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There was once a man who fought through wars, survived the un-survivable, married into two of the most esteemed and wealthiest families of the 18th

From fake relics to fake princesses to medical fraud involving goat testicles, history is rife with con jobs that managed to fool unsuspecting marks.

Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park, upon which two centuries of Amelia Island’s bewitching history was played, is the smallest state park in Florida

Nearly 200 years ago, Gregor MacGregor pulled off one of the most brazen real estate scams in history.

There are concerns the Online Safety Bill will have to be expanded beyond financial ads to stop more sophisticated and discreet scammers

Memorial Service will be at The Ambassadors Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place WC1H 0HX on Monday 20th Jul 2015 2pm. All who knew him are welcome; RSVP 0777 1717 086....

El uso de la caridad y otras ‘virtudes’ para lavar la cara del estafador Facebook Social print Una caricatura publicada por el artista John Fairburn, en 1827, retrata a Gregor MacGregor como el decadente ‘Cacique de Poyais’, que espera la fianza en prisión. Foto de pinturas e ilustraciones: British museum Alberto Araujo Editor (O) Realizar generosas donaciones, abrazar una nueva religión, luchar por los derechos de minorías oprimidas e incluso vender la idea de un pasado militar gl...

De Ponzi a Madoff, los mayores estafadores de la historia DELINCUENCIA Un libro recoge cinco mil años de timos y engaños, y de la infinita capacidad humana para creer en promesas increíbles Uno de los timos más comunes, el tradicional juego del trile  Bettmann Archive Abril Phillips Actualizado a 03/07/2021 09:12 Tratamientos médicos alternativos, grandes obras de arte falsificadas, ganancias astronómicas ilusorias o inventos que superan la ficción. La historia del fraude es tan antigu...

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Adorning the cover of the first-ever print edition of the new  Islandia Journal quarterly magazine is the image of an Everglades Griffin. Part lion, part alligator (because Florida), and part bird, this mythical creature is both fantastical and practical all at once. Islandia — pronounced with or without a Spanish accent — is all about the fantastic. As the tiny print on the third page puts it, “ Islandia Journal is a (sub)tropical periodical of prose, poetry, and visual art.” To pu...