Anna Chlumsky thinks she knows why people are captivated by scam artist Anna Sorokin. “We still love to be entertained, and I think we love to be entertained by our own conditions sometimes, you know, and I do think that there’s something to, like, the modern swashbuckler that she is,” the actress, 41, told Page … Read More “Anna Chlumsky compares Anna Sorokin to a pirate” »
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Martin Lewis explained how a new “clever” Post Office scam is doing the rounds. Victims are being sent a text message urging them to reschedule delivery of a parcel Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Martin Lewis fumes over Bitcoin scam in April Martin Lewis has issued an urgent warning … Read More “Martin Lewis issues urgent warning over new Post Office scam – what to look for” »
A captain at the city’s Department of Correction allegedly hatched a $ 40,000 scam by soliciting cash from a woman and then faking the death of their supposed investment partner. Steve Francois, 43, of Queens, was arrested April 4 and charged with grand larceny for allegedly promising the woman he could make her $ 15,000 … Read More “DOC captain allegedly used fake funeral notice to scam woman out of $ 40K” »
A captain at the city’s Department of Correction allegedly hatched a $ 40,000 scam by soliciting cash from a woman and then faking the death of their supposed investment partner. Steve Francois, 43, of Queens, was arrested April 4 and charged with grand larceny for allegedly promising the woman he could make her $ 15,000 … Read More “DOC captain allegedly used fake funeral notice to scam woman out of $ 40K” »
Tim Leissner was never exactly the shy, retiring type. As the Southeast Asia chairman at Goldman Sachs, he reportedly was making more than $10 million a year by 2012, spending lavishly, and known as a hard-partier But hooking up with Kimora Lee Simmons — the glamorous model, Baby Phat designer and ex-wife of Def Jam Records … Read More “Tim Leissner needed to be ‘rich’ to be with Kimora Lee Simmons” »
Fake socialite scammer Anna Sorokin — who went by the last name Delvey — offered in an Instagram post this week to give out the name of her real-life boyfriend to media outlets for $10,000 after rampant speculation over who the character Chase is based on in the new Netflix show about her life, “Inventing … Read More “Scammer Anna Sorokin’s boyfriend was Hunter Lee Soik” »
They say crime doesn’t pay but Simon Leviev could soon be swiping right on a vast fortune. The convicted fraudster — who is the subject of the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler” — is allegedly eager to cash in on his newfound notoriety, setting his sights on Hollywood. According to TMZ, Leviev, 31, has signed … Read More “‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev signs with Hollywood agent” »
When Cecilie Fjellhoy, a 29-year-old Norwegian grad student living in London, swiped right on a 28-year-old supposed billionaire diamond heir on Tinder in 2018, she thought she’d found her Prince Charming. But the supposed dream man, who called himself Simon Leviev, turned out to be a nightmare, an international con man that duped her out … Read More “The true story behind Netflix’s ‘Tinder Swindler’” »