Scam Goddess

This show has excellent cases that are covered thoroughly and from the perspective of the victims and also the perpetrators (if possible). The host is truly outstanding. She is relatable, compassionate, kind and speaks freely to get to the bottom of things with a true journalistic spirit. She is a human covering cases that affected humans and she does it in a captivating way and with real empathy.

I enjoy hearing about scams, and the show is entertaining - but the host is grating. She makes inane comments that are often repetitious of the interviews we just heard. The stories are fascinating, but the host embellishes too much with her own commentary and her way of talking sounds weird for television - it turns out she has a podcast by the same name, which is why she keeps narrating as if it's a podcast/radio, versus the imagery on screen.

I think the show has potential if two reigns in the host to narrate and avoid the overly dumbed-down narration. Show has potential to be a good series documenting scams.

I love that this series begins with a little known small town scammer that deserves a much bigger audience than it had. All the Queen's Horses was the first to document this huge scam, and it fully deserves this follow-up in episode one. Let it be a warning to all small towns who let one person control all the money in a town for decades with no oversight. That is most small towns, by the way. It is midwestern niceness that allowed this to happen, and it continues to happen to the unwary chummy boards of every small town in America. Auditors do nothing they aren't told to do, and since the client is the town itself, no firm looks into anything too closely, so don't expect auditors to find fraud, they will say it is not their job. I laud the host of this new show as well as the hero who discovered the scam, and just warn that whistleblowers are too few and far between. Great start to this show!

Sad attempt to recreate American Greed, but add a goofy host and boring, pointless interviews. Host wears a multitude of silly outfits and wigs. First episode she pretends to not know Ronald Reagan. The show completely fails at delivering the story with excitement. The graphics are childish, and unpolished. I've been a huge fan of American Greed for years, so I was hoping for that same gritty delivery of stories. But instead, it's a goofy retelling with an unnecessary host. The host isn't funny, but instead her delivery is corny and unqualified. Throw in a bunch of glittery outfits, wigs and hats as she completes for attention instead of focusing on the story.

I just finished bingewatching this show and have to say that this host has my whole heart. Laci brings so much humanity to such a cold a sociopathic topic.

Instead of focusing on solely the scammers story, Laci gives us an fun yet thorough history lesson on the communities these monsters preyed upon, giving us deep context into how these a**holes created their scams, and why they were successful.

Giving air time to victims, and truly taking the time to empathize with them seems healing for the victims. I've never finished one of these episodes thinking "what a dumb**," but instead see myself in them- which also scares the s**t out of me. Laci truly makes the user realize, this could happen to anyone, and these as*holes can pop up anywehere.

And for those of you saying the graphics are goofy and childish.. they're so perfect for my adhd dopamine seeking brain. To each their own I guess. I ate this up! Also coming for her wigs and clothes is crazy.. are you mad she's cute?

Spoiler alert, the outfits slay.