If you haven?t yet read Deadspin?s fascinating expose on ESPN columnist and probable con woman Sarah J. Phillips, here?s the gist: Sarah was a random commentator on a sports betting site who got plucked from obscurity and given a column on ESPN.com. full story ![]()

New York appears to have another hipster grifter. The petite woman caught on camera last year sporting hipster glasses and coolly walking out of a New York bank with $2,000 from someone else’s account has apparently struck again.
nydailynews.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

The brother of a local con artist is wanted on an outstanding theft warrant after he was allegedly paid $10,000 for landscape work and never returned.
elpasotimes.com (1 month and 25 days ago)
A young con artist, spinning a yarn about being locked out of her home, is taking advantage of the kindness of strangers in south Minneapolis and swiping valuables, credit cards and cash.
startribune.com (1 month and 5 days ago)

An alleged con artist accused of scamming an individual seeking permanent U.S. residency is wanted by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office as a part of this week's Manhunt Monday.
elpasotimes.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

An angry Side Streets reader, incensed that a con artist was stealing money from military veterans, contacted police Monday, triggering an investigation that lead to the arrest of Perry Wayne Suggs on suspicion of theft. Stan Kline tells me he was...
gazette.com (2 months and 11 days ago)

Gail Heyworth, 51, the lover of serial con artist Scott Travis, 45, had previously claimed she was also a victim of his lies.
dailymail.co.uk (3 months and 7 days ago)
In the past six weeks, Gen Con has announced its Artist and Author Guests of Honor with tremendous responses from the Gen Con fan community. Gen Con announced its third Guest of Honor for 2013, Joe Rotella, the SPA program...
examiner.com (29 days ago)

An alleged con artist accused of scamming an individual seeking permanent U.S. residency is wanted by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office as a part of this week's Manhunt Monday.
elpasotimes.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

A 41-year-old suspected con artist suspected of scamming several El Paso parents in a princess party scheme is wanted by authorities again, this time for allegedly stealing items from a woman whose husband was ill.
elpasotimes.com (2 months and 15 days ago)

He became an overnight multimillionaire this week. Now he's ready for everyone to stop calling him a hipster.
dailymail.co.uk (1 hour ago)
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