German ‘Forest Boy’ Never Lived in Forest, Isn’t German, Is Also Not a Boy It’s been a year, but police have uncovered the identity of a young man known only as “Ray” who showed up at Berlin City Hall asking for help, claiming to have been living in the woods for five years. Read more More
Jury Duty Scammer Charged With Perjury A woman who dressed in funny clothing and feigned a mental illness to get out of jury duty has been charged with perjury. If she goes to trial, will her jury have any sympathy for her? And what will they be wearing? Read more More
Sign of the Apocalypse: Bottled Water Menu at LA Restaurant Would you pay $11 for Walnut Grove Springs? Finest water in Indiana! Read more More
On Trial for Running a Cancer Scam? It’s Best to Not Get a Cancer-Surviving Judge Note to self: When running a fake-disease scam make sure to not pick one of the popular ones just in case the judge at your trial has be inflicted from the same disease. Read more More
Sounds Too Good To Be True? Do Your Research, Research, Research Ty Clark’s got a wild story. A producer from Biography contacted the socially conscious start-up he’s consulting with an offer that would generate millions in sales. All it took was nearly $20,000 up front. Here’s why it paid to do some digging. Read more More
Incredible Read: Philly Weatherman Roofied, Kidnapped and ID Theft’d on Miami Vacation John Bolaris’ story begins with him taking a vacation down to Miami Beach, twists its way through his being roofied twice by shadowy Eastern European scam artists, and ends with him having to sort out a $43,000 credit card debt. Read more More
Move Along, Nigerian Princes: Inside the Bizarre World of Ghana’s Email Scam Gangs Sure there are Nigerian 419 scammers out there, but they have nothing on the black magic witchcraft of Ghana’s fraud industry. The strange culture of “Sakawa” has developed with the intention of making Ghana’s scammers more persuasive. Read more More