jeffrey epstein The "Jeffrey Epstein's Financial Assistant Scheme" is a 2020 twist on the classic Nigerian Prince Scam Thom Dunn
youtube Fraudsters are shaking down YouTubers. Won't the company do anything to stop them? Rob Beschizza
Pee-Wee Herman Pee-wee Herman fans are going all out for "Big Adventure" 35th anniversary tour Rusty Blazenhoff
politics Trump tweets he'll sue 'everyone all over the place' for 'total SCAM' Mueller Russia probe Xeni Jardin
Business Robocalls: Finally, DOJ seeks court enforcement action against telecoms for phone spam Xeni Jardin
tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
tabloids The Queen’s worst nightmare, Prince Andrew jailed, and Royal cosmetic surgery exposed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
robocalls It's not just you — social security scam phone calls are 23 times more common this year Thom Dunn
cheaters Parenting advice author Jane Buckingham sentenced to prison for college admissions scam Mark Frauenfelder
corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow
corruption Facebook's alleged growth is largely coming from countries where Facebook says it has a fake account problem Cory Doctorow
guillotine watch When Trump's #TaxScam meant that affluent people no longer had to use the paid version of Turbotax, Turbotax started charging poor people, disabled people, students and elderly people Cory Doctorow
LGBTQ Microsoft employees want to starve its PAC, which keeps giving money to homophobic, racist, climate-denying Republicans Cory Doctorow
