Health Care Healthcare choice in America is a scam, according to the people who came up with it Thom Dunn

crime Google Maps is still overrun with scammers pretending to be local businesses, and Google's profiting from them Cory Doctorow

psychology How con artists use the Ouija board effect for their scams David Pescovitz

racism Machine learning hucksters invent an AI racist uncle that predicts your personality from your facial bone structure Cory Doctorow

con artists Fyre Festival fraudster sentenced to six years in federal prison Mark Frauenfelder

crime Spectacular read: a profile of Anna Sorokin, a con-artist who convinced New York that she was a high-rolling socialite trust-funder Cory Doctorow

con artists 40 common tourist scams to look out for Mark Frauenfelder

con artists Russia's "Bernie Madoff" has been pulling a multi-billion dollar scam for decades, and his victims love him Mark Frauenfelder

picks Trump used $258,000 from charity to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses Xeni Jardin

politics With 3,500 U.S. legal actions, Trump is most litigious presidential nominee ever Xeni Jardin

con artists Florida teen poses as doctor, opens office, and examines undercover agent Mark Frauenfelder

interviews Why we can't help getting ripped off by con artists Mark Frauenfelder

trump Donald Trump picked business adviser convicted in “major Mafia-linked stock fraud scheme” Xeni Jardin

Entertainment Convicted Christian con artist Jim Bakker now just literally selling buckets of Bibles on TV Xeni Jardin

psychology What magicians, con-artists, and scammers can teach us about humility and humanity David McRaney

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

art Modern porcelain sculpture about greed made in classical Chinese style Andrea James

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