Dec 29
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Anna Sorokin, better known as Anna Delvey, was a Russian grifter who posed as a German heiress to scam her way into…
Sep 14
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Jessica Krug, the very, very white scholar who pretended to be very, very Black to get ahead in academia, has…
Apr 2
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As many states issue stay-at-home orders and nonessential businesses are forced to shut down, retailers and retail…
Dec 30 2019
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In a decade of scammers, Malachi Love-Robinson (or “Dr. Love”) was particularly iconic. In 2018, the 18-year-old was…
Oct 29 2019
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The Good Morning America segment on the Heene family that aired Tuesday is a gift, plain and simple. Checking back…
Oct 14 2019
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On Saturday night, Lifetime premiered the first in what, I can only imagine, will be an unlimited supply of movies,…
Oct 7 2019
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Because scamming the world with her bogus blood-testing devices wasn’t enough, Elizabeth Holmes just keeps on…
Sep 12 2019
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When I was in my early teens, I sang Fiona Apple into a tape recorder and proceeded to play the resultant recording…
Jul 2 2019
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Good news exclusively for the One Percent who were rich enough to get scammed by Fyre Festival: The island where the…
Jun 18 2019
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If your Facebook feed is filled on a daily basis with former high school peers and stay-at-home moms shilling…
Mar 28 2019
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Anna Delvey, neé Anna Sorokin, swindled her way to New York socialite status by posing as a German heiress for the…
Jan 15 2019
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There are currently two (two!!!) dueling documentaries right now about the disastrous Fyre Festival. Yesterday, just…
Dec 14 2018
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The year is nearing its end, but scammer season is eternal.
Jul 23 2018
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Today is a beautiful and swampy Monday and the air smells of hot trash, wet concrete, and the acrid and slightly…
Jul 19 2018
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The idea that Jennifer Lopez, a woman who defies science by looking roughly half her age, would be the victim of…
Jul 18 2018
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Nearly two decades ago, Riley Weston was doing pretty well for a 19-year-old. In 1998, she was a staff writer for…
Jan 23 2018
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The poor attendants of Fyre Festival, the disastrous destination festival that left people stranded in the Bahamas,…
Jun 6 2017
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Here is a fundamental truth about Donald Trump and his children: Everything they touch, no matter how seemingly…
May 25 2017
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A Mar-A-Lago Employee Is Doing Government Work As Her Husband Brags About Trump Business Connections
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Mar-A-Lago hasn’t fallen into a hole in the ground quite yet, so all sorts of creepy crawlies are still emerging…
May 5 2017
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Please: light a candle, lean back, and close your eyes. You are standing on a beach adjacent to a Sandals resort,…