Con Artists
Malaysian Scammer Arrested in US After Convincing People She’s Lee Kuan Yew’s Granddaughter
She managed to scam a professional athlete, chef, and a government official.
‘Bad Santa’ Is a Heartwarming Holiday Film About Overcoming Male Impotence
“Are you saying there’s something wrong with my gear? Is that what you’re saying?”
The Insane Saga of the Fake Saudi Prince Who Scammed Miami's Rich and Famous
A career con-artist, Anthony Gignac got busted over and over again, but kept finding new prey in America's capital city of fraud.
Everyone’s a Con Artist on Set of ‘Sneaky Pete’
Showrunner Graham Yost and Giovanni Ribisi told us about the biggest deceptions they ever got away with.
A Guy Selling Detergent As Cocaine Has Been Found Guilty of Fraud
You can now be done for defrauding drug users with fake gear.
How Our Reliance on Technology Is Making Us Easier to Scam
It's not just the gullible or greedy who are easily swindled.
The 20-Year-Old EDM Entrepreneur Accused of Running a $500,000 Ponzi Scheme
Ian Bick has been organizing dances and EDM events for Connecticut teens since he was 15, but the federal government is now accusing him of running a much darker and more complex side hustle.
How Catfishing Worked Before the Internet
People have been lying about their identities in search of notoriety or love or thrills for a long, long time.
Six Ways to Tell Your Lover Doesn’t Actually Exist
While most guides to romance concentrate on personal grooming, presents, and what to do to which parts of whose genitals, I decided to answer the most burning question in this era of internet mischief.
The Joker Broker: Doing Business with the World’s Foremost Vendor of Nonexistent Oil
Francisco Javier González Álvarez’s life is shrouded in secrecy, but we know this: He was born December 3, 1949, in La Laguna, in the Canary Islands, off of Spain. The next 45 years are a bit of a blank—nothing to indicate he would become the world’s...
Meet Zephyr Teachout, the Anti-Corruption Crusader Running for Governor of New York
Does the left-wing long shot have a chance to win?