| 单词 | conn |
| 例句 | On one wall, flashers and safety overrides blinked to indicate that there were electric malfunctions and topside failures, probably from having the conning deck go under. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Hulls lay like chunks of cleavered fish: a conning tower here, a crew quarters there, the prow of an oil tanker pointing straight up to the sky. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The captain turned and headed for the conning deck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z And then the lighthouse beam swept past, and in its gleam I realized they weren’t fins at all but a conning tower and a giant bolted-down gun. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In 1605 the adventurer George Weymouth abducted five Indians, conning three into boarding his ship voluntarily and seizing the other two by the hair. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The shape of the diving plane slashing horizontally through the conning tower and the shark’s tail rudder at the back was like nothing he had ever seen. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Nailer clambered down from the conning deck and out into the slash of the rain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They are easily fooled, and wish to be: for instance, with a few gasps and wheezes they can be conned into thinking they are sexual supermen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I glad-handed from hell to breakfast, winning friends and conning people,” he wrote. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I kind of conned you into believing you were falling in love with a healthy person,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He had begun listening to his mother with the dulled ear of someone who was about to be conned and knew it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For all she knew, he’d conned some poor honest trader out of his life savings to make the Crow Club thrive. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From the conning tower, another soldier whistled to him, and he ran back toward the hatch with it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I heard a shout and looked up to see a man in a gray uniform rise from a hatch in the conning tower and level a gun at us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z You stage a power play by conning the older guy out of some fake winnings, then mouth around that you one-upped the boss. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With this “noble” rase, he conned his own wife to look away from his obvious preference for the ‘ ‘animal” black woman. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Friend and admirer Steve Martin once described Jay thusly: “The swindler who never swindled, the con man who never conned, the cheat who never cheated, and mostly, the eccentric collector of all that is eccentric.” A magical trove of Ricky Jay ephemera hits auction block 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Hammond slyly underplays his part, making it seem at times as if he had conned himself. | 'Doctor Knock, or the Triumph of Medicine': Jules Romains?s 1923 Medical Spoof, Still Relevant 2010-05-11T22:39:00Z I was interested in exploring that line in between ambition and delusion and that question, “How do you know that you’re conning someone?” Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z It went on to say that if he conned you, “it was almost always in the service of a higher ideal and for the best of reasons.” Rock Scully, Grateful Dead’s Manager Who Put the Band on Records, Dies at 73 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z “But, really, who is he conning with that hair?” Christian Bale gives a weighty performance in ‘Hustle’ 2013-12-24T21:19:44Z Mr. Chernow tells the possibly apocryphal story of how Hamilton conned his fellow founding father Gouverneur Morris into glad-handing Washington with “a friendly slap on the shoulder” and lived to regret it. Books of The Times: Dusting Off an Elusive President?s Dull Image 2010-09-27T23:42:00Z But it was his later work that he was most proud of, shedding a light on psychics, faith healers and others he believed were conning the public. James Randi, dazzling magician and skeptic, dies at 92 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “I’m thinking of conning my parents into it when I visit this summer,” she said in an e-mail. Seeing ‘Girls’ and Other HBO Shows With HBO Go 2012-05-25T23:46:27Z Whenever you see a Fraternal Order of Police stickers on cars or in the windows of businesses, you're likely witnessing evidence of someone who's been conned. Scam Likely: The scruffy "Telemarketers" asks us to pay attention to those calls we'd rather ignore 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z New York magazine has deleted an article that labelled the actor Priyanka Chopra a “global scam artist” who had conned musician Nick Jonas into marrying her after it was widely panned, especially by Indian readers. US magazine deletes article calling Priyanka Chopra a 'scam artist' 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z How had we been conned into participating in this betrayal of our children? Motherlode Blog: New Research: Having Children Makes You (Relatively) Happier. The Parents Are Alright. 2012-05-17T14:28:52Z To make it even more interesting, Kiarostami cast the actual family that was conned by the man on trial. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Night Of’ and ‘The Circus’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Livi Michael shows her being conned into betraying those she loves. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z Mine asked me to lie so often – -and conned each other, their spouses, their managers and clients — that I have a withered ability with the truth. Meeting his family, disowned by my own 2014-01-08T23:59:00Z “Eventually I conned my way into doing a few shorts, documentaries, commercial spots and things,” he said in The London Sunday Times in 1970. Michael Winner, ‘Death Wish’ Director, Dies at 77 2013-01-22T05:08:34Z Kuhlman once conned a pro-Trump art collective into accepting an absurd collage jammed with guns, breasts, explosions and multiple guitar-playing Trumps — a work of satire that also could be interpreted as a fan’s sincere celebration. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z When I was 15, I conned my way into an office job at a company that represented makers of breast implants. Rose McGowan: ‘Which living person do I most despise? I think it’s fairly obvious’ 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Also up this week: Margalit Fox’s book about prisoners of war who conned their way to freedom. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z And that truth is abundantly apparent in this third season, as Kimmy comes to understand the ways in which women have been conned into enabling structural misogyny by cloaking it in “whatever-wave-this-is” feminism. We all have a Mystery Crank: “Kimmy Schmidt” Season 3 and feminism 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z She swiftly moved on to other conquests who equally met a sad end: Her second husband David died of a heart attack immediately after their wedding upon discovering she had been conning him. Death in Walford: 30 years of EastEnders murders 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Whether he's lying or not, he is basically hustling and conning everybody. Simon Rex on playing a washed-up porn star in "Red Rocket": "He's an aging narcissist " 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z If acting is a form of conning, theatergoers, too, are willing victims. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Imagine real-life vampires who have conned you into thinking it’s natural for them to suck the life out of you. Duty to warn: Shrinks can’t say that Donald Trump suffers from a mental disorder — but we can 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Both the prosecution and the defense want jurors to believe that someone got conned. After a volcanic day of closing arguments, Bill Cosby’s retrial is in the hands of the jury 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z In “The Transplant,” a California gambler is conned by both his loneliness and a new Vietnamese acquaintance to stash counterfeit goods in his Orange County garage. In Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Refugees,' wistfulness is an anthem of displacement 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z For me, the big challenge was to construct this episode in a way that in the end you’re sort of conned into empathizing and caring about what happens to him. He Gives ‘Atlanta’ Anxiety. And That’s a Good Thing. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Having conned, cajoled, and terrorized his way through the underworld, Beck ironically proved to be a perfect mark for Holloway House, his longtime publisher, whose miniscule royalty checks never matched their extraordinary sales figures. The Fires That Forged Iceberg Slim 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Stories of self-proclaimed psychics conning clients out of vast sums are legion. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z So it is a little unnerving that even those Web tastemakers over on Reddit can end up getting conned on their very own video prank. How Reddit was conned by its own April Fools' prank 2011-04-01T18:02:00Z Clever young university graduates with no employment prospects find easy money conning foreigners out of thousands of dollars online. Review | Kwei Quartey’s ‘The Missing American’ launches a new detective series. It’s a gem of a debut. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Jack had daddy issues, Kate felt chronically misunderstood, Sawyer conned people before they could con him and Locke refused to accept that he was never going to get out of that chair. "Lost": Ruined by its own fans? 2010-05-24T14:30:00Z “I feel that you conned us all,” said the talk-show queen. Review | James Frey’s ‘Katerina’ is a million little pieces of narcissism and may be the worst novel of the year 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z He falls in half-heartedly with Jason's pipe dream of conning enough investors to build a casino on a Hawaiian island, to be named Paradise. The King Of Marvin Gardens shows the last gasp of a crumbling America 2013-05-19T05:00:00Z Our reluctant con artist, Hal, slowly begins to suspect that maybe she’s the one who’s been conned into a fatal trap. Review | Why Ruth Ware’s new thriller is a classic 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z That describes Marla to a T: convinced that her relentless conning of seniors is some type of righteous quest for equality. “I Care A Lot” is a stinging indictment of neoliberal “girlboss” feminism 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z See it on the big screen to decide for yourself whether or not we’re all just being conned. The 5-Day Oscar Countdown: American Hustle, Nebraska and the Her Score 2014-02-26T21:29:38Z We understand how soul-draining Amanda’s work is, as we watch her try to earn a few cents by conning a stranger. A Cold and Hip “Glass Menagerie” 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Down in the boiler room, you begin to think dark thoughts about a generation of young American workers, conned into disposable jobs like those HubSpot provides. Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Death is the ultimate reality, suffering is inextricably bound up with living and anyone who claims to have the answer is conning you. 'Small Mouth Sounds': Playwright Bess Wohl's off-Broadway sleeper arrives at the Broad Stage 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Ultimately, he didn't show up, and I think we realized that we've probably just been conned, in some way, by him the whole time. How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “His roommate says he conned a homeless veteran out of money intended to save his service dog, which had to be put to sleep. Well, you checked every box with that one, that’s for sure.” Jimmy Kimmel: George Santos Is a ‘Scooby-Doo’ Villain 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Eveeeeeerrrrrrrr! the man who conned the Big O herself returned to face her scrutiny. James Frey's infuriating return to "Oprah" 2011-05-16T22:30:00Z Indeed, those who try to get in her way often are men — frequently lawyers and family members of the conned seniors. “I Care A Lot” is a stinging indictment of neoliberal “girlboss” feminism 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Others tell Maurer that conning is too undignified for women, or that women are too impulsive to rely on in the course of a long game. Anne Hathaway Wins “Ocean’s 8” 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z “I conned my parents to let me try it and if it didn’t work out, I’d go back to school,” he said. Leaping From Marvel to DC in a Single Bound 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z "This morning my family and I learned that my Dad's abusive wife Jean Thompson Kasem and their daughter Liberty conned a cemetery in Norway into burying my Dad there," she wrote. Casey Kasem's body is finally buried -- in Norway 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z His wife, Helene, was given a four-year sentence, and they were both ordered to pay millions in compensation to the people they conned. Art Forger freed and making millions 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z As you were compiling this series, did you notice whether there were certain types of people who were more inclined to become involved in conning people? How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z It also involves the Oxfords conning their way to a Christmas party to do in Rasputin, who has a taste for sweet cakes and sweet boys. "The King's Man": Come for the goofy revisionist history, but stay for scenery-chewing Rasputin 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Leave everything ambiguous and vague, and fans feel like they've been conned. J.J. Abrams still smarts from "Lost" finale criticism 2011-08-04T23:05:00Z Most surprisingly of all, Mordechai himself gives an interview to podcast’s host, Kathleen Goldhar, and hearing from him in addition to all the women he conned offers an unusually layered picture. 6 True-Crime Podcasts: When Love Is a Dangerous Con Game 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Among the pieces he’s showing this year is a 1958 Cadillac sedan retrofitted with a propeller and a mock submarine conning tower. A Design Lover's Guide To Cuba 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The giants who, in the libretto, have been conned into constructing the lair are here chic architects of a glassy expansion. Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z But she told jurors at the civil trial in Chicago that she felt "conned" when Trump withdrew the profit-sharing plan after she bought the condos. Woman on Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him' 2013-05-20T17:01:09Z Jhabvala’s best stories are almost all women’s stories — of being conned, wronged and loved by lesser men. Review | Ruth Prawar Jhabvala’s stories capture an India that no longer exists 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z For over 30 years, he conned museums by donating paintings to them that he claimed were made and signed by famous artists, but had actually been created by him. From extreme catfishing to wine fraud, here are 6 documentaries about con artists 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Durning's first national exposure came playing a crooked policeman who gets conned by Robert Redford in the 1973 movie "The Sting." Character actor, World War Two hero Charles Durning dies at 89 2012-12-25T14:22:25Z He was beginning to feel sympathy for his subject, a pathological liar who had apparently conned a family into believing that he was their missing boy. ‘The Imposter’ and a Sense of Balance 2012-07-06T14:30:00Z William F. Sweeney Jr., an assistant director at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said in a statement, “Mr. Pereda conned art buyers, hoping his victims wouldn’t see the difference between real art and a forgery.” Man Is Accused of Attempting to Sell Fake Basquiats and Harings 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Let’s face it: Some people don’t just ask to be conned, they practically beg for it. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z By the time Arnold cracks his second unfunny “I’ll Be Back” reference, I felt conned. The Expendables 2: Locked and Overloaded 2012-08-16T12:00:05Z I don't mean conned in a bad way, but as a trick the writers played by way Jimmy's character development, the way the arc was written. "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk: Season 5 will go "more wrong than it's ever gone" before 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Before that she was a radio D.J. in Atlanta and Los Angeles, a career she said she conned her way into during high school. The First Lady of the N.B.A. 2011-07-08T21:05:14Z “I can’t wait to once more tell the real truth about all the phony baloney stories the world has been conned into believing are History!” Mel Brooks plans sequel to ‘History of the World, Part 1’ 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z At a crucial moment in the game, he explains, he caught his opponent conning his way to victory by swiping one of his pieces off the board. ‘Billions’ Season 2 Premiere: Neanderthals 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z By 18, I’d borrowed, conned and stolen from everyone I knew. ‘He collapsed at the roadside. I thought he was dead’: couples on surviving trauma 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z "I can't wait to once more tell the real truth about all the phony baloney stories the world has been conned into believing are History!" At last! "History of the World Part II" is finally being made – prepare for “phoney baloney stories" 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, she wore an extremely inappropriate dress for the event and spent most of the night trolling around and handing out her number to cute staff members and conning older men into buying her drinks. My friend is out of control 2013-01-14T01:00:00Z By the third episode the nightmare scenario is in blossom, told in scenes that intersperse Debra's awakening in the present with the ex-wife he conned, then threatened, in the past. Viral podcast “Dirty John” goes Bravo: It’s true crime, “Real Housewives”-style 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Mundy could see that the submarine before him was roughly two hundred and twenty feet long, with guns mounted on the conning tower and a painted image of a laughing cow, in red. Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z She realised Malik had conned her into taking him to the festival because he was planning to set off a bomb. Digested read: Rip Tide by Stella Rimington 2011-07-18T20:00:09Z They don’t need the guilt-by-association suspicions that their readers have been conned into buying cheap merchandise. Can self-publishing win respect? 2012-08-27T16:26:00Z East doubled but found he had been conned; seven hearts was unbeatable. Bridge: Bridge — Swedes Win in Open Teams at World Mind Games 2012-08-24T21:36:50Z But he’s an expert at conning himself and when he rattles off his patter, with such yearning and flair, anyone would fall for his dodge. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Such daring construction and dense yet rhythmic language demand swift, high-wire acting; Lincoln and Booth are conning not just each other but also themselves and the audience. Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Staying Alive Is the Ultimate Hustle 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z It portrayed Mr. Jonas’s character conning his way into the bed of his straight best friend. The Rise of the ‘Bromosexual’ Friendship 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z We hate being conned, but we still love to be tricked – it simply has to be benign. Trick questions: Dynamo and Penn and Teller have brought very different magic styles to our screens 2011-07-29T09:44:00Z Reitman followed "Meatballs" with "Stripes," another Bill Murray movie, which depicted the American army as a collection of morons and butt-kisers financed by easily conned Congressmen. From "Meatballs" to "Ghostbusters," Ivan Reitman was the anarchic boomer voice for Gen X nihilism 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z In “Iron Man 2” such forestalling and foreshadowing was annoying, as if we were being conned into future ticket purchases rather than given our money’s worth. Film: An Old Pairing: Summer and Movie Sequels 2010-06-11T04:28:00Z Mr. Grisham packs just enough unfairness into the original prosecution of Mal to justify anything he does afterward, even when he’s conning government agents. Books of The Times: ‘The Racketeer,’ by John Grisham 2012-10-17T21:59:00Z He is so good at what he does that Helen winds up feeling “charmed, flustered and conned” when she tries to grill him. Books of The Times: ?Truth Like the Sun,? by Jim Lynch 2012-04-08T22:00:45Z All this represents a natural progression from our captivation with grifters, which has had audiences in its thrall since the hugest huckster of our time conned his way into the Oval Office in 2016. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z “Because New York’s only about change and conning everybody out of whatever they have. That’s just what New York is.” This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires 2014-04-03T16:00:01Z Photograph: James Borchuck/Tampa Bay Times An extraordinary memoir is to reveal how a self-taught artist managed to forge his way to riches by conning high-profile auctioneers, dealers and collectors over four decades. Master forger comes clean about tricks that fooled art world for four decades 2012-07-07T12:13:20Z How Reddit was conned by its own April Fools' prank I'm just about ready to have April 1 be over. How Reddit was conned by its own April Fools' prank 2011-04-01T18:02:00Z "We've been conned into assuming that when we put in renewable, it doesn't matter that they blight the countryside," he said, "because they're saving the planet." Peep Show creators came within a week of making Flight of the Conchords 2013-05-21T16:31:51Z The consumers aren't being conned, they are colluding – anything to keep the boredom levels down. So girls are not all as nice as pie. And your point is? 2011-01-02T00:07:17Z In their court filings, they asserted that a common theme among the Jane Does was that “they were victimized after being conned by the Cosby image.” Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations Eddie, needing premises for his tatty antiques business, conned his way in to a curiously never-noticed-before lock up behind the market. Daniel Maier's World of lather 2011-08-05T23:04:00Z What do Donald Trump's fantasies reveal about the gullibility of his supporters and their willingness to be conned? Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Turns out Stackhouse has been conned by these young rednecks who eat raw meat and lick his head wounds, because he is just that dumb. "True Blood" recap 4x2: Louis Pasteur was a vampire? 2011-07-04T05:01:00Z Everyone is conning someone, some more treacherously than others. See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In the early 1920s a "spirit photographer", Ada Deane, conned the nation for a while with faked pictures purportedly showing the returned dead around the Cenotaph on Armistice Day. Should the country spend £55m to commemorate the first world war? 2013-05-25T16:45:01Z “He certainly conned a lot of people,” Mr. Kennedy said of Mr. Kapoor, who is awaiting trial in India on charges of trafficking in $100 million worth of stolen artifacts. Museums Begin Returning Artifacts to India in Response to Investigation 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z What is this will to be conned by this con man? Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z As she scrambles to track him down, it becomes unclear exactly “who is conning who.” Meet Shonda Rhimes' Latest Butt-Kicking Heroine 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Whenever you see a Fraternal Order of Police stickers on cars or in the windows of businesses, you're likely witnessing evidence of someone who's been conned. Scam Likely: The scruffy "Telemarketers" asks us to pay attention to those calls we'd rather ignore 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z In short, you know you're being conned, but it's mostly fun and it's for a good reason, so why not go along with it? Amusing, sensitive 'Immediate Family' tackles sexual orientation, race 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z These were littered in among his acute sense of humor, cleverness, spatial reasoning abilities and a talent for conning women, me included, into forgiving his frequent and sometimes head-spinning transgressions. Modern Love: Fury Cannot Touch Me: Modern Love 2011-09-29T22:02:02Z How did they allow themselves to get conned? This sub-porn for ladeez is not my idea of erotica 2010-12-25T23:02:00Z “For a long time I’d been acting in my life anyway, whether conning my way into something or out of something,” he said. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z Or was he a gullible, perhaps criminal accomplice to patients who were conning him to feed an addiction or resell their prescriptions? Review: ‘Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?’ It’s Not a Simple Question 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Talk about change never happening as fast as it should — Pete has conned himself into thinking he’s on the right side of history while upholding an infuriating number of double standards. 'Mad Men' Recap: "The Strategy" 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It added it accepted participants "were not aware that they were being 'conned' whilst they were being filmed". The Real Hustle 'must be clearer' 2011-06-02T16:57:12Z While his own paintings were of little interest to critics, his forgeries earned millions and conned, among others, Hitler's deputy Hermann Goering. Can you love a fake piece of art? 2012-06-03T23:24:04Z In September, an article in The Seattle Times’ Pacific Northwest Magazine by Erik Lacitis detailed some of the sad tales local folks shared about getting conned through texts, email or phone calls. Scammers are as close as the phone in your pocket | Horsey cartoon 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Emily has advice on what you can do to avoid being conned. Gig tickets: Online scams 'made me feel stupid' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Fear of being conned by cowboy operators can lead worried flat-owners to delay calling in help. French bedbug panic: Officials respond as Paris school infested 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z How can people be conned in such large numbers? How Trump weaponizes his own fears 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The interaction was so strange that the donor said he was uncertain if Santos and his partners were themselves being conned. How George Santos used political connections to fuel get-rich schemes 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Local media have in recent years reported cases of women recruited for domestic work in the Middle East being conned into medical procedures after which their kidneys are sold in global trafficking rings. Uganda enacts law to stop stealing of human organs 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z "He was rejected by the Labour party for his antisemitic views", Mr. Cunningham added, and "appears to have conned" the Tories. New Stockton councillor suspended by Tories over social posts 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z But how could I ask someone who was nursing her 11-day-old baby on a white sofa two feet away if she was actually conning me? Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z One is that the Proud Boys’ lawyers presented Nordean and the others as witless dupes of Trump, drunks who were conned into chasing a lie. Seattle-area Proud Boy Ethan Nordean and the cracking of a cult 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z The body had been smuggled into the prison in preparation for the breakout and Bester had conned his way into the isolation cell, which was located near a fire escape. Thabo Bester: The South African rapist who faked his own death to escape prison 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The DLR Group presented a design that included the submarine conning tower in the outdoor pool. Navy unveils five eye-popping ideas for new flagship museum in D.C. 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z It is an ingrained human trait to powerfully resist discovering you were wrong, conned or misled. Opinion | Trump voters won’t believe they’ve been misled 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The scammers refer to their victims as pigs, whom they fatten up to be "butchered" - or conned, out of as much money as possible. ‘We scam women and call them pigs' 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Someone here is getting conned, alright, but it's not Chelsea Handler or the people who had a laugh at her silly little "Daily Show" video. Chelsea Handler exposes how much the GOP depends on male insecurity 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The film, directed by Benjamin Caron, dissects and reconstructs the classic con thriller to tell its story in reverse and keep the audience guessing just who is conning who. Now streaming: ‘Sharper’ on Apple TV+, ‘Star Trek: Picard’ on Paramount+ 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Scotts persuaded her to part with £11,400 for apparent investments and conned three other women too, taking £324,000 in total. 'I'm not going to let romance fraudster beat me' 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z If you are ever made to feel stupid or are shut down from asking questions about an investment opportunity, you are most definitely about to be conned. Advice | Friend or fraud: Seven ways to spot a Ponzi scheme, and other scams 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z A bogus travel agent who conned hundreds of holidaymakers in a £1.6m scam has been jailed for nine years. Fake travel agent Lyne Barlow jailed for £1.6m holidays scam 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Then last month, the biggest bank in the country did something extraordinary: It said it had been conned. The Young Founder Who Fooled JPMorgan, According to JPMorgan 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z “Unfortunately, I have scammed and conned for many years,” he said. Dating Scammer Who Swindled Women Sentenced to Five Years in Prison 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z You can only inform others they've been conned — and some will never learn. A nation of attention junkies: Trump and Elon are the perfect symbols of America's predicament 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “I felt conned, appalled and frustrated,” said Greens faction leader Andrea Krönert, who lodged a formal complaint to the city administration. Flow of Russian gas and cash entangled German state in dependent web 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The wind appeared to affect just one 3-point shot as the six-level conning tower and the scoreboard blocked most of the wind off the Pacific Ocean. Timme’s 22 lead No. 2 Zags past Spartans on carrier deck 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z He accused Rossi of conning politicians in New York when he worked as a page in the Rhode Island House of Representatives as a teenager. Nicholas Rossi: I'm glad people see through him, victim says 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z When I was 27, I conned my way into a job as a reporter for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. Review | Traditional journalism gave birth to HBO. Then HBO crushed journalism. 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z He explained his disillusionment with the Republicans: "I had no idea how racist Trump was, how much he conned us and how little he cares." With America poised on the knife's edge, Joe Biden's silence isn't helping 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z "I've struggled to find any internet to work, been conned into spending more money because I'm a foreigner, and had a lot more food poisoning than your average Joe." 'I have worked from home in 78 different countries' 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z "There was a lot of flimflam with him. He conned me pretty good." Covert operation? Globetrotting "con man" and "suspected spy" met with Trump at his golf resort 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, if you’ve been conned into sending someone money under false pretenses, you are the victim of a crime. Do you use Zelle? Here’s how to spot increasingly common scams 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “People don’t like to be conned,” Shubb said, according to the newspaper. Woman who staged her own kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z As universities minister, she talked about students being "conned" into debt by taking degrees that might not be worthwhile. Michelle Donelan: New culture secretary unafraid to take on culture wars and BBC 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z More than a century before Anna Delvey conned her first socialite, Marguerite “Meg” Steinheil orchestrated her rise into French society’s upper echelons. 10 noteworthy books for September 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the Netflix documentary “Tinder Swindler” told the story of a man who allegedly conned $10 million from several women. Political polarization inspires conservative, LGBTQ dating apps 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Comic Jenny Eclair said it must be taken off air over its implication that a woman "conned a man into fatherhood". Crown Paints: Hannah & Dave ad prompts dozens of complaints 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Here’s how to avoid getting conned by fake medicines for treating COVID-19 and details on real treatments and how to access them. How to spot fake COVID treatments and get real medication instead 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Redwood added: “Conservative members will not be conned. They liked Margaret’s big tax cuts, wider ownership, pro business and growth. Liz will offer modern versions of policies that work.” Boris Johnson idolized Churchill. U.K.’s next leader may look to Thatcher. 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z “We were used. We were conned. They sold us false hope and that is very, very wrong.” Gov seeks to salvage aluminum mill deal promised to Kentucky 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z He was initially cast in action roles in the saddle, the racecar, the conning tower and the spaceship. James Caan, who played Sonny Corleone in ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z She added that Crown Paints needed to "get that offensive baby ad off air" as its creators had "basically... set up a scenario that implies a woman has possibly conned a man into fatherhood". Crown Paints: Hannah & Dave ad prompts dozens of complaints 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z He wound up on the ugly side of Wall Street — accused of running “pump and dump” operations that conned customers into paying high prices for low-quality stocks. 76 Fake Charities Shared a Mailbox. The I.R.S. Kept Approving More. 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z "They were conned by the president. It was a big lie and it was also a big rip-off." Kimberly Guilfoyle collected $60,000 for speaking at the "Stop the Steal" rally before Jan 6 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Durant was a con game presented by the front office — even if they were conning themselves. LOVERRO: Horford’s success with Celtics reminds fans of Wizards’ failures 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z People are not really being conned by Trump: They know it's a con. Donald Trump, criminal mastermind: Scholar Gregg Barak on the supreme con artist of our time 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z It also won’t stop the many crypto-scammers who understand the psychology behind the bitcoin bubble, the mind-set that leads investors to willfully ignore the blood-red flags that warn they are being conned. Six signs crypto investment is a classic Ponzi scheme 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z He's too busy conning you into thinking he's coming. Trump and DeSantis want to drag us backward — ultimately, that won't work 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The club, the players, Eriksson and every supporter who had dared to dream had been conned by a fraudster called Russell King and disaster was looming just around the corner. The football scam that took Eriksson to North Korea 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Curry claimed the disclosure was off the record and he had been "conned" by Vinocur, who defended the piece by saying "there was no expectation of copy approval". How LGBT icon Curry transformed skating 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Those people are not even really being conned: They know that Trump is a con artist. Donald Trump, criminal mastermind: Scholar Gregg Barak on the supreme con artist of our time 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z A man lied about being an Everton footballer as he conned a garage out of a £24,000 car, a court has heard. Fraudster pretends to be Everton footballer to take Mini Cooper 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In fact, she turned out to have conned friends, hotels and banks out of eye-watering amounts of money and was eventually convicted on multiple fraud charges in 2019. Inventing Anna: Fake heiress drama tops Netflix ratings 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Twenty-something Anna conned friends and banks out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by masquerading as a rich heiress in New York City, before the law caught up with her. Inventing Anna: The Netflix show versus reality 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Action Fraud said more than 4,300 people have reported being conned out of a total of £6.4m through rental scams - many online - since January. Fake housing ad on Facebook left woman penniless 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z In fact she turned out to be a fake who conned friends, hotels and banks out of eye-watering amounts of money. TV lookahead: 22 highlights to look out for in 2022 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Player also thought it could have been stolen from Skala, explaining that he’d read accounts of the antiquarian “being conned out of items.” J.P. Morgan's million-dollar pocket watch vanished. The hunt for it became an obsession 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Schubert contends voters were “conned” into believing that reduced sentences would save hundreds of millions of dollars — most of it to be used for mental health and drug treatment programs. After smash-and-grab thefts across California, is it time to reconsider Proposition 47? 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z For more on the story, including interviews with people who were conned by Anna Sorokin, listen to the Fake Heiress podcast on BBC Sounds. Inventing Anna: The Netflix show versus reality 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Knowing the union's history, as well as that Sacramento "had some racist parts of it," Del was convinced the business card man was conning him. "The Offer": A homeless Vietnam and LAPD vet gets an unexpected second chance 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z A wedding planner who conned would-be brides and grooms out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay back just £600. Dana Twidale: Wedding plan fraudster ordered to pay back victims 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “Poor nations will not be conned and the leaders of the developed world need to … get this money on the table if COP26 is going to be a success,” he said. World set to miss goal of $100B climate aid pledged to poor 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z And just mathematically speaking, you can't have a society where everyone survives by conning everyone else. Timothy Snyder warned us fascism was coming — now he says we can survive it 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z "He was a disturbed individual who was used to conning people and Brittany was one of his last victims," she claimed. Brittany Murphy ‘wasn’t herself’ before her sudden death at 32, doc says: ‘She just seemed so sad’ 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Parnas’ case had included a charge he conned people into investing more than $2 million in a fraud insurance company, Fraud Guarantee. Ex-Giuliani associate Parnas pleads not guilty as trial looms, politics weigh 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z More than 200 victims, many of them elderly, were conned into buying small, coloured stones after being "told lies" about their value during cold calls, prosecutors said. Lewis Bloor: Towie star 'part of £3m diamond scam' 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Between December 2019 and February 2020, Abbas and a gang of alleged middlemen in Kenya, Nigeria and the US groomed and conned the victim out of more than a million dollars. Hushpuppi - the Instagram influencer and international fraudster 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It's when victims are conned into handing over money to people offering fake, but often very convincing, investments with the promise of big returns. 'Bitcoin fraud cost me £500,000' 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z But others can be conned into paying rent to crooks who have taken possession of the property. The hard men removing squatters in Spain 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z To his credit, after consulting Campos’ New York Magazine piece Jacoby published a mea culpa in the Globe, headlined “Harry Truman conned us all.” Column: Trump will get millions in post-presidential benefits, thanks to Harry Truman's lies 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z "In total, over 200 people were conned into buying coloured diamonds and the companies defrauded those people out of a total of well over £3m." Lewis Bloor: Towie star 'part of £3m diamond scam' 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The plaintiffs said Donald’s Trump’s endorsement, including on episodes of his TV show “The Celebrity Apprentice,” conned them into thinking their investments would pay off. Trump, children cannot arbitrate marketing scam case -U.S. appeals court 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Mark Woods, now aged 50, said: "He was evil. He conned a lot of people. He gave people an impression of what he was like, and he wasn't like that at all." Clive Hally: Brynteg school apology for sexually abused pupils 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Alexander Zaporozhsky, was conned by a Moscow intelligence operation into returning to Russia where he was promptly arrested and sentenced to prison labor. For CIA, protecting defectors from retaliation is a daunting task 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z "Rural crime is a worry for all farmers but I'm especially concerned about elderly farmers in our community who are more vulnerable to these crimes and being conned by fraudsters," said Mr Williams. Rural crime: Bodycams for farmers as they fight rural crime 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Consumers aged between 20 and 49 were more than five times more likely to be conned than older age groups, according to the research. Elon Musk impersonators earn millions from crypto-scams 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z He began to question his previous worldviews after he realised that the people promoting conspiracies were conning him. The volunteers using 'honeypot' groups to fight anti-vax propaganda 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z “Kyle Sandler was a con artist, and he came in and conned some folks out of some money and got put in prison for it,” Fuller said. Scam in Alabama city makes it on HBO’s ‘Generation Hustle’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “There was a local person who I know personally who cried to me telling me how stupid he felt that this kid conned him,” said Pereira, the city councilor. Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z As he writes, “Can you see why Hollywood might have been attracted to this story of a man who goes to a gorgeous place and becomes the biggest thing in town by conning everybody?” How California's culture industry manufactured the California dream 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, who was convicted for conning investors out of billions of dollars, has died in prison at age 82. Bernie Madoff: Disgraced financier dies in prison 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z “But science provides a fuller, more replicable process of how once conned, we humans use every possible rationalization available to justify our victimization.” Column: Scam victims may feel stupid. And ashamed. And that's perfectly normal 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The episode we're talking about - one of the show's most iconic - is Marge Versus the Monorail, where the town of Springfield is conned into ploughing all its money into a doomed public transport system. The Simpsons creator Matt Groening on equality, memes and monorails 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z “I feel that Lignadis, apart from everything else, conned us. With a deep acting art he tried to convince us he had nothing to do with all this,” she said. Prominent Greek theater director arrested on rape charges 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z “At the height of a raging pandemic killing thousands of people a day, this defendant tried to profit from conning people,” U.S. Prosecutors: Man sold lanyards he claimed would stop virus 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z A plumber turns the tables when he discovers that his new bride conned him into marriage to make another man jealous. Movies on TV this week: 'Citizen Kane'; 'Raging Bull' and more 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z “So many people have been conned. I just think: why should they keep getting away with it?” East Anglian Bonnie and Clyde 'leave trail of unpaid pub bills' 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z And I mean this more with scams that are conning the system. The host of Scam Goddess is in for the long con 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Did he assume newcomers, conned by the card, would forgive the deception upon their arrival? Curio shop postcard turns the corner on a curious puzzle 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z More than anything, she felt she’d been conned by the father of her children. Lives Lost: A woman of uncommon kindness, unshackled again 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z An ad out from Jones, meanwhile, twisted the details of business dealings gone awry for Tuberville, making it sound as though he is a con man — when it was Tuberville who investigators say was conned. AP FACT CHECK: False claims fly in Alabama U.S. Senate ads 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z These days, it is so easy to fall for the scam, so easy to be conned. ‘Fake news’? Don’t be conned 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z A law firm with reportedly Democratic ties brought the legal action on behalf of two people who said they were conned into signing the oath. Kanye West removed from Virginia ballot after judge finds 11 Elector Oaths obtained by 'improper, fraudulent and/or misleading means” 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The cleanup mission focused on the submarine’s conning tower and the front outer hull. Divers haul ghost nets from submarine wreck in Greece's Ionian Sea 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z He has used his rhetoric as a weapon to take advantage of the deep divisions in American democracy, conning the electorate into believing that he alone could heal them. Review | A deep dive into President Trump’s doublespeak and other rhetorical tricks 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z “Don’t be conned into thinking it’s all OK now. It’s not.” UK govt accused of data bungles as towns fear more lockdowns 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “They’ve conned organization after organization into empowering panels to search out thought crime, and it’s established now that anything can be an offense,” Taibbi wrote. Writer Matt Taibbi: ‘American left has lost its mind,’ journalism a victim 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z He is expert at conning people, pretending to care about them, lying to get what he wants. Former Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Trump is trying to "turn America into a police state" 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z The Greens fell victim to a computer scam and they didn’t want to take a chance of being conned again. People are mistaking stimulus payments for junk mail or a scam 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z But any time demand increases for something, the chances of your being conned go up as well. Column: Pets make great coronavirus companions. And scammers know it 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z "The Trumps conned each of these victims into giving up hundreds or thousands of dollars — losses that many experienced as a devastating and life-altering," the suit claims. Judge rejects Trump's bid to stay lawsuit accusing his family of promoting “pyramid scheme” 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z I would not classify as “dumb” someone who conned 60 million people into voting for him. Opinion | Be smart in fighting Trump 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Some people hoping to buy kittens and puppies during the lockdown are being conned with fake online advertisements, according to Action Fraud, with victims losing more than £280,000 in two months. Warning over coronavirus scams and fake products 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Antonio Wilson, 57, of Santa Monica, acknowledged conning the women in the plea agreement filed in federal court in Los Angeles, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement. Man to plead guilty to romance con of ‘Black-ish’ star 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z As two hard-working leaders and inveterate schemers who know the system inside out, they lure you into a delectable gray zone somewhere between the conned and the complicit. Review: Hugh Jackman is at his best in the engrossing school-scam drama 'Bad Education' 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Many decent Americans have been successfully conned by Trump, but there is no excuse for the Republicans in Congress. Dr. Lance Dodes on Trump: A "predator" who "would be in prison" if he hadn't been born rich 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was conned by a Le Drian impersonator in 2016 and made five transfers for a total €20m to accounts in Poland and China. Two masterminds of €55m French minister mask scam jailed 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Ismaili Muslim leader the Aga Khan and a Turkish tycoon were allegedly conned. French minister's alleged impersonators on trial 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z And then Trump conned the American people into electing him president of the United States. Are Trump and his circle manipulating the markets for personal gain? Here's the evidence 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z In 2016 some voted for Trump because he conned them into believing he was that person. Trump need fear only one Democrat: Warren Sanders | Robert Reich 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “To delay or to obscure with treatment that does not work, I think, is conning people unfairly into not getting treatment,” said Nikki Turner, WHO Chair of the International Committee on measles and rubella. 'There are no words': Samoa buries its children as measles outbreak worsens 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z A hotel bellhop and his girlfriend work con games, then are conned by a con man themselves. Movies on TV this week: 'Giant' on TCM 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The presumed female victim, as it turns out, has been conning the con man. 'Good Liar' ending explained: How the stars flip the script on gender roles 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He conned people in the real estate business. Are Trump and his circle manipulating the markets for personal gain? Here's the evidence 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z He now claims he got conned into hiring a cabal of covert Never Trumpers. Opinion | We thought Trump was the biggest con man. We were all wrong. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z But realising she'd been conned wasn't the end of Cynthia's misery. Conned out of £400,000, then 'failed' by police 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The bomb hit aft of the Grayback’s conning tower and the sub sank with the loss of her 80-strong crew. WWII US submarine wreck discovered 75 years after it sank 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z These are the same human beings who are perfectly able to admit they were conned by Donald Trump. Psychiatrist Lance Dodes on the "panicked" state of the "most dangerous person on the planet" 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He conned people in the casino business, costing creditors of both of those businesses billions of dollars in losses. Are Trump and his circle manipulating the markets for personal gain? Here's the evidence 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z “He conned us from day one. . . . He financially ruined us.” Rudy Giuliani’s Two Indicted Associates Could Have a Lot to Say 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “We believe that Match.com conned people into paying for subscriptions via messages the company knew were from scammers,” said Andrew Smith, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. FTC sues Tinder owner Match Group for placing fake ads on their site 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Everyone is on the make; everyone is getting conned. The Distinctly American Ethos of the Grifter 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z How do we muster a bit more skepticism and keep from being conned? Review | Why do we assume people are telling us the truth? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z A lawman, a lady and a gambler head to a poker championship, where conning is the name of the game. Movies on TV this week Sept. 8, 2019 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Despite her 23 years' experience in the job, it took Juli nearly 24 hours to realise she was being conned. The fake baby adoption scam 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z They quote James O’Brien: “Contempt for the conmen. Compassion for the conned.” ‘Loud, obsessive, tribal’: the radicalisation of remain 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z A churchwarden who conned an author into including him in his will has been found guilty of murder. Churchwarden guilty of murdering author 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z “Mad Men” immediately became the most talked-about show in decades, with such a resounding cross-cultural impact that the New York Review of Books eventually felt obligated to unleash a “you’ve all been conned” diatribe. Column: From 'Mad Men' to zombie spinoffs: AMC has been trampled by its own revolution 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The World War I-era patrol boat was ripped by a blast, and several survivors reported seeing a submarine conning tower featuring a painted red horse on a yellow shield. Navy warship sunk by German sub in WWII finally located 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “Maybe I conned you into it,” Crosby says to the camera at the end of the movie. Review: David Crosby hoping for a little more time in elegiac doc 'Remember My Name' 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “A lot of people in the Chaldean community jumped on that and said, ‘Oh, he’s on our side’, and … some people feel like they were conned.” Iraqi Christians facing deportation feel conned by Trump: 'You vowed to protect us' 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Video shows the ghostly mangled wreckage of the submarine’s hull, its conning tower, a propeller and a torpedo. Scientists discover radiation leak '100,000 times normal level' from Russian nuclear sub wreck 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z A former financial adviser who conned his clients out of nearly £750,000 has been jailed for more than 10 years. Ex-financial adviser jailed for £750k fraud 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z He added: “But when Schiff goes to the microphone, he’s conning this whole country, and he knows this, and after, he goes back into a room and talks to his friends and he laughs.” Trump hits back at Senate subpoena for Don Jr., says he’s ‘very surprised’ 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Authorities say more than 200 people worldwide were conned. Love-spell extortionist gets 2 years in US federal prison 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Most people cannot tolerate that they were conned. How can the American people protect themselves from dangerous leaders — like the one we've got? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say Sorokin, who used the name Anna Delvey, conned friends and financial institutions into believing she was worth tens of millions of dollars and got others to support her extravagant lifestyle. Getting real: Former friend of faux heiress has book deal 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Glen Mola, professor of reproductive health, obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of PNG, said men were being “conned” into these harmful practices by people feeding off their insecurities. Botched penis enlargements: Papua New Guinea doctors warn of nationwide problem 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Williams, speaking later to the Sunday Times, said he felt "conned" and knew from the start that Thomas had not truly solved the puzzle. The treasure hunt that gripped a nation 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Higher Goals pitched fake debt relief services, and Veterans of America allegedly conned people into donating vehicles for a fake veterans charity. FTC hands multimillion-dollar fines to four robocalling companies 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “All the deals now attacked were real commercial deals with real counterparties. The suggestion that Dr Lynch was in the business of conning HP is unreal,” he told London’s High Court. Autonomy founder Lynch was scapegoat for HP's incompetence, court told 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Americans should not be conned by the Trump administration’s climate lysenkoism and should instead place their trust in the robust findings of climate researchers who place the public interest ahead of political ideology. Donald Trump is using Stalinist techniques against climate science | Michael Mann and Bob Ward 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z “Lots of young men are being conned … to pay some money to be enlarged and sustaining quite serious injuries,” said Mola. Botched penis enlargements: Papua New Guinea doctors warn of nationwide problem 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Sometimes, fraud victims are too embarrassed to admit they’ve been conned. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Cheating, conning, lying, stealing, threatening are all done with no remorse. Harvard psychiatrist: Donald Trump's actions are signs of a "severe, continuous, mental disturbance" 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Or you’re 240 from the green on a par 5 holding a 3-wood in your hands that you somehow have conned yourself into believing you can smack off the deck and scoot it up there. What you should copy—and what you definitely shouldn't—from a tour player - Golf Digest 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Other women were being conned by Alldred, who depicted himself as a devout Christian ready for marriage. ‘Trail of tears’ victim recalls how romance with con man turned dark in doc: ‘It put the fear of God in me’ 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z It estimates up to 150,000 older people across Wales are conned each year, for an average of £1,200 each. Elderly 'under siege' from scammers 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Though the men won’t spend time behind bars unless they violate the terms of their probation, Hunter said Richard and Ryan Tate “finally have accepted responsibility for conning thousands of individuals.” Oklahoma AG: Defunct publisher will pay about $1M to victims 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z We put institutions in place to keep people from being conned. Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z But I did have one experience where I felt like I was conned. Golden Globes nominee Connie Britton on adapting 'Dear John' for the screen and the tyranny of Elf on the Shelf 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z His harshest detractors include upzone opponents in Wallingford who argue developers are conning City Hall and people opposed to a 35th Avenue Northeast bike lane and road redesign. Rob Johnson won’t run for re-election in Seattle’s big 2019 council elections 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Levin, however, conned the brokerage into believing he was a TV producer doing a documentary on commodities trading. Notorious founder of the Billionaire Boys Club wants parole. Prosecutors say it's just his latest con - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The convictions secured by Trading Standards included more than 35 years in jail for a group of fraudsters who conned consumers out of £37m by selling passports and driving licences through copycat websites. Fraudsters target victims on social media 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z A significant chunk, £145m, was lost to so-called "push" fraud, in which people are conned into sending money to another account. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z “I think everyone’s conning the system so much with Bird that it’s not going to make a difference,” she said. The secret life of teen scooter outlaws 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z She was conned into parting with £16,000, her life savings. Fraud ringleader jailed for 13 years 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z He said he wouldn’t back either Trump or Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election, saying the Republican Party had been “conned.” Deviating from McCain, Sen. Graham goes all in on Team Trump 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But if it was a con, he was conning himself, too. How the US fracking boom almost fell apart 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z "Look, we have all been taken advantage of before. One thing I know from my work as an advocate is that decent people get conned all the time," he said. Michael Avenatti brings fireworks to the Iowa State Fair, toys with presidential run 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z “I think everyone’s conning the system so much with Bird that it’s not going to make a difference.” The secret life of teen scooter outlaws 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z He argued that Democrats could win back Trump voters, because “decent people get conned all the time.” Democrats are yearning for ‘a fighter,’ Michael Avenatti says as he tests the presidential waters in Iowa 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The paradox of Trump is that he is an expert con man but is also easily conned. Opinion | Why can’t Iran’s mullahs dupe Trump? 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z “How I conned the Grand Wizard, David Duke, and his coterie of followers… It has defined me in ways I never could have imagined.” The black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Entertainment over claims he was conned as part of a “nefarious scheme”. Stan Lee drops 'confusing' $1bn lawsuit against his former company 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z McBride gets mixed up with a dirty cop, a woman who might be conning him, a psychopathic developer and a drug lord with an amputation fetish. From ‘Sling Blade’ to ‘Goliath’: Billy Bob Thornton finds his peace 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z “He conned his way in and now he’s going to con his way into everything he does,” Welsh said of the president. A year in Trump Country 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z But Trump was so competent in conning me that, until 35 years later, I did not know I’d been conned. Perspective | Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Former residents also say they were conned into selling their houses and possessions and giving them to the church. This Brazilian pastor said he was saving souls. Police say he ran a slave-labor ring. 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z That kinda just proves the point of how well you were conned. Facebook to Require Verified Identities for Future Political Ads 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z And the party’s base consists disproportionately of the easily conned — those who are easily fooled by claims that Those People are the problem and don’t notice how much the true Republican agenda hurts them. Putting the ex-con in conservatism 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z High time we ditched that clumsy ill-informed decision carried through by misty-eyed fools wailing for the ‘good old days’ or otherwise conned into it. Unilever to Make the Netherlands Its Sole Headquarters, in Blow to Britain 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It would be decades before I learned that Forbes had been conned: In the early 1980s, Trump had zero equity in his father’s company. Perspective | Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z If you are an independent who voted for Trump because you wanted a strong, independent thinker in Washington, realize that you were conned. Trump Repeats False Claim About Canada After Admitting Uncertainty Over Figure 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Trump says, I love it and thanks to me I have solved the problem and we will reduce our troop presence, while Japan says, you have been conned. Japan Fears Being Left Behind by Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “The people of Pittsburgh cannot be conned by this guy Lamb,” Trump said, dismissing Lamb’s efforts to run as a moderate Democrat. Trump: Voters must support GOP in Pittsburgh-area House race 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z “The people of Pittsburgh cannot be conned by this guy Lamb, because he’s not going to vote for us.” ‘Is There Anything More Fun Than a Trump Rally?’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z A judge must weigh whether the pharmaceutical company CEO is a manipulator who conned wealthy investors or a misunderstood eccentric who made those same investors even wealthier. The Latest: ‘Pharma Bro’ being sentenced in fraud case 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z When the Repubicans eventually conned the people into reducing real estate taxes, everything slowly tumbled downwards. Fighting Poverty, Drugs and Even Violence, All on a Teacher’s Salary 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z A group of fraudsters who conned UK consumers out of £37m by selling passports and driving licences through copycat websites have been sentenced to more than 35 years in jail. Fraudsters jailed for £37m web scam 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Blankenship reaffirms how easy it is for gullible people to be conned. Coal Country Divides Over an Unrepentant Boss’s Senate Bid 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z How could so many in America’s working class have been “conned” by Trump? An excerpt from 'Political Tribes' 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Or the woman he conned inside who wound up convicted for assisting him. Why an Upstate Prisoner With a History of Escape Foiled His Latest 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says the man was conned into giving the suspect access to his computer, and the suspect told the man too much of a refund was issued during the remote exchange. Police: Utah man swindled out of $30,000 in computer scam 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z They’re not going to confess that they were conned or they were wrong. Opinion | Guidelines for news-watching and staying sane in 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It's as if he has to constantly assure himself that, after a lifetime of conning people, he won the presidential election fair and square. Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z But “The Government Inspector” is just as much about the “stupid, provincial nobodies” who get conned. Review: Seattle Shakespeare’s ‘Government Inspector’ keeps us laughing 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Leftwingers like Johnson believe liberals have been conned by the right into playing on their rhetorical turf. The liberal-left divide reshaping American politics 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z If he is unsuccessful, or worse, if his supporters decide he conned them and was interested only in enriching himself and the rest of the nation’s economic elite, all bets are off. Perspective | How the erosion of trust leads to murders and mass shootings 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Was he conning his patients, his colleagues and the scientific community? Dr Con Man: the rise and fall of a celebrity scientist who fooled almost everyone 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z “To that end, in the birther imagination Obama was not qualified to attend Columbia University and is a fraud who somehow conned or was given unearned special dispensation and privileges.” Trump issues Friday night pardon for Sheriff Joe Arpaio 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z A: No, you are not being bamboozled, hoodwinked or conned. How Much of a Swiss-Made Watch is Swiss? 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The last picture of the pair in the sub's conning tower was taken at 19:22 on Thursday. Kim Wall and Danish submarine: What we know and what we don't - BBC News 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z But what’s interesting is that the audience weren’t completely being conned. Bop till you drop: the staggering true stories behind America's dance marathons 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The prankster uses the pseudonym Sinon Reborn, after the spy Sinon who conned the Trojans into taking the wooden horse into Troy in Virgil’s Aeneid. Prankster says he targeted Scaramucci over mental health insult 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z In the 30 months he was there, the organization conned more than 80,000 people. Tales of a time-share condo nightmare | Provided By AARP Washington 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Trumpism is an easygoing belief system that indulges and excuses the stiffing of contractors, the conning of students, the bilking of investors, the exploitation of women and the practices of nepotism and self-dealing. Opinion | In Trump’s world, innocence is proved by guilt 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z A woman who conned a business out of more than £14,000 after claiming to have terminal cancer has been ordered to pay back £1. Cancer fraudster ordered to pay back £1 after £15,000 deception - BBC News 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Every year tens of thousands of people are conned by online scammers, but it is not only the authorities taking action: a network of tech-savvy volunteers is also working to expose them. 'Scam baiters' get a kick out of conning the con artists - BBC News 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z The bilious billionaire conned the nation — and people like Jack aren’t bothered. Opinion | If Trump stops tweeting, how will we know who he really is? 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Victims are conned into transferring money to the accounts of fraudsters, believing they are legitimate firms. Banks 'must show action' in fraud cases - BBC News 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z In another, he allegedly befriended a 74-year-old woman outside a shopping center and conned her out of more than a thousand dollars. Leigh Abbot, former soccer coach, sentenced to prison in revenge-porn case 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Rather than being taken to a bogus login screen, users are conned into letting a dodgy app take control of their accounts. Thursday briefing: French fury, while May can taste Brussels rout 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z He called Levin “a sick, sick man. He conned these young men into believing something he was not.” He called himself an ‘assassin’ and convinced ex-spies he was one of them. Was it a con? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Two brothers have each been jailed for 30 months for conning elderly people into paying for ineffective insulation to be fitted under their mobile homes. 'Brazen' conmen who targeted park homes jailed - BBC News 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The magic was gone, I no longer trusted him and felt betrayed and conned by a man I was falling in love with. He was my one-night stand. And I wish it had stayed that way 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z But if you’re a conservative, you convince easily conned voters that immigration reform is amnesty, that it interferes with the promise of American liberty. Listen to John Adams and reclaim liberty from conservatives: The GOP is not at all in the business of expanding liberty as the founders envisioned 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Zed originally decided to share her story on community site Reddit after trying to find others who may have been conned by the same man. Spear-phishing scammer demanded sex show - BBC News 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z When in doubt, when things get seriously tough, keep the conning of officials at the forefront of your mind. Luis Suárez’s dive exposes Barcelona’s cheating, amid the celebrations | Ewan Murray 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The biggest threat was often not immigration raids but crooked notaries and scam artists who conned clients with fake, dangerous promises to fix people’s legal status, he said. America’s millions of Mexicans without documents live in fear of deportation 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z The court also heard the couple were conned out of an additional £30,000 by Derby-based Wyvern Media, itself the subject of a major court case last year. Cold caller 'horror figure' bankrupted elderly couple - BBC News 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The conning tower of the Kursk submarine, which sunk in 2000 after an explosion, looks down from a hill above the port. Putin's Russia in biggest Arctic military push since Soviet fall 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z In a few years we'll look back at today and say 'how do we in society let so many old and vulnerable people got conned and abused in these sort of ways?'. Trading Standards teams 'struggling to visit' scam victims - BBC News 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z But when it comes to conning, they all agree it’s a fun space to play in — and a relatable one to some degree. Why 'Sneaky Pete' co-creator Bryan Cranston and star Giovanni Ribisi can relate to the con 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The question now is whether the millions of people who voted for Trump because they thought Clinton was corrupt and believed he would clean things up will realize that they were conned by a charlatan. Donald Trump’s glorious victory for anti-intellectualism: “Drain the swamp” just meant the eggheads 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Some expressed sympathy with those who are conned, and others voiced anger at the criminals and a system that seems to do little to protect the vulnerable. ‘I Thought I Was Impervious to Scams’: Readers Denounce India’s Phone Swindlers 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Llach strongly discourages consumers from going rogue and trying to sell or buy one for themselves online as there’s no way to tell if you are being conned. What to do with unwanted gift cards 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z But the financial reform campaigner, Alexis Goldstein, says Mr Trump "conned voters" and his rhetoric pledging to break with the political elite was "complete and total garbage". The year in business: A review of 2016 - BBC News 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z From respect for and aspirations toward Enlightenment principles to the conning posture that facts are superfluous as he surrounds himself with a crew of pantomime villains that would be laughable if they weren’t so terrifying. Obama's legacy: Lorrie Moore, Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson and others look back 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z And you know you’re being conned as it’s happening and yet people are still drawn to it. Jeffrey Donovan on his new show 'Shut Eye' and working with Isabella Rossellini 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Trump conned them, every single one of them. Carrier Workers for Trump 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Trump has conned these leaders with what they want to hear. ‘It Really Does Get Into Your Head.’ The Election, Through the Eyes of Teenage Girls. 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The country got conned by a profound ideological shift, starting in the early 1970s as hardcore free-market, anti-government advocates launched a concerted effort to change the political landscape. The Big Con: what is really at stake on election day 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Hundreds of vulnerable jobseekers may have been conned out of money as part of a recruitment scam, a BBC investigation has uncovered. ‘Hundreds’ of jobseekers victims of 'recruitment scam' - BBC News 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z This is all about imagined slights and injustices in a fictional - non-existent - imagined America that Trump has conned his followers into believing only 'he can fix.' Google Searches for Voter Registration Have Surged in Hispanic Areas 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Our guess is that Mrs. Clinton was conning the bankers whom she knew she would need for campaign checks in addition to those sweet $200,000 speaking fees. Hillary Clinton Loves Bankers (Wink) 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z They pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud at the city's crown court after conning 15 people, aged 50 to 97. Bogus Cardiff builders jailed for £71k elderly people con - BBC News 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z That got me thinking about the many ways today’s veterans are used, conned and exploited by big gamers right here at home. Veterans are losing the war at home: Making America pain-free for plutocrats, Big Pharma 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The name is ostensibly a reference to the famous fairytale "The Emperor’s New Clothes," in which a narcissistic emperor gets conned into strolling amongst his people in the nude. 11 nauseating photos of NYC’s naked Trump statue 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z If you've been conned already, you may now be on other crooks' radars. 3 Ways Scammers Find You 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Trump is conning his supporters into thinking that he will do the things he says, while full well knowing he won't. Trump's Empty Hope and Change 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z You know full well how out of control and unbalanced he is; you just wish he’d do a better job of conning voters into thinking he can be trusted with the nuclear codes. Trump will leave a lasting stain on Republicans 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Anyone who says otherwise, he added in his bleak convention speech last month, is conning them. Trump in the dumps 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z She said a local racecar driver conned her into a fake marriage and battered her. Chris Sizemore, whose many personalities were the real ‘Three Faces of Eve,’ dies at 89 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Burr essentially conned Hamilton into backing his plan for a public waterworks, and then changed the wording in the Manhattan Company’s charter to make it a front for a New York public bank. Hamilton, Burr and the Great Waterworks Ruse 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Clearly American's are being conned but the media is complicit in the con, there are some exceptions, but he knows the importance of ratings, and clicks to the livelihoods of the media. And Then There Was Trump 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z He’s conned them, he’s defrauded them, and he’s ripped them off. Read Elizabeth Warren's Anti-Trump Speech at the Convention 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Photographs of the submarine taken in the aftermath showed dents to the conning tower. U.K. Nuclear Hunter-Killer Submarine Damaged in Collision 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Aspects of the submarine that are similar to the American Virginia class SSN include its conned tower and flared base. China’s nuclear attack submarine revealed: Communist nation allows glimpse of secretive platform 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z If Remain wins on June 23rd, Brexiteers will tell voters they were conned. The Nigel Farage Show 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Children can help prevent parents from being conned in the first place by educating them about possible scams, Ms. Shier says. When an Elderly Parent Has Been Scammed 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Social media sites now account for nearly half of all ticket scams and they need to do more to help prevent people being conned paying for tickets on their sites. Euro 2016: Fans warned over illegal tickets - BBC News 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z "But there is maybe a little bit of overfill at the moment. "I felt I was conned in the first place when I voted to go in, because I thought it was about free trade. Views of EU from the world's longest pleasure pier - BBC News 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But Ryan and the rest of the House GOP leadership are ready and willing to let themselves be conned by Donald Trump. The Republicans want to be conned: Paul Ryan and the GOP are letting themselves be duped by Trump 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z You are being conned on a scale not seen since the Democrats of 2008. Donald Trump is selling a bill of goods; here's how you can really make America great 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Kennard says she repeatedly told her father she thought he was being conned and not to send the woman money. When an Elderly Parent Has Been Scammed 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z You beat me and everybody else and I just really believe that the Republican Party has been conned here and this guy is not a reliable conservative Republican. Read Lindsey Graham's Interview Saying He Won't Vote Trump 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Anyone who gets conned is in on the con at an unconscious level, or so psychologists and David Mamet characters say. After Trump, the deluge: Does the GOP catastrophe hold the seeds of renewal? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Americans are being conned into believing that U.S. corporations are hampered by outsize tax rates that undermine their competitiveness. When it comes to taxes, there’s never been a better time to be a U.S. multinational 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z China’s Public Security Ministry says some $1.5 billion is lost annually to scammers posing as police, government officials, banks or insurance firms, and conning ordinary Chinese out of large sums of money. Law and Order at Heart of China-Taiwan Deportation Dispute 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z More than 5,000 people were conned into sending planned payments to different bank accounts last year. Virtual burglary: 'I fell for it and I paid' - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Watching Spall, I was reminded that I was recently twice conned by a man at the door seeking money first for a sponsored walk and then for a substitute latch-key. Timothy Spall makes 'gamely' Caretaker stage return - BBC News 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Men, women and children are commonly conned into believing they are heading to other countries for well-paid jobs or, in some cases, husbands. Celebrity-backed efforts to fight human trafficking in Southeast Asia tainted by corruption 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Westlands’ penchant for conning investors normally wouldn’t affect Bay Area residents. California Editorial Roundup 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z It is more than 4 feet tall at the conning tower. Students build 30-foot submarine installation 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z "One of the things that teenagers and preteens are fascinated by is being conned or being manipulated," he says. Donald Trump and the 'X-rated' election - BBC News 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Rubio called Trump U. “a scam” and said that Trump was “trying to con people into giving them their vote just like he conned these people.” Donald Trump and an Even Cruder G.O.P. Debate 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z “He’s trying to con people into giving him their vote just as he conned those people,” Rubio said. Rivals Reluctantly Vow to Back Trump if He's Nominated 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z “He’s trying to con people into giving him their vote, just like he conned these people into giving him their money,” Mr. Rubio said. What You Missed in the Debate 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z A second Iowa ad recounted Mr. Trump’s past calls for higher taxes, government-run health care and the Wall Street bailout, and argued that he is conning voters. An Airwaves Strategy to Beat Trump 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z And all these good folks prey on people with strong values who don't see or can't believe they are being conned. Behind Ted Cruz’s Campaign Manager, Scorched Earth and Election Victories 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Often, said Prof Whitty, people who are conned get put on a "suckers list" that is passed around or sold online so other gangs can go after the same person. Date site users regularly scammed - BBC News 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z "After being on the seabed for over a century, the submarine appears to be in a remarkable condition with the conning tower present and the bows partially buried," Mr Dunkley said. Lost WW1 German U-boat wreck found off Norfolk coast - BBC News 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z We are all most likely to be conned when we’re emotionally vulnerable and lonely. The Art of the Con: Maria Konnikova on scams, grifters and being easily duped 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Mata successfully conned the Sheffield defence into expecting a cross from a free-kick from a wide position then rolled the ball backwards for Blind to shoot from the edge of the area. Wayne Rooney saves Manchester United’s blushes against Sheffield United 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Two men who conned a woman out of £1.6m by using a fictional character to contact her on a dating website have been jailed. Dating website fraudsters jailed over £1.6m scam - BBC News 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Oh, it’s a guy who got conned into being a bigot. Henry Rollins: 'Morrissey is no longer on my kill list' 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors are charging him with conning wealthy investors. Robert Reich: Martin Shkreli is just a product of American capitalism 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The majority of people, she reminded herself, still don’t get conned. The Art of the Con: Maria Konnikova on scams, grifters and being easily duped 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The FBI says he conned women he met on Match.com and Christianmingle.com into wiring him more than $980,000 by posing as an Australian businessman and others. Man guilty in Web dating scam; also ran Pharrell show scheme 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The plaintiffs allege that they were badly advised by the lawyers, who they say conned them into signing away their rights. Chile miners sue lawyer for fraud over underground ordeal - BBC News 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Some customers are also increasingly falling victim to so-called romance scams, where the victim is befriended online and then conned into handing over money. Most scam victims recover nothing, says RBS - BBC News 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Chiteisri Devi, who is 28 and from India, was recently conned by someone posting in a Facebook group for students looking for housing in London. Overseas students targeted by fake landlords - BBC News 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Wired Magazine published an interview this week in which the purported hacker described how he and two associates conned telecommunications company Verizon into giving them information which enabled them to hack into Brennan's AOL account. FBI, Secret Service probe hack of CIA chief's private emails 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z He conned his target, trafficker Ross Ulbricht, as well as the agency that he worked for. DEA agent gets prison time for stealing bitcoins during Silk Road probe 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z But, in “Return To The Little Kingdom,” he says Steve Jobs “conned” him into taking the job. These Were Apple's First 10 Employees 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Even when the boat surfaces or pulls into port, only the few crew members on the bridge, the tiny observation area atop the conning tower, see the sun. Aboard a U.S. nuclear sub, a cat-and-mouse game with phantom foes 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The Hunley was much like a modern submarine, with a sleek, cigar-shape hull, diving fins to help it submerge and surface, and two stubby conning towers. Cleaned of encrustations, the H.L. Hunley becomes a real submarine 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In the case of an older and smaller sub like HMS Alliance, the area containing the conning tower and periscopes is the area of a decent-sized garden shed. What can a submariner teach you about living in cramped spaces? - BBC News 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z “I would have pulled it because I didn’t want to hear people say, ‘Oh, look at the big Indian writer conned by the white guy.’ New anthology includes poem by white man using Chinese name 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Oh, yeah, this week I was also swamped by fine print, strung along by a potential buyer willing to pay $100 more, and nearly conned by a Nigerian scammer named “Stanley.” The Best Way to Sell Your Old iPhone (to Pay for That New One) 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z How do sheep usually go about conning someone into giving them free haircuts? This sheep is my Patronus 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z He conned his neighbour out of £40,000 but was caught by police on shopping trips and holidays. Swansea couple admit lies over husband's fake coma - BBC News 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z My youthful ignorance that conned me into believing I was exempt from life-altering consequences died swiftly when saw evidence of his life. How an Unplanned Pregnancy Ended Up Being the Right Choice for Me 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z A former financial adviser and a retired professional race car driver were convicted Thursday of conning millions of dollars from investors, from Long Island businessmen and police officers to Olympics and National Hockey League stars. Financial Adviser and Race Car Driver Convicted of Conning Millions from Investors 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z And as for Ms. Mitchell, Ms. Coleman said, the inmates conned her into working with them and then used another car to escape. In Absence of Sightings, Theories Abound on Escapees’ Whereabouts 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z They filed a false tax return in order to claim a tax refund and had conned the IRS into paying that "refund" into a bank account that Mr Kasper did not recognise. Criminals access 100,000 IRS tax returns - BBC News 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z We get several episodes of Oliver’s transformation, and even if he’s conning Ra’s during this time, we start to believe it because he goes back to being a killer. 'Arrow' Season 3, Episode 21 Review: Bride Of The Demon 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Berry hadn't been conned but, unusually for the music industry, the decision went the songwriter's way, and he died a rich man in 1997. Smashed Hits: Louie Louie - BBC News 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z We’re not being hoodwinked here: Obama has been confronted with skepticism and hostility by Republicans in Congress who say that he’s being conned by Iran. How the US and Iran are selling the nuclear deal at home 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z "I’d let my worry about elderly people getting conned override his dignity." Are You a Helicopter Child? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It is alleged the men were involved in conning elderly people into paying tens of thousands of dollars for poor work. 26 Irish held over Australia 'scam' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z A Dec. 18 commercial satellite image shows a submarine docked at Sinpo with a large rectangular opening in its conning tower - the raised turret that juts vertically from the main body of the submarine. US group: NKorean sub equipped to fire missiles 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Visitors conned by the scammers arrive in Hawaii and find the unit occupied by its actual renter or owner, McCarthy said. Fake room rentals take toll on Hawaii tourists 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Behind this Keystone Cops farce was something deadly serious: Writers from some of the most reputable institutions in America were being conned into propagandizing for torture. Thomas Frank: The New Republic, the torture report, and the TED talks geniuses who gutted journalism 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Authorities say in the 1990s, Eberhart and others conned investors who thought their money would be used to create an entertainment website called YES. Ex-Californian gets 10 years for $13M fraud 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z A video was played portraying the moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, and his negotiators as gullible and conned by the United States. Beyond Iran Nuclear Talks, Real Hurdles May Be in Tehran 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z What we don't want is people buying the game, thinking that it's an MMO and then feeling conned. Why goats are the future of gaming 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z At the root of the current enthusiasm for paywalls is a fundamental non-sequitur—the idea that an entire industry of hard-nosed, profit seeking businesses somehow got conned into giving away their product for free. Why It Doesn't Matter If Consumers Are Willing To Pay For Content 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z He’s seen many cases in which scammers conned their victims into writing checks to them on their home equity lines of credit. Northwestern MutualVoice: 4 Warning Signs Of Elder Financial Abuse 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z A church trustee who conned congregation members out of more than £5m has been jailed for six years. Church trustee jailed for £5m fraud 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z A 90-year-old woman was conned into buying two watches worth nearly £50,000 in London by a man claiming to be a police officer. Woman, 90, conned over £50k watches 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Most of the stories feature hustlers who conned gullible White House, Pentagon and intelligence officials into backing multi-million dollar counterterrorism scams. Hustlers, Con Men & Dupes Cashing in on the War on Terror Four men have been jailed for conning 12 women out of nearly £250,000 as part of an "elaborate" dating website scam. Four men jailed for dating site scam 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z But when the caller told her she needed to load $150 in cash onto a prepaid debit card, she realized she was being conned. Getting back at the scammers Weinstein was sentenced in February to 22 years in prison for running a real estate fraud scheme that conned $200 million from investors. More guilty pleas for man involved in $200M fraud 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z He doubts that roundabout of con and conned will ever end. How to make cyber scams go pop 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z This was and is a case of both parties conning the American public. Reply to Brad Delong: On the Fiscal Gap and Civil Discourse 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Maureen McDonnell's attorney said in opening statements that the first lady developed a "crush" on Williams and was conned into believing he cared for her. Star witness testifying in ex-Va. governor trial 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Mills does ask Lee, obliquely, whether Kansans Herb and Bonnie Clutter weren’t conned out of their privacy: “You were practicing journalism doing that research, wouldn’t you say?” Harper Lee and her lost privacy: Is silence still an option? If she bows out, we may feel as if we’d been conned into taking part in the biggest book tour of all time. LeBron James and Hillary Clinton: The Deciders 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The story goes that the chief executive was conned into donating the wire based on a story he heard waiting in line for coffee. Seattle City Light's PR campaign is working 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z But who is really conning whom, was it a Trojan Horse or a Trojan Hoax? Was there a Trojan Horse or Hoax? 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Mark Cuban, who made his billions conning Yahoo into buying the streaming sports startup Broadcast.com, owns the Dallas Mavericks. Why Bill Gates must buy the Lakers 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z And when she feels conned by Roy, she can find a reason to kill him. The Good, the Bad and the Mommy: Five Great Movie Mothers, and the Five Worst 2014-05-11T13:00:31Z In 2008, he conned a woman with bronchitis into believing he was a doctor, the police said, pretending to examine her before rendering his diagnosis: walking pneumonia. Crime Scene: A Long and Questionable Record in Sales 2014-05-02T19:43:59Z Something about him — the baby blues, the slightly weak chin, the aw-shucks manner, at once aggressive and self-effacing — makes him hard to resist, even when you know you’re being conned. Movie Review: Kevin Costner Plays Manager of the Browns in ‘Draft Day’ 2014-04-10T22:08:45Z "Is it fair to say that you got pretty good at conning people?" Former Madoff aides get their day in court 2014-02-10T11:05:02Z So, he was asked, given that he had questioned the Conservatives' motives, extremism and monumental mistakes, was he conned by them in 2010? Nick Clegg's war of words with coalition partners 2014-01-09T12:48:11Z He told Francis: "You even conned members of your own family. Your illness was a complete myth." Brain tumour fraudster sentenced 2013-12-20T18:35:45Z “No one likes to be conned or cheated.” William Koch, on Counterfeit Wine Crusade, Testifies Against Rudy Kurniawan 2013-12-14T01:40:38Z "You knew you were about to go off on a real sneaky, though," says Nobby, "because someone would paint out the numbers on the conning tower." Life on a British Cold War submarine 2013-12-12T01:43:53Z "Is it fair to say that you got pretty good at conning people?" he asked. Five years later, aide recalls Madoff's arrest on witness stand 2013-12-11T23:06:15Z Some lost their houses, and I spent time with them and looked at what they had been conned into accepting—they didn’t understand what they were signing on for. Hank Paulson: This Is What It Was Like to Face the Financial Crisis 2013-09-12T10:44:39Z "You too have been conned," I told him and burst into laughter. Letter from Africa: Playing the ethnic card 2013-08-20T12:10:45Z “I got conned, got cheated,” Mr. Koch said. William Koch, on Counterfeit Wine Crusade, Testifies Against Rudy Kurniawan 2013-12-14T01:40:38Z The suspects include a French former convict with a restaurant in Casablanca called Key West and a wealthy Geneva real estate investor who insists that he was conned into hiding a paper sack of gems. Belgian Diamond Theft, Filled With Cinematic Thrills, Also Has a Blooper Reel 2013-06-15T23:53:28Z An overwhelming majority of cities consider it stepping up, when they are often being conned. Maloofs' cunning backup plan puts NBA in no-win situation 2013-05-14T01:02:03Z And don't be conned by your own energy supplier saying they will look after you. British Gas customers whose 'special' tariff cost £800 more 2013-05-04T06:01:00Z “You wouldn’t want to live in a world where you couldn’t be conned,” he said. | Ricky Jay: Straight Talk From a Professor of Flimflam (but Don’t Ask His Age) 2013-04-22T00:47:12Z At the heart of the problem is the persistent myth that, before the Web, consumers were paying for media and publishers somehow got conned into giving their products away for free online. Print Media's Digital Malpractice 2013-03-02T12:54:03Z Sadly, however, the conmen who convinced their clients to risk their money proved equally adept at conning the Treasury into helping them avoid the consequences of their own irresponsibility. What's the difference between an angel and a fairy? 2013-02-27T16:00:01Z But so has anyone who was conned into believing the misattribution, and so missed the chance to discover more works by the real artist. Internet copyright law has to have public support if it's going to work 2013-01-31T18:03:11Z But knowing how companies tend to behave, what will happen is that the boilers will be overpriced, with buyers conned that because it's a "Green Deal" giveaway, it's top value. The Green Deal must be a good deal 2013-01-26T07:01:19Z Do some victims, consciously or not, practically beg to be conned? | Ricky Jay: Straight Talk From a Professor of Flimflam (but Don’t Ask His Age) 2013-04-22T00:47:12Z I asked the supermarket how it could justify the promotion, and if it felt that shoppers who bought at "half price" might feel a little conned. Sainsbury's gets fingers burnt by half-price deal exposé 2013-01-19T07:01:27Z His first national exposure was in 1973 when he played a crooked cop who gets conned by Robert Redford in The Sting. US actor Charles Durning dies 2012-12-27T10:16:51Z To keep up the illusion Levene provided investors with false "profits", conning them into believing he was a successful trader. City trader Nicholas Levene gets 13-year sentence for £32m Ponzi scam 2012-11-05T20:38:04Z In March, 2009 the submarine Hartford suffered severe damage to its conning tower after colliding with the amphibious transport ship New Orleans in the Strait of Hormuz. Navy Nuclear Sub and Cruiser Collide Off East Coast 2012-10-15T01:44:48Z Indy clung to the gunwale until it resurfaced, rode in the conning tower and leapt off when the crew disembarked. A grown-up viewing of Indiana Jones 2012-10-04T22:29:10Z Some put their life's savings into preference shares – and courts are dealing with thousands of cases where banks are accused of conning them into buying the shares. Spanish banks stress test reveals €59bn black hole 2012-09-28T18:19:30Z "The video itself was made by a director who conned some of the actors," he said. Muslims in parliament film demo 2012-09-21T15:57:08Z Sixteen charges related to conning three women, the 17th charge related to the Daily Telegraph for writing his column and the final charge was using false police and military identity cards and uniforms. Fake 'riot police officer' jailed 2012-09-07T20:19:45Z James Joseph Warren, of Carshalton, Surrey, conned fans of teams such as Manchester United with fake football memorabilia by altering real tickets. Jail over fake old FA Cup tickets 2012-09-04T17:32:18Z He’s not the lout who hits his wife; he’s not the jerk who’s conned into committing a crime. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Carousel’ at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. 2012-08-26T03:30:04Z What, I asked him, can an investor do to avoid being conned by the next Samuel Israel? DealBook Column: A Con Man Who Lives Between Truth And Fiction 2012-06-26T01:23:44Z More questions on Naval warfare: Why do submarines of today need conning towers? Why Don't World Navies Use Unmanned Submersibles In Place Of Manned Submarines? 2012-06-13T22:31:41Z Intelligent people are unlikely to be conned or placated by shallow response to stimulus such as this, gravity dictates, few exceptions exist. The Mathematician's Obesity Fallacy 2012-05-16T18:15:43.583Z You might think Minnesotans are just rubes who got conned into spending nearly a billion dollars on stadiums, but they're hardly alone. Column: Vikings get sweetheart stadium deal 2012-05-12T22:11:09Z He vanished behind the wreckage of the conning tower, leaving Sefton to survey the scene. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z You’d imagine that people conned in this way, losing sometimes staggering sums, would be eager to report the crimes and spread the word. The New Old Age Blog: Prime Targets for Scam Artists 2012-04-20T17:16:55Z Once he conned an ex-girlfriend into driving him to California, but outside of Camden he started having convulsions and she called you in a panic. Junot Díaz: “Miss Lora.” 2012-04-16T04:00:00Z I simply sat still and stared; and by degrees I observed, I conned. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z By conning with careful attentiveness—and, of course, absorbing—the purely material matter of a piece: the notes, pauses, time values, dynamic indications, etc. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Her heart sank a little when she turned to that, and conned the note again and marked the hour. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The well-worn Swiss map was conned over once more, and a new route, leading over yet untrodden passes, was set down in the Autumnal programme. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z I smacked my lips over it, and hugged myself, and felt my eyes dilate in the darkness, as I conned it. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z A composition is, as we know, not thoroughly conned by rote, until one attaches no meaning to the words. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z "Lady Linacre will come, no doubt," Mrs. Burton Smith had said one day at breakfast, conning a list she held in her hand; "and Mr. May." Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z As she conned it, she said that she had shopped in Macy's for years, and nowhere else. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z He gave himself up to the most diversified pursuits, now conning his literary treasures, and now frolicking in sailor jacket and trowsers, with the young men of the country. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Perhaps a somewhat funny tale of a future con being conned by a con artist, who may also become a future con. Spoiler Alert! Con Artist Pleads Guilty To Trying To Fix Federal Prison Sentence 2012-02-08T14:33:43Z While at that work the submarine came to the surface quite close and made a complete circle round us, the seven men which we counted on the conning tower laughing at our efforts. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z At last I conned over a sentence in my mind, and repeated it and repeated it, silently, until I was sure that I could utter it without a trip. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Kelly recalled the tones of his voice, conned them over in his mind, and was not a penny the wiser. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z They had conned them in their minds so frequently that they naturally wrote their own effusions in the same simple and touching style. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z "Here is bad news," said she, and she conned the words over again, and could nowhere pick out the familiar characteristics of Ralph Warriner's handwriting. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z “Any sort of stick will do for the bent bow which is attached to the drill and works it; that’s what our book says,” he murmured, as if conning over a lesson. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z He had been conning over phrases on his way, and thought that a pretty one. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z There was a buzz of voices as each individual conned aloud the portion he had prepared. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z One fine afternoon 'Inquisitive' was seated in a low chair by his mother's side, conning his lesson. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z How often has he conned those volumes of Hansard, and these of McCullough! Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z "Hard a starboard!" said Mr. Somers, now the officer of the deck, to the quartermaster, who was conning the wheel. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z Admirably manoeuvred and conned by the Old Man, the West Barbican drew near the tanker's boat. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z I conned old times; I sat studying at the feet of the great Masters, Now, if eligible, O that the great Masters might return and study me! Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z I sometimes think it is almost a sin for us young men who are preparing for the ministry, to stay here conning over dull lessons in mathematics, Latin and Greek. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z The best submarines can travel at the surface like an ordinary boat, or "awash"—that is, just below the surface—with only the conning tower projecting above the water, or they can travel completely submerged. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z But I see you have been busy ‘conning’ that volume of camp recipes. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z As we sat at breakfast, therefore, Billy and I conned over their names, passing judgment on them, as it were. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z So, looking back, it is hard to know who may have conned whom.Mr. The Guggenheim Connection: Fame, Riches and a Masquerade 2011-09-17T18:21:02Z This is some malicious Spirit, that will not let me alone at my Study; but I'll go in, and conn my Book. The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce 2011-09-15T02:00:12.030Z One day he laid down the manual which he was conning with a sigh. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The farmer conned his lesson carefully, and, on the appointed day, proceeded to a plot of furze to await the arrival of the procession. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z The aiming and firing of the guns is done entirely from the conning tower, the duties of the gun crews being merely to load the guns. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z Did any of them believe that chance or Fate stood near the helm and conned the ship? Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Many an anxious mind, after conning the preceding chapters, has yearned after further knowledge touching the things therein hinted at. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z |
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