A story of America in three scams.

The Charleston-based evangelicals had much in common: guns, God, Trump. What went wrong, only one of them could say.

The curious tale of a man called Christian, the Catholic church, David Schwimmer’s wife, a secret hotel and an Airbnb scam running riot on the streets of London

While searching for the person who grifted me in Chicago, I discovered just how easy it is for users of the short-term rental platform to get exploited.

When a call center gig turns out to be something else.

Cape Coral, Florida, was built on lies. One big storm could wipe it off the map. It’s also the fastest-growing city in the United States.

Investigating the unsolved murder of Malcolm X’s grandson.

The trade in fake olive oil.

How a Rhode Island lawyer named Joseph Caramadre made millions by exploiting the life insurance industry’s fine print.

“What could possibly be funnier than depositing a perfectly ridiculous, obviously false, fake cheque?”

On the trade school’s business model and its founder, a former movie producer named Jerry Sherlock.

Every year, more than $6 billion is raised by breast cancer charities. A look at how much of that money ends up in the hands of scammers.