be gagged. I stole the whole. Do you know in the shower where it has the four big bottles of St. Yeah, cute girl. I lifted. I lifted it from the wall, wrapped it in a towel and put it in my bag. So I am. That's like that. That was like theft.
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That's not theft. You pay for that.
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I know, but I.
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We all pay for that soap.
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We paid. We paid. And I was leaving and I considered it social justice.
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You quit the gym like a good person should.
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I tried.
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I did not.
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That's okay. I mean, no, but I appreciate it.
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And I'm glad that you did. I wish I could, but I know how I am.
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I'm going to be real. And like, obviously I quit that. But you know, there's something else I'm giving money to that's evil.
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Right. I do try to limit my EVL spending where I can, but the bottom line is if you're a major corporation, chances are you're doing evil.
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And you have us buying your products because you bought every company, right?
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You bought us all out. That's just like Procter and Gamble. Procter and Gamble has different soap brands that compete against each other, but they own them all.
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And you know, they are raking it in right now.
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They are cleaning the fuck up. You know Soulja Boy got a soap?
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Soap? No.
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Yeah, he invested in some soap and now he. I love Soulja Boy. We'll do an episode on Soulja Boy one day because he is a premier scammer.
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He's a scammer.
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He's a criminal. And I love it.
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I love scams. I'm also following this drag race scam. Have you heard about this? So a girl got in big trouble.
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The song is still on my back.
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Sorry, guys.
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The coronavirus came back like it does.
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Well, there you go. It's catching. It's a catchy tune, and it's catching. But so this other. Cause you're talking about scams.
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Yes.
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I don't know if you want to hear about this.
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Yes, I want to hear about this drag race scam.
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So there's a drag race scam going on right now. A very bad. So a contestant got disqualified, though. They're still in the series. This queen's name is Sherry Pie.
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I love it.
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It's a good name. But basically, a story came to light that was pretty objectionable, that she was basically posing as a casting director named Allison Mossey.
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That is a great fake casting director.
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It's a good fake name.
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I would send Alison Marcy a postcard. I would send her a headshot.
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You know, you would be like, oh, wow, she's white. She's powerful, right?
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Oh, very powerful. Very petty. Alison is petty. She's been in that biz for a while. So go ahead.
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Alison sends dishes back. Do you know what I mean?
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Absolutely.
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Like, before they, like, hits the table, she's like, excuse me.
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I said, no croutons. I have a gluten allergy.
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I have a gluten allergy.
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Oh.
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And I went down. Oh, my chair went down. So, okay, so basically, so with many men, apparently there was. She was posing as a casting director and saying, hey, and, you know, basically catfishing and then saying, hey, like, I'm casting for this really ambitious play and then telling some people she was casting for, like, an HBO thing, a really edgy piece called Bulk that was basically, like, a gay erotic play. Slash.
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It sounds like hbo.
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You know what I mean?
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Bulk.
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And it was basically about, like, you know, like, being administering steroids to yourself. And she purchased steroids for these people, got them on camera doing steroids, exposing their body parts, then do. And then, like, submitting those. They submitted those videos to her thinking it was an audition for some, like, edgy sexual piece that was either a play or an HBO show.
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What was Sherry getting out of this rocks?
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Her rocks were getting off. So she did this to at least six or seven men. She came forward recently and said, yes, you know, I did do this, but I'm learning from learning experience.
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You can't unlearn sociopathy like, you are crazy, criminal girl. With all the news out here, Sherry, with all the news in these streets, with all the Tinders, all the swipes, and especially as a gay man. And you can get. You can see. Dig dicks everywhere.
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Oh, my God. It's so easy to find dicks in the morning, dick in the evening, dick at supper time. When you gay and you see a dick, you can have dicks anytime.
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Like, what are you doing?
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You can have dick anytime.
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It's so controlling. And also, I don't like that because you're preying on people who are really like, when I started acting, I did all the scams. John Robert Powers, a young actor studio. You name a scam, honey, I gave you a coin.
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You were a Barbizon model. I love it.
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I dipped out on that one because I realized that one was a scam.
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That one's crazy.
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They wanted too many pictures. It was like, $25 worth of pictures. I said, bitch, for who did you
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do the intense commercial one?
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I did one commercial workshop, but I don't think it was a scam. But maybe it was.
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I think I went to one that was, like, really intense. I don't think it was a scam. Started with a K. Wait, was it the black guy? No, it was like, Killian.
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Oh, okay, okay.
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Killian. Something different.
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One with a black guy.
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I think it was like, fine. But I think it was like, it was just cuckoo crazy. Cause he was just like, stop. It was like, a lot of, like, stop it. You're not realizing your power. Go out, leave the room, come back in, like, a lot of, like, intenseness where I'm like, also, like, this is a commercial.
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I'm sorry. No shade to commercial actors. But you don't have to be a good actor. They just want you to look a certain way. That's all. They just want you to look like. Americans will look at you and not feel racism.
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Exactly.
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Or do feel racism.
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Right, right. Or they're like, I will. Her skin color is different, but I feel safe.
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Right. Or they're like, is that a black or is that a white? A Latino? They want the. Or the rock. Ambiguity.
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Yeah, they love. They.
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Nobody knows what race the rock is, and that is his biggest scam.
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They, like, you know, they want the blade version of actors. All their strengths, none of their weaknesses. Right. They want that. It's crazy.
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I feel bad for the actors who are Preyed upon. Cause we all in the beginning don't know what the fuck going on.
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Uh huh.
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So I think that that's, you know, fucked up. But wait, so she came forward? She's still on the show?
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She's still on the show, but now every episode has like a placard before it that's like, Sherry Pie has been disqualified from the series. The series will continue as previously edited. She will not be allowed to participate or appear in the grand finale.
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That's very funny.
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I know.
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She's still gonna get the publicity because the editors are like, what are you supposed to do? Like crop her out? Blur her out of every frame?
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I know, right?
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It's already shot.
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It's already shot. And like I could re edit it, but I don't think they will. And like, she might do well. Like she was in the top two of the first episode she was on and it was just so hard to enjoy my favorite show.
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Right. Knowing that there's this perfect person on here, you know, she probably did really well. Really well. Because if they edit her out, that means that SIS was killing it.
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She was in all of it.
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Yikes. But also, like, she's probably the best at Drag Race because she knows how to like, you know, fabricate a good story, give you entertainment, give you lies, give you presentation. Like, she did a lot, a lot to scam people for some nudes. Like, you created a whole like company. You got all access.
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That's so fucking crazy. Like, go to pornhub and go to sleep.
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Yeah, come on, weirdo. Also though, actors, any aspiring actors out there, young people, if it feels weird, it is weird. And just say no, because it's not your, it's not your big break, boo. I promise you. Like, if anybody's asking you to inject anything into your body, they are not. They don't work for hbo.
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I had to talk to some. My, like, I had like a cousin who was basically like, just out of, out of high school, moved to New York, did some showcase in New York. And then he was like, I'm. I think I'm gonna sign with this like agent person, but can I ask you like, something? And then like, yeah. And I was like, is it weird to have a death clause in the contract? I signed with them and I was like, yes. They're like, oh, okay. Cuz this contract says when I die, they have the right to my money, my name, and any cash I make.
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Therefore too, we literally have a union for that where we allocate where your money goes when you die.
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Yeah. And I was like, do not sign with them. Do not sign that. And then they also.
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They gonna try to kill you after your big break. Like,
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I know, right?
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Like, this poor little actor, he puts euphoria on hbo. Yeah. They murder him.
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Wanna kill him. And get all $600 of that money. Post taxes.
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Right? Res.
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Oh, it's so stupid.
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Oh, gosh. Guys, watch out. Damn, Sherry. That ain't right, Sherry.
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It's fucked up. It's fucked up and it's fucking up our community because it's like, we don't need that right now.
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You don't need that ever.
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We don't need that ever. We don't need. Drag Race is a safe place. And it's actually like such an amazing place to celebrate queer voices. And like, almost like. It's almost like when you're like, act right for the rest of society, you know what I mean? It's like, act right. Show people who maybe aren't even and don't even know about queer voices that holy shit, drag queens are excellent.
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Right? Are amazing.
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And then this just puts shit in the coffee. I don't know what to tell you. Shit in the cake.
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I mean, RuPaul has some anti blackness issues. Sorry for some shit in that cake tea, but we'll save that tea for a later dang facts. All right, guys, let's get into our first segment. Can you believe we are 15 minutes in and we have not got to it?
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That shocks me.
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But you loved it. I loved every moment of that. So this person says, hi, Lacy, love the show. Oh, that's very nice. Okay, I'm gonna skip all the nice stuff, but thank you so much. That's sweet. The IT manager at my. Ooh, I. I've got to give you a name. Let's call you Daughtry.
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Christina Daughtry.
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Oh, I was gonna go with Daughtry, the guy who sang with the bald head.
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Uh huh. That's Chris Daughtry, right? Oh, yes.
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Oh, Christina. Yes.
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There we go.
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Now, Christina. What was Christina's song?
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Ms. Christina's Mr. Christina Daughtry song. I don't know.
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Yeah, when it was kind of loudly, it was like, it was kind of like Creed adjacent. Like, great value Creed. Look at the photograph. Something like that. Y'. All. Y' all know Adatrison?
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Didn't he also, like, date someone weirdly beautiful? There's a lot of country stars who are like, who, like crawly. Yeah. Like, where you're like, what, you're dating Adriana Lima.
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I bet you Some country stars be out there slanging it, okay? You know, they got them stories in their heart and them, them, you know,
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them hips, heavy meats in the jeans.
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All right, this is a very horny episode, guys. I'm sorry, the IT manager. We're in quarantine. We can't.
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We got warmed up.
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The IT manager at my work passed this warning along, and he pointed out that scammers often take advantage of crises, which they do, guys. And we're dealing with the corona. The Rona, as black people call it. This may be with sharing. Oh. So she said, this may be worth sharing with the congregation. The warning also included a couple of links to real Johns Hopkins websites and information page from the Federal Trade Commission. So great. This is the warning. A malicious website pretending to be a live map for the Coronavirus COVID19 global cases by Johns Hopkins University is circulating the Internet, waiting for unwitting Internet users to visit the website. Visiting the website infects the user with a Trojan, which. An information stealing program which, like, will steal your sensitive data. And it's likely to be spread via infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, and social engineering. Furthermore, anyone searching the Internet for coronavirus map should not navigate these websites. So if you're looking for any information, guys, just go to the cdc. Don't click on no advertisement on Twitter. Don't click on an article and then scroll down. And then it's always those little, you got cancer? Like, you ever just read a article on Twitter about a funny dog?
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And then at the bottom it'd be like, like, you got cancer. Yeah, it's always like this common thing found in all your food gives you cancer more at 11. It's like the Internet version of that.
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Exactly.
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Yeah.
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Or it's like a picture of like, just like a. A tracing of a person. And they're like holding their shoulder and their shoulders, like, red. And it's like, if you have this pain, it may be melanoma.
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They love that shit.
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It is so anxiety triggering.
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There's like, have you had a headache before you got the plague? Like, it's just like, plague is back. The plague is back.
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Plague is back. All right.
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Yeah.
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So, guys, just be careful out there right now. I know it's scary times. I know we're all trying to be safe, like. But still watch out for scams because scammers, unfortunately, when times are tough, the scams, they pull up.
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I heard. I just read a story about some kid got in trouble at school because he was charging students.
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I love that.
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For pumps Of Purell.
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He was charging students pumps for pumps of Purell at school, and they sent him home. And I thought, what a king. He got to turn a profit. Then he got to go to self quarantine so he ain't have to worry about the Rona.
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I mean, look, he just learned it from adults, right?
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I mean, like I told y', all, when you teach kids what is your dream job at 3, what do you expect them to do but become scammers?
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Mm.
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This whole society is a scam. Look at our president. Our president is literally about to kill us all.
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Really, really about to kill us all. All that shit's coming out about like they could have done so much in January.
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He was worried about the numbers because he's up for re election, guys.
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Oh, my. You man in office who's like, I'm
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up for reelection, so if they die, they die.
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Well, that's what I'm saying. I was like, I mean, look, he should be the one the most concerned about it because his voters are the ones at risk, the people voting.
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But anyway, we're going to move on, guys, because I know y' all are stressed out.
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It's enough. It's enough.
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That's all. That's it. That's all.
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We're. Stay inside Netflix and chill.
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Yes, yes. And if you have a babe, go ahead and make a quarantine, baby.
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Yeah.
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All right, guys, we're gonna take a quick break, and we'll be right back. And we are back with my favorite segment, historic Hoodwinks. Oh. So, guys, today we're talking about love. Let's get some love in our hearts. We all need some love in our hearts, right?
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I love love.
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An anonymous Massachusetts woman became an un unexpected getaway driver after a man she met on a dating app robbed a bank on their first date.
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Shut the up. Oh, my.
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We thought you had bad first dates, guys.
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Can you imagine? Maybe this has been a magical night. Will you just. I'll be right back. Could you just.
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I feel like this is the beginning of the day.
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You're, like at the top.
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He's like, I gotta run by the bank real quick.
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Yeah. And he meant run through the bag.
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Like, oh, look at my bag getting out cash. I know he gonna pay for the dinner. I know we not going Dutch, Okay? He might get some tonight. And then he come out running, like, move, move, move, move.
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Fucking hit it. That is fucked up and funny.
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Her worst date began on December 5, 2016, when an anonymous woman picked up Christopher Castillo, 33, from his parents home. In Chapet, Rhode Island. Okay, sis. So you picked him up. He's 33. He was located at his parents home.
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Oh, yeah, these are some red flags. 33, parents home. You know, look, that is. That's not the only thing that defines people. But it's.
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It's.
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It's a yellow flag.
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It's gonna get worse.
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Oh, no.
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She then drove roughly half an hour to North Attleboro, Massachusetts, where she lives. Girl, you drove half an hour to pick up a man who lives with his parents, who is 33. The. The year that Jesus died. Jesus had a whole career. He was a carpenter. He was walking on water.
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Jesus had a following. He knew how to get his message out there. He had a story. Thank you.
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Jesus was on foot getting like.
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Jesus was working because he was like, I don't. I know. I don't. I know. I know. I don't have that much time, right? So I want to make a mark nice and early.
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Now, I'm not saying he got to be Jesus, but like, you know, Jesus had his own home.
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That is. She shouldn't have gone half an hour to pick his ass up. That's embarrassing, truly.
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So she later told prosecutors that Castillo had sat in the passenger seat and download oh. And downed wine as she drove.
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Girl, girl. Love yourself, girl and you know it
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wasn't no good wine.
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No, it was. It was one of those wines that's like that. It says red wine.
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I bet you she classed it up for the story and said it was wine. It was probably like a buzz ball.
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Buzzball now in 64 ounces.
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So as she's driving he over here drinking wine. So the Monday afternoon date was already off to a strange start. Also, this is a Monday afternoon date. Well, I guess he must not have no job.
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This is a fucking mess. This is getting worse and worse and worse. This is like a pile of Jenga that won't stop falling over, right?
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So the two had never met in person before that fateful day in 2016. She told police. So. So, my good sis, you've never met this man in person. He's drinking buzz balls in your car. He live with his mama now. He lives 30 minutes away. So you already. Your tank is on half, if you even filled up on the way there.
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Yeah.
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Why?
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Why?
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It's also a Monday afternoon.
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Does it say how old she is?
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So he's just like Tommy from Martin. He ain't got no job. I can't. It doesn't say how old she is. She's anonymous. But we'll See? So she said, off to a rocky start. This is in 2016, she told police. So why would you think anything was wrong? When he told her to pull over as they approached a bank, he got out of the car, left her there alone for a few minutes. When Castillo walked into the bank, he went up to the teller that and said that he was really hurting in quotes and needed money.
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What?
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That's not how banks work. No, that's how banks work for the economy. The bank can be like, hey, government, we're really hurting. We need money.
B
If you're white and already a trillionaire, that's how that works.
A
That's how that works. But for us, we can't go into banking.
B
No.
A
They will take money from us and give it to them.
B
Can you fucking believe it?
A
Capitalism is a fucking scam, y'.
B
All. This fucking 1.5 trillion bailout, like, for people who are already rich.
A
Capitalism is a fucking scam.
B
It is the ultimate scam.
A
God, they got us so good. We can't get out of it.
B
No.
A
I'm telling y', all, we just gonna have to go back to French days, and we gonna have to storm the bastique. All right.
B
Okay.
A
Knives out.
B
Yeah, it's time. I'm ready.
A
It's time to get them knives out. We'll talk later. Did you hear? Who was it?
B
That amazing guy who won a Grammy this year. Talked about, like, how people of color get when they get opportunities. It's like when you hand your niece an unplugged controller.
A
Ooh, I think that was Tyler, the creator.
B
I think so. Yeah. Yeah. He was just like. That is. I just want you to know this is what this is. This is tokenism. I am. I am part of the game in the way that someone who hands their little kid sister an unplugged controller is part of the game. The, like, here you go. You get to play for a second.
A
Right?
B
But you don't really get to play.
A
Exactly. And we all know it. That's capitalism, guys. We all have an unplugged controller, and we are the. The juice is tasty because we've all drank the Kool Aid, and it. It did taste good.
B
And it did taste good.
A
It was flavorful.
B
Yeah.
A
We can't say the US Is not flavorful.
B
No, it's pretty flavorful. I'm having a good time.
A
It's the tastiest in the world. And I think that's why we can't get off of the tricks that they got us on, because it's so tasty. The superiority that we all feel living in the US Is what'?
B
It's like an internship with great snacks, right?
A
We got keurigs, we got kombucha from the cake.
B
Okay?
A
We got somebody who comes in and she brings a tamales.
B
Yeah. You're like, whoa, are you getting paid? Not really.
A
But my chair is a ball.
B
My chair's a ball.
A
So, you know, there's a ping pong table.
B
So wait, so then what? So, so that's it.
A
So he gets out the car, leaves her, right? Goes in the bank and says, I'm hurting. I really need money. Then he flashes a.44 caliber antique handgun that belonged to his stepfather, the station reported. So he also stole his. Daddy, you dating a man who can't even get his own piece. He can't even afford his own.
B
And we know how easy they are to get. Oh, there's so many.
A
You can find a gun for pretty cheap. Like, girl, sis, you are in the. This is, this is ghetto. So the bank teller gives. The bank teller gives him the money, and he immediately came running back to his dates. Nissan Maxima. I told y', all, I don't know if I've ever said this on here, but, you know, vans have gotten a bad rap for being, like, the child abduction car and all of that. But it's really the Nissan. It is. It's usually a gray Nissan that's doing all the crimes out here. I'm not even playing.
B
Aaron Hernandez was in, like, a Nissan. Nissan is a Altima car. Altima?
A
Yeah. It's a criminal enterprise car. You can go from small scams to huge murders.
B
Now, what about an Infiniti? I know that that's still a Nissan. Technically, yeah.
A
But Infiniti, like, it's too nice of a car to be doing crime in, you know? And Infiniti's got those plush leather seats and, you know, some Nissans are very nice. I'm not gonna shade a Nissan, honey. I'm not. Yeah, but I just feel like Infiniti is for, like, a older, like, you know, I, I, I've been at my job for maybe, like, 10 years. I'm so.
B
I left crime behind.
A
I left crime behind. I upgraded from my Nissan, where I was very much doing crime.
B
I love that. Just the dealership being like, okay, great.
A
Instead of profiling black people, cops, y' all should profile Nissan. Just start pulling them over, okay?
B
You gonna find it. All right. A Centra. Something is sneaky about a Centra Maximus, too. Don't get me started on Murano's.
A
We know what y' all doing, but let me be quiet. I want y' all to keep scamming as long as y' all not doing no major crimes.
B
The car is called a juke there. Come on.
A
Naming their cars. They're like, what kind of criminal are you?
B
There's one now called a boot or a Boots. I'm not even kidding. There's a Nissan Boots, y'.
A
All. I can't.
B
Criminal criminals.
A
Nissan Boots for when you're on the run.
B
And the, like, president of Nissan is, like, in. In jail bad right now.
A
Great. See, he was. He was putting his criminal instincts into the whole company.
B
Look up Carlos Gosin. He was in jail in Japan, and then they made him. He. He basically escaped and is now hiding out in Lebanon. He damn scammer.
A
Carlos.
B
Carlos.
A
Shout out to a king. Oh, yes. He was. His great escape from Japan. We don't have to talk about Carlos. He gonna be another scam.
B
He's a good scam, Carlos.
A
I'm proud him of. So Carlos, you know, he injected his love of crime into designing these cars. So he was sweating when he ran out, homie. Okay, Mr. Christopher Castillo. So, Mr. Castillo, I gotta say it like they say on how to get away with murder.
B
Castillo, he sounds like someone I would fuck in college.
A
Ooh, yes, definitely.
B
And make excuses for.
A
He gotta be fine as hell because she picked him up 30 minutes away. He drank a buzz ball in the car.
B
Yeah, he's.
A
And then he stole his daddy gun. He ain't even got no gun. No job, no gun.
B
He's got some, like, shine. He's got those, like, shiny lips where you're just like, oh, that dick is trouble.
A
Oh, he got abs, too. He got big hands. He looks like. Oh, when he grab, you feel like, oh, he might hurt me, but. Ooh, I'm afraid. But I'm also excited.
B
Exactly. And he has, like, that throat, neck muscle where you're like.
A
Yeah. When he swallow, you see just all the movement. Yes, absolutely. I'm very. I love it. So the flavor. So Castillo, he runs out of the bank sweating, with sunglasses, a hat, and a gun, and $1,000 of cash in hand. The woman said, so did he, sis. Did he not have on the sunglasses or the hat when he left the car?
B
That's funny.
A
If he left, like, he left looking, like, all suave, and then he came out with a mask on and sunglasses,
B
the Dunder Mifflin cap on and some
A
Oakley, and he had a thousand dollars cash. Girl, girl, you are dating such an underachiever. He stole a thousand dollars.
B
That's pretty fucked up.
A
That's not even gonna get him through the month.
B
That's pretty fucked up.
A
He is stupid. He gotta be sexy. This is crazy.
B
Yeah.
A
So he says, fucking go, and then she panicked. She sold police, and so she sped away. Girl.
B
Yeah. I mean, what do you do?
A
It's like going to a bank and being like, give me $10. Like, that's not even worth the crime. Clean out the safe.
B
It's so stupid.
A
Also, that teller is a scammer. Because she was like, okay, here's a thousand. Here's $1,000.
B
And then she was like, that's all there is.
A
That's all we got.
B
And he was probably like, Whoa. $1,000.
A
She gave it to him in once.
B
Yeah. He's like, that's more than my allowance for four years.
A
Right?
B
Yeah. That's pretty embarrassing. Truly, that is. God, that's embarrassing.
A
If I. Guys, you should be ashamed of yourself if you rob a bank and you won't get $1,000. Although I do know somebody who robbed a bank, and they didn't get nothing. They robbed the bank that they worked at.
B
What?
A
Yes. They had stopped working there. This is the dumbest bank, Robbie. And I know the person.
B
You know this person?
A
Yes. I've never talked about this.
B
I can't believe you have it. Talk to me.
A
So he goes into. So he used to work at this bank. He quit. Right? He wears a scheme at, goes back into the bank, the exact branch that he worked at, pulls out a gun and is like, this is a robbery. I'm robbing y'. All. And he was like, don't try nothing funny. Don't hit that silent alarm. I know where it is. I used to work here. He says, I used to work here, you dumb motherfucker. Way to narrow down our suspects.
B
I know.
A
And don't you try shit. Cause I used to work here.
B
I used to work here.
A
Thursdays, Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Mondays, 12 to 5.
B
My favorite K cup is the Donut Time Coffee. So don't get any ideas.
A
My name is Kids.
B
I have a distinctive mole on my upper left cheek. So don't think about it.
A
Why are you even wearing a mask, bro? People make me so tired.
B
It's so tired. Here are my fingerprints. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
A
I'm leaving my passport. Bye.
B
Ha ha. I got you.
A
I'll be at my house. Like, what are you doing, sir? So getting caught. Cause we know this guy gets caught.
B
Yes.
A
Castillo, you're not very smart. No, his Accidental accomplice obey. At first, the woman. But she spotted flashing sirens from a North Attleboro police cruiser on their trail. She immediately pulled over into a Dunkin Donuts parking lot and walked away from the car. It hadn't been hard for police to track down Castillo. The Robbery happened at 2:49pm in broad daylight. And an officer who was in the area saw the Nissan drive by and noticed that the man in the passenger seat happened to meet the description of the suspect. This is the only time I'm gonna say that y' all actually found a suspect who looked like a description, because otherwise, I'll just be like, black. Pull me over. We were looking for a black man. I'm a woman. All right, well, it could have been. Are you sure? Yeah.
B
Are you sure? I haven't seen you in a commercial making me feel safe. So I think you might be one of those.
A
Right. You sure you don't have a tattoo on your arm? You're seeing my arm is bare?
B
No, I'm one of the good ones. Here. Listen to my line reading for Kleenex tissues. Literally, Kleenex tissue is soft, strong.
A
I hate that one Kleenex commercial with the little black girl who's in some kind of costume made out of all Kleenexes. And then the little white boy comes up and takes a costume Kleenex off of her and blows his nose with it.
B
I missed that one.
A
I hate that commercial. I hate a lot trying to say with this.
B
You know what commercial I hate? The one with the. For, like, the bipolar medication. There's, I think, Latuda. Latuda.
A
I'm gonna name my daughter.
B
I was about to say I went to public school with latuda, but the way they portray the bipolar person is so disrespectful.
A
It's so mean. It's from the child's perspective. It's like, mommy is sad all the time and she's a bitch.
B
And they show the woman hunched over like a Hansel and Gretel witch. And I'm like, that's not bipolar disorder. Boo. Boo.
A
I asked Daddy why Mama won't be kind to us, and he says, she got the bipolar. This is not.
B
She's like putting a kid in the oven. It's like, that's not bipolar.
A
This is not bipolar. Guys, stop.
B
I know people with bipolar disorder, and they're fucking people.
A
They're amazing people. I know people with bipolar, too, and it's not. They're not that commercial. And also, like, who do you think is going to see that and has bipolar disorder and think, like, I should get into this medication.
B
Yes.
A
You basically were so mean to them in the commercial. I would never take your drug.
B
It's so stupid. And then after she takes it, she's like doing Irish dance jigs. It's so stupid.
A
And her daughter. Daughter's finally smiling. Advertisement Trash. So the police officer does his job accurately for once and notices that the passenger seat has to have has Christopher castillo in it. So when the car is pulled over in the dunkin donuts, which, you know, America scams on Dunkin. America scams on Duncan Castilla stayed inside and tried to duck from the police. Castilla, where? How you gonna you in a car?
B
Like you're in a Nissan.
A
You're in a Nissan. We see you.
B
They got big old clear windows.
A
Carlos, what are you.
B
The altima does not come with tint.
A
I just. Honey, at least go inside the Duncan and try to get yourself like a two for four. You know, Try to spend a little bit of this little thousand that you done got. Cause you're gonna have to give it back.
B
You know what I mean?
A
Get you a dunkin chino or something. My guy.
B
Now they're serving snacking bacon. Dunkin donuts is a fact. They'll serve you bacon in a paper bag. I can't snack and bacon. Get your snack and bacon before you go to jail. But as we know, dumb dick fucks good. That's all we know.
A
You know, he is laying the pipe.
B
Dumb dick.
A
I'm telling you, he is laying the pipe like Mario.
B
Yeah.
A
Like, he has got to just be, you know, the best at sex.
B
Look, dumb dick. When a guy is dumb, it's just like a rat with one objective. Get to the end of the pussy maze. They don't know anything else, so they're good at that.
A
He's fantastic. So Mr. Castillo. The police pull Castillo out of the car. That's not his car. Also, remember, this is his date's car. As he violently struggled, spit on them and told them the gun isn't even loaded. I believe him. I believe that he believed.
B
I believe that he could not afford
A
the bullets, probably didn't know how to load it. He probably tried to stick one in the front. He tried to screw it in. He was like, this isn't working. You know, I'll just bring the bullets and then I'll just throw them at them if they. What are you doing, sir? So after he was subdued and handcuffed, police searched the car and found the gun, hat, and sunglasses after the robbery, the bank had immediately called the police and gave a description of the robber. Everything the cops found matched that description, including the thousand dollars the police found in Castillo's wallet. They were both arrested.
B
Damn, girl.
A
Poor girl. Why didn't you just get out of the car? I think I would have just let him drive the Nissan away. I think that's smart, because they're gonna catch him. Then you can just be like, he stole my car, too. Yeah, because he's not gonna shoot you. Just get out the car.
B
I. I empathize. Sometimes I have been in a moment of shock or panic where I'm just like, okay, right?
A
And I. I agree to that. I feel like if she was just sitting in the car, you know, it was probably. It's 2016. What was 2016 music.
B
What was 2016 music? I don't know. The first Carly Rae Jepsen.
A
Right?
B
Cut to the feeling.
A
Oh, yeah. Or a commie, maybe.
B
Yeah.
A
And this is crazy. Run chopping along, and he just hops in.
B
Remember that video where, like, the joke is he's gay at the end?
A
Right? Which I was like, is that a. Is that a punchline? It's. It's.
B
It's late. It's like. It's a little late.
A
Like, y', all, maybe not 1998.
B
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was a punch. I'll even give you 2005. I'm not happy about it, but, yeah,
A
it might be 2005, too. I could watch any show in the 90s, and everything is so problematic when it comes to people. It's so bad.
B
It's really bad. Oh, my God. Okay. I just saw this really bad movie called Tammy and the T. Rex.
A
That sounds like it would be a bad.
B
You need to watch. It has a young Denise Richards tragic. And the young Paul Walker tragic, tragic, tragic. Tragiker. But he's a hottie. He. He's a hottie. And anyway, long story short, there is a. The best friend is a young black man. He's a young black man. And there are a lot of ridiculous gay jokes in it that don't. That offer nothing. That offer nothing. Like, at one point, he's like, hey, everybody. And then one of the adults in the room says, don't. Hey, don't drop anything. Like. Or, like, I wouldn't bend over if I was you. Because then we go, because he'll put his penis in your butt.
A
And, you know, people thought that that was inclusivity.
B
I know.
A
They were like, we're acknowledging you guys exist by being mean. To you on camera. We were like, okay, yeah. Guess this is better than nothing.
B
I know. And the time you're like, I'll take. Once again, unplug controller. I'll take something.
A
Right.
B
What do. How do I play the game? How do I win? You can't win. Can't win because the gatekeepers are the same. So this is a scam.
A
They found the thousand dollars that was in his wallet. They arrested both of them. Jail time, years later, Christopher and the unnamed woman's. Would be Robin Hood.
B
What?
A
What?
B
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, though. So they're saying Castillo is her. Would be Robin Hood.
A
Yes. No.
B
What?
A
No, I don't think that's your Robin Hood girl.
B
No. Robin Hood doesn't just walk into a bank and say, please and implicate you
A
in a federal crime.
B
No, Robin Hood, like, infiltrates, like, the upper level 1% and finds some clever oceans 11 back to people. Exactly.
A
No.
B
This guy is just trash.
A
So he pled guilty to armed robbery and three counts of assault and battery on a police officer. Officer. All committed on their first date, December 5, 2016. According to the Bristol county district attorney office, Castillo was sentenced to three years in state prison for the robbery. Then two more in Bristol County House of Corrections for violently struggling against the police and spitting on them when they tried to subdue him. Bruh, you must have just been wasted, because I'm like, my guy. You're already getting arrested. Like, just get out and be like, here's the wallet here. The gun is in the car. I was wearing this hat. It's my dad's. He got it from Burlington Co Factor. Like, just give yourself up. Like, why are you trying to fight thousand for a thousand dollars? Our country is. You know, bruh, if you'll do all this for a stack, like, we're hurting.
B
We're hurting.
A
And he's so sexy. I'm sure he doesn't need to be in jail.
B
No, I mean, start escorting, dude. Start making some cash. The. The right illegal way.
A
Right.
B
Be illegal. Ish.
A
Don't be be only fans.
B
O.
A
You know, he could have had onlyfans and could have been making it way more than that.
B
Absolutely. Use that big stupid hog for good.
A
Okay, so his date got off without a charge and probably with healthy skepticism towards online dating. Okay, we can't blame online dating for this girl.
B
No, you cannot.
A
You ignored every red flag.
B
Mm.
A
And also, guys, scammers. A red flag isn't something you bypass. Red flags are deal breakers. So when you see a red flag, it means Stop, turn around, don't see a red flag. And then be like, that's a red flag. I'll keep going. No, you stop at the first one.
B
That's soccer. Everyone knows that when you get a red flag, you're done.
A
You're done, you're done, you're done. And for some reason in our society, we've convinced ourselves that red flags are, like, a thing. Like, you can amass a bunch of them. No, you should really just see one.
B
Have you ever been on a date, seen a red flag, and continue not onto another date?
A
But I have, like, sat there because I was fascinated by how insane the person was.
B
I've been guilty of it, though. I have to, like, especially in my earlier days.
A
Oh, same. Oh, you know I'm lying. Oh, I'm lying. Ooh.
B
I kind of knew you were lying, but I was, like, gonna be nice.
A
I had to really think. I meant, like, damn. I had to really think about that. No, I dated a total sociopath who, like, ruined so many relationships in my life. And there's people I can't talk to because he's a crazy liar. And I had to, like, get lawyer information to my family just in case he ever tries anything, that I have to ruin his life.
B
Holy shit.
A
No, I did it. Like a crazy person who, like, spread out into my life like a cancer. I was very young.
B
Yeah.
A
I didn't know any better.
B
Yeah.
A
And there were lots of red flags.
B
I get it. I get it. I dated a maniac who had, like, a lot of red flags. He had, like, a lot of, like, addictions and, like, was obsessive about, like, I need to go have a cigarette. I need to go take. Have a drink. I need to smoke pot. He was obsessive about all that shit. And then on top of that, was, like, had cheated on me, and I went back to the motherfucker.
A
I mean, we all. We all. Love is a scam, and we all participate in it. You know, sometimes a scam is good and sometimes a con is bad.
B
But this is a good reminder that, like, you know, there's a Greek phrase my. That my dad. So my dad's a bit cynical, but in the best way possible. And he basically. It's. Which means that's the way they came, and that's the way they'll go.
A
Ooh.
B
So it's kind of like, that's who they are. That's who they're gonna be when they die.
A
Right.
B
So it's a little cynical, but he's basically, like, saying, like, look, people show you who they are and you have to believe. You have to believe them.
A
Yo, you really do. Guys, that is a word right there. Take that with you.
B
Take it with you.
A
People can change, but you don't have to be there for that process. You don't and you shouldn't.
B
I err on the side of cynicism, of like, look, if someone's gonna show their ass, there's consequences. Consequences, right?
A
And, and also, oh God, we could go, we could talk about this all day. Because when I tell you I had like a far reaching, like I hadn't realized, I think maybe this was like maybe two years ago and I didn't fully realize how much damage this person did to my life until like maybe like a week ago where I was like, oh, I don't talk to this person. Because this person I don't talk to. Like, hey, this person told so many lies. But I'll tell you about it later, please. But yeah, guys, when you see those flags and we all do it, we're all guilty of it. Look, I just tried to lie and say, no, I leave. I was thinking of a specific situation where I went on a date with someone and they said so much crazy stuff that I continued the date but then never saw them again. But there are some people who have some other red flags and I continued on for too long.
B
I've been there.
A
So guys, you know, try to walk away. There's so many people. There's six billion people. Six million people. Six billion people.
B
Billion, billion.
A
Yeah, six billion people on the planet. All right, guys, work. We're gonna take a break for some non scam advert and fraud. All right, guys. And we are back with scammer of the week. Okay. In Atlanta, a group of men driving around in a Rolls Royce posed as famous rappers to scam More than $100,000 from exclusive hotels. Walker Washington and Aaron Barnes Burpo. What a name.
B
Are these people from the Star wars universe? Who the hell are these people?
A
Aaron Walker Washington and Aaron Barnes. Bur they do sound.
B
Burbo.
A
They do sound like they're from the Star wars universe.
B
Yeah, the first one sounds like a made up Ivy League student.
A
Walker Washington.
B
Yeah, it really does.
A
Walker Washington does not exist in real life. You are absolutely right.
B
That is stupid. I love it. They pretended to be rappers and they
A
booked rooms and racked up bills at hotels in Georgia before leaving without paying according to a criminal complaint filed by the US District Court in Atlanta this week. Also, this is Atlanta. Atlanta. Okay, so I'm gonna paint a picture here in Atlanta. People drive around their mortgages.
B
That's so unfortunately true.
A
They, they're, you know what I mean? Like you can flex harder there with a good amount of money because things are cheaper now. The price in the city is starting to go up, but you can still get like a one bedroom apartment for like twelve hundred dollars. And it'll be like kind of spacious.
B
Yeah.
A
Whereas like in la, not so much do that. So you know the Flexes, Real Housewives of Atlanta, you see it like, you see it, it. The Flexes are there. So I get why they did this. So they allegedly told staff that they worked for Jay Z's entertainment firm, Roc Nation. And in one case, they told the staff that they were in the Wu Tang Clan. So this is where racism really paid off for us. Yeah.
B
Wait, are, wait, are these gentlemen people of color or not?
A
Yes, they're black.
B
Okay, okay.
A
Specifically.
B
So you're saying this is where racism paid off because they were just there like.
A
I guess so I guess they work for Jay Z. They have a Rolls Royce.
B
Look guys, they're black. They must be rappers.
A
They're black. They have a nice car. Come on. They can't be hedge fund manager.
B
Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck.
A
That's my racist rich white man laugh.
B
I love it. Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck. Here's mine. Wait, here's mine.
A
Oh, that's great. That's like an evil one.
B
Yeah, it's a little man dark from Dexter's laboratory.
A
I love it. Truly endure it. So yeah, they, you know, they're like, of course they're in the woods. Also, the Wu Tang clan has like 97 members.
B
I didn't know that.
A
So can we, Chelsea, can we google how many people are in the Wu Tang Clan?
B
I did not know that. So it's kind of like ucb.
A
UCB is the Wu Tang Clan. Except for it's like the, the white Tang Clan.
B
White Tang Clan ain't nothing to with white. Fuck yes.
A
Oh my God. So there are 10 members in the Wu Tang Clan.
B
Uh huh.
A
And I'm so sorry black people out there, because I should know these. I'm gonna say their names. The rza, the Giza, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killa, Inspect the Deck, you, God, Master Killer, Cap Donna, and the late odb. Oh Dastard. Which I lived in South Florida when old Dirty Bastard died and Let me tell you, Florida is fucking off. There fucking ranks. I was watching the news when Old Dirty Bastard unfortunately passed away.
B
Yeah.
A
And the newscaster on the news.
B
Yeah.
A
Says, we have some sad news today. Unfortunately, Old Dirty Bastard has passed away. The rumors are that his financial situation is not great. Not leaving much for his little bastards.
B
That's my mouth agape.
A
This was the.
B
How. How dare they?
A
How dare they. Y' all thought Joshua would get this pun off?
B
That' fucked up.
A
No.
B
Motherfucker's dead. Wait a second. Before you do that. My God. Or never do that. Especially if you're some dirty old white bastard. Get out of here.
A
And this is before Twitter really popped off. I was like, 13, and I was like, I cannot believe she said that.
B
That's fucked up. That's stupid.
A
That's like sketch comedy. Like, you don't do sketch comedy on the news.
B
That is a Chappelle show joke.
A
But that's South Florida for you.
B
That is fucking cool, Ra Z. Wow.
A
So there's 10 men in this group.
B
So you're only off by 86.
A
Honestly, if I worked at a hotel or if I saw the Wu Tang, I didn't even know all the names. Obviously. I knew, like, Methyvan.
B
Yes.
A
Cause he's so hot.
B
Raekwon, Ghostface, Killa. You hear those names a lot.
A
Yeah. You hear OGB or used to a lot.
B
The jizz of the Riz. I've heard those, too.
A
Yeah. So I guess just that one guy. What was his name? Corona. Get.
B
Get the. Go. Go home.
A
What was that one?
B
Capadonna.
A
Oh, Capadonna.
B
I was close.
A
I ain't never heard of Capadonna.
B
Corona. Donna, shut up.
A
If you came in and said you was Capadonna from the Wu Tang Clan, yeah, I would have been like, hey, sure.
B
Yeah, I would, too.
A
But also, I feel like I would be like, does the Wu Tang Clan collectively have money like some of them do, but. Right.
B
I know. Remember when they had, like, they made one album? They, like. Remember they did this thing where they made one, only one copy of an album, and then they sold that one copy for, like, a million or something. Crazy.
A
It's absolutely nuts. And also genius.
B
Yeah, it was genius. I can't. Someone rich bought it. We'll find it. We'll look it up later.
A
That's smart. It's smart. And that's back in the day when it was just, like, CDs. Like, you couldn't, like, just share the music, right?
B
I guess not. No. I think they, like, made, like, an lp. Or something. And they're like, we have made a new album, and we're on making this one copy of it. Who wants it? And of course, someone who just, like, had stupid money was like, I'll play this game and then brag to my rich friends that I have the one copy.
A
Right. And I'm not letting anyone listen to it.
B
Yeah.
A
I'm like, mmm. So good.
B
Yeah.
A
The rza, the Gizza Kappa, Donna Coronadonna. Coronadonna. Nobody knows who Capadonna is.
B
I actually don't either.
A
I'm getting dragged for this. If you're a big Wu Tang head, you can let me know. But. So the pair also also accused of. They were also accused of scamming two Atlanta recording studios, which lost a total of $17,000.
B
Ooh.
A
Okay. So I don't feel bad for the recording studios because they charge, like, an absorbent amount of money to record in their studios. So, like, did you really, like, you lost, like, booking time? Like, you lost time. Air quote.
B
They just showed up and just made music and said, like, bill it to Wu Tang.
A
Yeah. They were like, I'm Capadonna.
B
Yeah, yeah.
A
Billet to Wu Tang.
B
That's so funny.
A
And then the city's Georgian Terrace Hotel was left with a $45,000 unpaid bill. I didn't even know black people could do this. I thought all black people. When you got to the hotel, they were like, put your card down. We're gonna pre check it for $1,500.
B
Absolutely.
A
To make sure you have money, we're putting a hold on it.
B
Absolutely. Sometimes you have the money, and they're like, nuh.
A
Leave your passport and your id.
B
So I know sometimes you're like, here is cash. And they're like, nuh. We don't care.
A
Because it's like, if you fuck it up more than what you gave them. Yeah, blah, blah, blah. But, like, there are people out here. Like, Anna Delvey was doing this in New York. That was our first episode. She was a scammer who would go to hotels and be like, I'm a wire, y'. All the money later.
B
Yeah, that's. That's sketchy. Wires.
A
Yeah. And I'm like, this is, like, current day. Like, in the 20 teens. Like, this is wild.
B
It's stupid.
A
So the Hyatt Regency Atlanta told the FBI the imposters walked away without paying a $39,000 tax.
B
Oof.
A
So they're balling out.
B
That's a lot.
A
They're balling out.
B
That's hard to spend that much I
A
mean, I guess if you're getting like Dom and you're getting massages and it's already like a nice hotel, you're probably getting very expensive dinners. They're probably inviting all the hoochies out to eat. Because I've definitely had a free meal off of a scammer many, many times. When I was in college, we would go to Miami, Vegas, Louisiana. And we would be with the scammers and they would be buying all the food for everybody that.
B
I love that. I love that. See, I never got to do that. When you're like a boy, it's like, you know, you can't. It's hard to get scam adjacent.
A
You can, but it's like you gotta be in the right spot. Yeah, you gotta go like to the hotels and find like the old dudes who don't get no attention.
B
Uh huh. I was recently at the gay VNs. Cause Nicole hosted this gay adult award thing. Oh yes, I saw, yes. And we went to some parties and that was a place, that's a space I can scam in if need be.
A
Because you got everybody in one spot, right?
B
Everyone's horny when you're horny.
A
Well, you gotta go to D.C. and get the politicians.
B
That's good money too.
A
Because then they want you to be quiet. But you gotta be careful. Cause also maybe they'll murder you.
B
Yeah, yeah. Well, to that all I have to say is fuck Aaron Shock. I hope he dies tomorrow. That is a fuck. That guy, he just. I don't know if you know this, but he just recently came out and he was like, I'm gay now. And it's like, no, I don't give a shit. I'm not happy. You voted like against gay rights multiple times.
A
Multiple times.
B
And now he's out there stunting with gay go go boys and porn stars, being like, I'm out and happy now. And I'm like, I don't give a shit. Drop dead.
A
Yeah, like, why should we? Like you're out here voting for our demise.
B
Yes.
A
Like, what the fuck? And it happens so often. Mr. Widest was doing the same shit. I can't even remember his name. I just called him Mr. Widestance. Who was that guy who was soliciting people in the bathroom by standing in the two stalls?
B
I forget his name too.
A
I just call him Mr. Widest Dance.
B
He was the tap tap. Yeah, the tap tap in the bathroom.
A
But he was also voting against legislation for gay people.
B
So yeah, there's some good money there.
A
Yeah, great scam oh, Lord Jesus. So they had been driving a Rolls Royce Phantom worth nearly $450,000, fraudulently rented from a national limousine company.
B
Good God.
A
Which reported a loss of nearly $60,000. So guys, if y' all want to scam a hotel, I guess you just gotta go rent an extremely luxury vehicle and bring it up. And people are like, they must have money. We won't make them pay for anything.
B
I think what we're learning here is like, you just have to find the right group to associate yourself with. So like, if you're brownish, say you're a Kardashian.
A
Right.
B
If you're whitish, say you're white.
A
Right. That, that one works out the gate.
B
Black Wu Tang.
A
Black Wu Tang.
B
Who do you say you are? If you're Latinx, who do you say you are?
A
Ok,
B
I guess. Oh, I guess you could say like, oh, I'm. I'm Jennifer Lopez's daughter.
A
Right. Or you could go, you could go Shakira's daughter. Or you could say I'm international pop star.
B
Oh, you could, you could be like, I'm Talia. Like Talia is like a huge Latinx pop star. And they'd be like, oh yeah, I've heard of that. But I don't know what Talia looks like.
A
Okay, I'm Rosalia. Yeah.
B
Yes. You could say I'm just Rosalia. And they're like, oh, yeah, okay, sure. I've seen her on the Spotify billboard. Right.
A
I don't remember her face.
B
Uh huh.
A
Yep.
B
Or say you're a Noriega. Go hard. Just be like, I'm from the Noriega family.
A
I feel like if you're any type of Asian, you can say you were in crazy rich Asian.
B
I am, I am a crazy rich Asian. That the book was written.
A
That the book was written about and for.
B
Yes. And for. Yeah, okay, good. These are good scams.
A
These are good scams.
B
Associate yourself.
A
Use the racism. Like whatever race you're a part of, use the racism and face blindness to your advantage.
B
You're part of the dynasty. If you need more specificity for whiteness, you can say you're a Carnegie. Okay, That's a good big one.
A
That is a big one. They have a university, they got Labradors. Yeah, Carnegie's great. And there's a lot of them.
B
You could say you're a Gates.
A
Just say Roosevelt.
B
That's good.
A
That's, you know, there's so many.
B
That's good.
A
Hilton. Not all of them are famous.
B
No, no, no, no. There has to be so many Hiltons could say you're a coke, right? Those motherfuckers.
A
Yeah, they're horrible. You could say you're one of them.
B
Yeah.
A
We won't know.
B
We wouldn't know.
A
I don't know what Bill Koch looks like.
B
An idea. Andy, once again, another one for your brownish. Just say you're. Say you're UAE royalty.
A
We have had that scam before on the show.
B
Really?
A
Yes. Where there was this fake Saudi prince and it worked for him.
B
Work.
A
You know what I mean? You got to get a few friends to get involved, but it'll work for you.
B
I love it.
A
So guys, I guess, try to scam a hotel. Credit cards. So there's more. There's more stuff that they've been doing. So the Wuang Clan guys, they were using credit cards, and they had stolen them, and they had made some fake credit cards, which I've. I haven't talked about yet on here, but I'm obsessed with credit card scammers. They steal, like, they. They affix these little copiers to, like, gas stations and random ATMs, and then when you put your card in, you're actually letting them copy your card information while you do your transaction. And then they take that info and they scan it onto a different card, normally in Brooklyn. And then they take your card out and they make a bunch of purchases before your bank notices. Usually like cvs, like 2, 500 charges. Or like, they'll go some. They'll usually test it at a Domino's pizza, see if it's working or dead, and then they'll go, ham.
B
Holy shit.
A
Yep.
B
I literally need to check my account. That just scared me.
A
Check your account. So Mr. Washington and Mr. Barnes Burpo have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
B
Fuck.
A
What is aggravated identity theft?
B
You know, right? Give me your identity.
A
That's when you identity thefted so hard. Yeah.
B
Aggravated. I don't know. Because we all know what aggravated assault is. Aggravated identity theft. You just shaking the shit out of people.
A
Let's Google it.
B
Yeah. What is aggravated identity?
A
Give me your identity now.
B
Maybe it means, like, you're, like, being, like, exploitative or blackmailing. Like, is that mean, like, when you're like, hey, if you don't give me your identity information right, I will do X. I will take more money from you. Maybe it's more blackmailing.
A
The definition of aggravated identity theft, it occurs when someone knowingly transfers, possesses, uses without lawful authority a means of identification of another person in commission of particular felony violations. Okay.
B
It doesn't really answer everything we need to know.
A
Tell us why it was aggravated.
B
Is it. Is. So is some identity theft like. Like accidental?
A
No, mild.
B
Mild. That's interesting. I wonder. Passive identity theft knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses without.
A
Right.
B
Identity theft. Maybe regular identity theft is when you're just making up a fake identity of your own that doesn't affect someone else's life. Oh, maybe that's it. When you're just like, oh, I want to be a citizen, because living in my country is so hard.
A
Right. So you make up a fake passport, so that's not really identical. You're not actually stealing someone else's identity.
B
Yeah. Maybe that's the difference. And I fully made that up.
A
You did. And that's fine.
B
We do that sometimes on deductive reasoning.
A
That's what that is. I'm with it.
B
Wow.
A
Yeah. Because it says. Okay, there is a difference between identity theft and aggravated identity theft. It says that because aggravated identity theft involves stealing another person's identity and then committing a crime, whereas identity theft is where you use their identity, but you don't do no craps.
B
Oh, okay. You don't do the crimes.
A
Yes. Justice says yes. Okay. Oh, okay. Cute, cute, cute.
B
Is there. Okay, now, just to be hypothetical, is there someone whose identity you would steal? Like, I guess it just means, like, if you could wake up as that person, steal their whole life and identity, who would it be?
A
I mean, Beyonce. But then I wouldn't be able to act, so that would be. I like being funny. But Beyonce's funny sometimes. But I would.
B
I would steal someone's life.
A
Jay Z. You know, Zendaya.
B
Zendaya's good, because then you get to. Elsewhere.
A
Yes.
B
Oh, I just coughed. I just Corona this whole thing.
A
Corona this whole place.
B
No. Who would I do? I want to think someone, like, really hot and gay and probably like a white gay. Because as you know, the gay community is pretty racist and. And they still put white gay men on a pedestal and sexualize them above everyone else. Oh, God, that's hard. Wait, who is beautiful in white and gay? Maybe like a Andrew Rannells. He's pretty. Like, I think there's a better one. I don't want to say Neil Patrick Harris. He's rich gay.
A
Yeah, he's very powerful.
B
I honestly would go for, like, a fuck boy.
A
Oh, really?
B
A beautiful Instagram fuckboy.
A
But you're basically a fuckboy. If you become that rich, like Neil Patrick Harris, people wanna fuck him.
B
That's true.
A
Like, that money made him sexy as shit.
B
It's true. But I kinda wanna look like Gaston Money abs. Do you know what I mean? I wanna, like, look like. I wanna look like dumb dick.
A
You wanna be just aggressively attractive?
B
Yes, I wanna be just a dumb pile of muscle and cock. That's my dream. That's my dream.
A
That's my dream.
B
I just wanna be cool.
A
Close. You're muscular. You're very cute. You are smart, though. So you should think about maybe stopping that.
B
I know I'm the poster child for like, pretty damn cute, but yeah, one day I want to. One day I'll sell it all to become just a dumb fuck boy. That's who I would switch with. I think I would learn my lesson, you know, just like in any movie, any life swap movie. But if I asked today, that would be my answer.
A
Yeah. Yeah, I think that's my answer. Just because, like, you know, she's out here raking it up, you know, and. And she just seems like the safest, cutest little black girl. Yeah, I don't. I don't. Yeah, you know what I mean? I think I would just stay me. I like me.
B
I get work. I like that. I would stay Me too.
A
I. I thought about it. I'm like, I wouldn't want to be someday either.
B
I do like me. And honestly, I can't keep up with the lifestyle of being one of the. Those statue hot gay guys. Can't.
A
It's very. You would have to take photos constantly, mom.
B
Constantly. No. And they're like, oh, I love working out five hours a day.
A
I'm like, but I guess your brain would work differently.
B
Yeah.
A
Well, guys, is this the end? Yes.
B
Wow.
A
What a man on the note of aggravated identity theft. Guys, stay safe out there. Wash your hands, I love you and have a great week. But before we go, that sounded like the end.
B
It was pretty endy. I liked it.
A
Don't hang up, don't hang up, don't hang up. Guys, as always, send us your letters. Snitch on your friends and your family@scamgoddesspodmail.com and follow us @scamgodesspod on Instagram. I'm temporarily locked out of the Instagram Instagram trying to scam me because I got a new phone. I will figure out how to get back in. I'm sorry, guys. You guys, you can follow me on Instagram as well at D I V A L A C I Diva Lacey on all platforms. If you'd like to see the crimes that I'm getting into on a daily basis and guys.
B
Yeah.
A
Where do you want to be?
B
Found me on my social medias at my name Mono Gapian. Listen to drag her on anywhere. You listen to podcasts, including Stitcher. I have another podcast on Patreon with Betsy Sedona called We Love Trash.
A
And Betsy was on the show, too. Guys, remember the wine scam? Super funny. That's just so great.
B
So good. Yeah, she's. She's a good.
A
She's.
B
She's great. She's also great when in a scam because she's one of those people that you're just like, she can get through a bouncer.
A
Do you know what I mean?
B
She's like, I'm Betsy.
A
And you're like, yeah, she's so cute and nice.
B
Exactly. Yeah. Find me online. Listen to my podcasts. Lacy, you're the best. Thanks for having me.
A
Thank you for being here. All right, guys. Guys, download that coronavirus song that made me feel less anxiety.
B
Yes.
A
All right, congregation, keep skiing. G.
Release Date: March 17, 2020
Host: Laci Mosley
Guest: Mano Agapion
This lively episode of Scam Goddess sees host Laci Mosley joined by comedian/writer and Drag Her podcast host Mano Agapion to swap stories about scams—with a focus on hilarious, brazen, and downright bizarre cons. Amidst the early pandemic chaos, they dissect scams big and small: from stealing gym towels and posing as a fake casting director, to a jaw-dropping first date bank robbery, and even a Wu-Tang-inspired hotel con. With signature irreverence, Laci and Mano use humor to highlight both the craft of the con and the human vulnerability that grifters exploit, all while keeping things light in anxious times.
(00:00–06:53)
Social Distancing & Anxiety: Laci sets the scene—the pandemic is unfolding, everyone’s anxiety is "lit," and the duo jokes about stockpiling frozen pizza vs. kombucha.
Viral Meme Culture: Laci plays the viral “Coronovirus” trap song, contemplating both its absurdity and its cathartic power.
(06:53–11:13)
Mano admits to “casual theft” (e.g., hotel robes, Equinox soap), seeing it as social justice.
Both hosts agree major corporations have us all “buying their products because they bought every company… Procter & Gamble owns everything.”
(11:13–17:12)
The Drag Race Scandal: Mano details the saga of Sherry Pie, a queen disqualified from RuPaul’s Drag Race for pretending to be casting director “Allison Mossey,” catfishing men into sending explicit audition tapes under false pretenses.
True Crime Meets Showbiz: Laci and Mano reflect on predatory schemes against aspiring actors—and their own brushes with sketchy acting “workshops.”
Pandemic Scams: Laci shares a listener warning about fake “live maps” for COVID-19 that install malware, urging listeners to go directly to official sources.
Purell Kid Hustle: Mano tells of a student charging classmates for Purell during the outbreak.
(22:02–46:53)
A Massachusetts woman picks up a man, Christopher Castillo, 33, from his parents’ house after meeting him on a dating app.
On their car ride, Castillo is already drinking cheap wine.
Bank Robbery: He asks her to pull up to a bank, goes inside, hands a note to the teller saying “I’m hurting and need money,” flashes his stepdad’s antique gun, and robs the bank of $1,000.
Escape: He sprints back to her Nissan, yelling “Fucking go!” She panics, drives away.
(47:00–66:05)
Two men, Walker Washington and Aaron Barnes Burpo, drive a rented Rolls Royce and pose as Wu-Tang Clan members and Roc Nation staff to scam hotels (over $100,000 in losses) and luxury services without paying.
They run up huge tabs, including $45,000 at the Georgian Terrace Hotel and $39,000 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, using stolen and fake credit cards.
The scam exploits both hospitality industry loopholes and racial assumptions about Black men with luxury cars.
(65:14–66:00+)
The episode’s tone is irreverent, fast-paced, and honest, with Laci and Mano’s comedic chemistry bringing levity even to discussions about anxiety and societal scams. Personal anecdotes, pop culture riffs, and quickfire jokes abound, rooted in shared understanding of scam culture—always with a side of social critique. As always, the Scam Goddess message rings clear: recognize red flags, protect yourself, and, above all—stay scheming!