Caitlin Brodnick and Sue Smith are obsessed with scams. Caitlin confesses she was a child con artist and Sue gets scammed by leggings! They could be getting scammed during this podcast! Who knows!?Sue reports on the thousands of stay-at-home moms trapped into a leggings-peddling pyramid scheme. This multi level marketing scam is leaving women broke with a garages full of paper-thin leggins, unfortunate tunics, with a side of fat shaming. Caitlin shares an old-timey pick-pocketing lesson from Fredricka “Marm” Mandelbaum. Marm is considered one of America’s first feminist by helping to bing women and children out of squalor. She invented the fence scam, created the first school for thieves, and is Caitlin’s new hero.<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-27/thousands-of-women-say-lularoe-s-legging-empire-is-a-scam">More on the LulaRoe scam</a><a href="https://cheezburger.com/5283845/20-lularoe-legging-fails-that-are-almost-too-bad-to-believe">LulaRoe Fails!</a><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-life-and-crimes-of-old-mother-mandelbaum-71693582/">Mama Marm Mendelbaum, the Queen of Fences</a>Follow us! <a href="http://scamwowpodcast.com/">scamwowpodcast.com</a><a href="https://twitter.com/scamwowpodcast">https://twitter.com/scamwowpodcast</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/scamwowpodcast/">https://www.instagram.com/scamwowpodcast/</a><a href="https://twitter.com/suesmith666">https://twitter.com/suesmith666</a><a href="https://twitter.com/caitybrodnick">https://twitter.com/caitybrodnick</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/_morebanana/">https://www.instagram.com/_morebanana/</a>Send us your scams!<a href="mailto:scamwowpodcast@gmail.com">scamwowpodcast@gmail.com</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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S01E1. Scammed by Leggings & The First Feminist Gangster : LulaRoe and Marm Mandelbaum with Sue Smith and Caitlin Brodnick

Scammers, swindlers, con artists: unethical rogues who should be brought to justice? Or brilliant players in the game of capitalism that can help you get a free mattress? Comedian and author Caitlin Brodnick can’t always decide. Each week, join Caitlin and a special guest as they dive into current and historic scams, from skillful mobsters to Real Housewives fraudsters, from MLMs to YouTube grifters. Together, they’ll explore the thin line between swindle and survival, between fleecing an easy mark and just launching a startup. Listen and embrace the art of the dupe with true crime’s less-disturbing sister: the tr...