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HBO’s ‘Telemarketers’ Exposes a Billion-Dollar Scam the Cops Are in On
Docuseries from Adam Bhala Lough and Sam Lipman-Stern, along with the Safdies, shines a light on the huge grift that is the telemarketing industry
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They Thought MrBeast Was Giving Them Money. Instead, They Got Scammed
The YouTuber lures young fans in with promises of wealth and fortune — and scammers are taking notice
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The Decathlete-Turned-Grifter Who Conned L.A.
David Bunevacz flaunted his luxurious lifestyle, pulling in friends and acquaintances. How was he able to operate for more than a decade?
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The Trillion-Dollar Grift: Inside the Greatest Scam of All Time
The pandemic relief was the biggest bailout in history, and it opened the door to wide-scale fraud the likes of which no one had ever seen — more than three years later, we still don't know how much damage was done
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She Got Famous Calling Herself a Scammer. Is She Finally Making Good?
In her first interview since finishing her book, Caroline Calloway talks writing, anxiety, and growing up: "I’m trying so hard to change, but no one is believing me"
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Netflix Probes Alex Murdaugh’s Trail of Dead Bodies and Missing Millions
Streamer’s three-part docuseries Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal takes viewers inside one twisted, powerful South Carolina family
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‘Sharper,’ Apple TV+’s Con-Artist Caper, Is a Lot Less Sexy Than It Thinks It Is
Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan topline a throwback movie about con artists that maybe could have worked when movies were allowed to be titillating
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Woman Who Allegedly Scammed Holocaust Survivor Out of Millions Previously Posed as Psychic
Not long before Peaches Stergo allegedly began targeting the 87-year-old survivor, she also appears to have begun posting on socials as a woman named "Miss Watson"
- Outlook Not So Good
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Serial Grifter Pleads Guilty to Weed-Industry Scam in California
David Bunevacz bilked cannabis vape investors out of $37 million, then spent it on horses, cars, and a lavish home in Calabasas
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The Art World’s ‘Mini Madoff’ Sentenced to 84 Months for His $86 Million Fraud
Inigo Philbrick pleaded guilty last fall to scamming millions by selling more shares in artwork than actually existed
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