The black and white image of Lilly that is shown before Logan's (Jason Dohring) video is the actress', Amanda Seyfried, actual audition head shot.
The title of this episode, Wrath of Con, is a play on the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
The scam used is similar to the Nigerian scam.
Lisa Thornhill (Celeste Kane) also appeared in Episode #1.1 (2014) and Veronica Mars (2014). All three shows were created by Rob Thomas.