Con artists played by Michael Caine and Steve Martin (pictured) chose the glitzy French Riviera to find their victims in the classic film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

The alleged con artists said the lamp would make him rich, and pretended to conjure spirits from the lamp.

Conservative news channel One America News Network has threatened to sue Sacha Baron Cohen after a stunt which saw his ‘daughter’ granted access to the White House.

When freelance journalist Laura Walters submitted a 1,000 word article about Chinese political influence in New Zealand to her new editors at non-profit media outlet Peace Data, the response was emphatic. “I’d like to express our deep gratitude for your work,” wrote Peace Data communications manager Alice Schultz in a June 15 email seen by […]

The former TOWIE star, 32, was secretly filmed during a meeting where she was asked to promote a fake diet cyanide drink named Cyanora on her Instagram.

UK holidaymakers are being hit by car hire firms charging for a series of features including adding an extra driver, hiring a sat-nav or child’s seat and renting a vehicle with a full tank of fuel.

Journalist Ted Koppel doesn't seem too concerned that he was one of several

Reporter Scott Johnson tells the stunningly strange story of Jeffrey Lash, a definite con-man but surpassingly mysterious when it comes to anything else. Was he a government agent, an owner of a company of 200,000 employees, and “responsible for thwarting upward of two-thirds of the post-9/11 bomb and terror threats”? Was he–you guessed it–an alien? […]

Colin Orr, 40, was duped out of £1,600 by a Ukrainian con woman who left him waiting for her at Edinburgh Airport.

Alvin Loy, 50, conned investors out of thousands of pounds by flogging fake Oscars tickets where he claimed they would meet A-list stars, Birmingham Crown Court has heard.