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Netflix paid con artist Anna Sorokin $320k and made her the star of her...

Anna Sorokin, a convicted con-artist who fleeced friends and businesses alike, was paid $320,000 by Netflix for her story. Moreover, she is now the titular star of a fictionalized drama, Inventing...

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After Trump's flight broke down, the cheap grifter is now asking his fans to...

For a billionaire, Donald Trump sure is cheap. First, he got a donor to loan him a private plane on Saturday to fly him from New Orleans to Mar-a-Lago in Florida. And when the plane lost an engine...

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When Americans used to get goat testicle transplants to cure impotence

Every now and then I read something that reminds me that con artistry is truly an art in its own way. Such as the case with this recent MEL Magazine article about John R. Brinkley, an early 20th...

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Watch: Mike Huckabee promotes his "free" Trump guide for kids but it's...

Former preacher Mike Huckabee idolizes pussy-grabber Donald Trump to such a degree, he is now peddling his book The Kids Guide to President Trump in a video ad tweeted by Aaron Rupar and seen on Fox...

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Why gift cards are gold mines for scammers

Telephone scammers who pretend to be IRS or FBI agents and prey on elders tell their potential victims that they will be arrested unless they give them gift cards. It sounds like a con that wouldn't...

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FYRE Fest criminal Billy McFarland says he is building a hotel in the...

Be sure to book your reservations now for convicted scammer Billy McFarland's latest endeavor, called PYRT (pronounced "pirate"). The fresh-out-of-prison impresario said in a podcast interview that...

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Watch a scammer use AI voice mimicking and phone number spoofing to con their...

A hacking expert was hired by 60 Minutes as an experiment to try to pull off a scam, and how they did it was remarkable. Once they got cell phone numbers of the reporter and their assistant from online...

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Florida con artist and his three sons convicted after selling bleach as a...

Mark Grenon, 65, and his sons Jonathan, 37, Joseph and Jordan, 29, were found guilty by Miami jurors of conspiring to defraud the United States and delivering misbranded drugs. The con: selling bleach...

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Donald Trump committed fraud and lied about his wealth for many years, rules...

A judge ruled today that Donald Trump has repeatedly committed fraud since his early days as a real estate developer, regularly lying to banks and other institutions about his assets to game the...

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Man arrested for faking heart attack to avoid his dinner bill at more than 20...

Police in Spain's Blanca region arrested a gentleman who became infamous at local restaurants for eating a fancy dinner and then feigning a heart attack to avoid paying his bill. According to police,...

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Russian billionaire who accused Sotheby's of art fraud loses his lawsuit

Russian billionaire and fertilizer magnate Dmitry Rybolovlev lost his case against auction house Sotheby's in federal court on Tuesday. Rybolovlev accused the company of helping art dealer Yves Bouvier...

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Financial columnist shares how she was scammed out of $50,000 by fake CIA agent

Charlotte Cowles, the financial-advice columnist for New York Magazine's The Cut, shared her enthralling story about being scammed out of $50,000 by a man posing as a CIA agent. Here are the first...

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George Santos is now Kitara Ravache on Cameo: "Out of the closet after 18...

Ousted lawmaker George Santos — famous for his many lies and aliases — is back! But not as George Santos. And not as Anthony Devolder, George Devolder, or Anthony Zabrovsky, mind you. "After 18 years,"...

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