Laci Risë Mosley (born July 4, 1991) is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster. She performs improv comedy at UCB Los Angeles and co-starred in the Pop comedy series Florida Girls. Mosley is best known for her podcast Scam Goddess, which focuses on historical and contemporary scams. She was also a cast member on A Black Lady Sketch Show, Lopez vs Lopez, and the iCarly revival series. From 2025 to 2026, Mosley starred in the Fox sitcom Going Dutch. Since 2025, she has been host of the television adaptation of Scam Goddess.
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Career
Acting and comedy
Mosley's first lead acting role was on the 2019 Pop series Florida Girls, which was cancelled after one season despite an initial renewal. She has also acted in supporting roles on Single Parents, Insecure, and The Wedding Year. She starred in the digital series Scroll Wheel of Time on Eko.
Mosley provides commentary on Whoopi Goldberg's ABC true crime series The Con.
In 2021, she joined the main cast of A Black Lady Sketch Show's second season. That year, she was also cast in the main role of Harper in the iCarly revival. After the announcement of her casting, Mosley was the target of racist attacks from fans of the original series. Writers and other cast members of the revival defended her online.
Mosley performs improv and sketch comedy at UCB in Los Angeles, including a show called #TrapProv with her comedy partner Priscilla Davies. She is a member of UCB's Project Rethink initiative that started in 2020 and works to address systemic racism within the organization.
Mosley has appeared as a panelist on five episodes of the NPR news quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
In March 2022 it was announced that she would not return for season three of A Black Lady Sketch Show due to scheduling conflicts. In April, she was cast in a recurring role in the NBC comedy series Lopez vs Lopez.
In 2025, Mosley was a main cast member on Fox comedy Going Dutch. The show was renewed for a second season which premiered in 2026.
Scam Goddess
In September 2019, Mosley created the podcast Scam Goddess, produced by Earwolf, where she discusses historic and modern cons with other comedian guests. The name comes from a moniker given to her by the hosts of The Daily Zeitgeist podcast due to her frequent internet research on scam and fraud cases. Topics covered include the Fyre Festival and Hilaria Baldwin's Spanish identity claims. In October 2020, the podcast was picked up for co-production by Conan O'Brien's company Team Coco, alongside Earwolf.
The podcast was recommended by Vox and Vulture. Sean Malin of Vulture wrote in positive review, "Mosley is whip-fast with jokes, upstaging and amusing even her funniest guests with zingers." Mosley received two Webby Awards and twoiHeartRadio Podcast Awards for Scam Goddess.
Mosley wrote a memoir titled Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes, released in September 2024.
In July 2024 it was announced that Scam Goddess would be adapted for television by ABC News. The television series premiered on January 16, 2025, on Freeform.
Personal life
Mosley was born in Terrell, Texas, and raised in Dallas. She went to Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas, and was involved with several campus groups.
She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. Upon graduating, she lived in New York City for two years then moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
Mosley is bisexual.
