The Unbelievable Story of Threatin: Heavy Metal's Fyre Festival Moment
After faking his entire career and becoming a viral sensation, the heavy metal singer shares his side of the story.
Internet Scams
There's No Such Thing as a Free Watch
On July 2017, a visitor to the Museum of Capitalism contributed a watch (from here on referred to as 'our watch') to the museum’s artifact drive. In his form, he noted that Folsom & Co., a supposedly San Francisco-based company, used Instagram to offer the watch 'free,' but with $7 shipping.
A Remote Town in Romania Becomes Cybercrime Central
A trip to Râmnicu Vâlcea, a town of 120,000 where the primary (and lucrative) industry is Internet scams.
Cancer Cons, Phoney Accidents and Fake Deaths: Meet the Internet Hoax Buster
Inside one woman’s often conflicted world.
Scamworld
An exposé of Internet Marketers.
Is an ESPN Columnist Scamming People on the Internet?
The strange saga of Sarah Phillips, who went from message board commenter to ESPN gambling columnist and hid her identity from editors, scamming many of the people she met along the way.
How Two Scammers Built an Empire Hawking Sketchy Software
On Sam Jain and Daniel Sundin, the fugitive kings of scareware.
