“I didn’t think he’d have
aerial surveillance!”
Continue reading “Thief caught by an innovative burglar alarm”
deceptions + pranks + magic + frauds + cons + lying + cheating + fakes + hoaxes + illusions
“I didn’t think he’d have
aerial surveillance!”
Continue reading “Thief caught by an innovative burglar alarm”
He became known as D.B. Tuber.
His bank heist fooled the police with the sneaky ploy of a dozen men hired via Craigslist and a daylight escape in an inner tube. Continue reading “Inner-tube robber caught by faulty assumption”
"I spent three days in the Field Museum,
Continue reading “How con man Dapper Pete was caught”
Could you get away with drunk driving and
fool the DUI police with a squirt of this product?
Rednoze Action Spray claims to be able to fool alcohol breathalyzers so drunk drivers cannot get caught driving when they’re over the legal limit. Continue reading “How to drive drunk and not get caught by the cops”
Alexandra Pennell
Someone was harassing Alexandra Pennell, a 19-year-old openly lesbian student at Central Connecticut State University. Continue reading “How a trick caught someone leaving anti-gay slurs”
They won a nice set of luggage.
An older couple in Australia was happy when they won a contest.
They received a great prize: a trip for two to Canada, including a seven-night hotel stay and a set of expensive new luggage. Continue reading “Elderly couple caught in drug smuggling scam”
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The illustration above is a detail of the painting Three Card Monte by Max Ginsburg |
67-year-old Leobardo Valencia was arrested for running a game of Three Card Monte on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles. Continue reading “1-eyed man caught in 3-card scam”