The Summer Of Scam

Vulture.com has dubbed it The Summer Of Scam, and with a handful of sisters very much doing it for themselves, I've got your essential longform long-cons reading list. Later, we'll take a trip through the-blotter.com's archives with fake Rockefellers, French nationals in over their heads, and other grifty tramps and thieves in the Cold Case section. Lock down those last fours of your Socials: it's an all-new The Blotter Presents. Support the pod/site on Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/blotterpresents) ! The Summer Of Scam (http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/hollywood-scammer-is-impersonating-kathleen-kennedy-amy-pascal.html) on Vulture The Con Queen (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/hunting-con-queen-hollywood-1125932) Of Hollywood from The Hollywood Reporter Gabriella Paiella's 6 must-know scammers (https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/6-incredible-scammer-and-grifter-stories.html) on The Cut Jessica Pressler's Anna "Delvey" investigation (https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html) for New York Gothamist asks for first-person experiences with scammers (http://gothamist.com/2006/04/27/post_69.php?_ga=2.201156333.2108222826.1532360094-675968363.1524779970) Rachel DeLoache Williams on her time with Delvey (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/my-misadventure-with-the-magician-of-manhattan) in Vanity Fair Jezebel's DirtCast (https://jezebel.com/from-hipster-grifter-to-anna-delvey-here-are-the-scamm-1827173433) on scammers of note Doree Shafrir on Kari "the hipster grifter" Farrell (http://observer.com/2009/04/the-hipster-grifter/) in The Observer My review (http://www.the-blotter.com/the-man-in-the-rockefeller-suit-and-the-big-lie/) of The Man In The Rockefeller Suit The Woman Who Wasn't There (https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Who-Wasnt-There/dp/B00AHH0TX4) on Amazon Maureen O'Hagan for the Seattle Times on Lori Ruff (https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/special-reports/my-god-thats-kimberly-online-sleuth-solves-perplexing-mystery-of-identity-thief-lori-ruff/) My review (http://www.the-blotter.com/the-imposter-the-past-isnt-past/) of The Impostor David Grann's New Yorker piece on Bourdin (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann)