In the 1820s, many Europeans saw the value of investing in the exploration and exploitation of the New World. Governments were being organized up and down the map, and natural resources were there for the taking. People...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/31/The-Principality-of-Poyais/
Image: Solomon Chaim/Wikimedia... ...called a skyscraper? The whole thing began with a scam . In 1919, oil man and engineer J.D. McMaho...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/11/The-Worlds-Littlest-Skyscraper/
You've gotten the emails before,... ...count. But given the notoriety of Nigerian scammers , why do they continue to say that they'... ...bells to just about everyone, so why do scammers continue to use such outlandish stori... ...r advance fee fraud? Herley...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/20/why-nigerian-scammers-say-theyre-from-nigeria/(Video Link) Remember the scammers who reversed their car into another? A similar th...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/13/insurance-scam-caught-on-a-dashboard-camera/(YouTube link) It's especially good when someth... ...cially good when something like this happens. The scam artists in the BMW backed up and caused the "acci...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/20/its-good-to-have-a-dashboard-camera/
Just like eating fifty cent tacos, sometimes paying less for something isn’t always a good idea. Such is the lesson that some folks have learned buying bargain priced 500GB hard drives from China that turn out not to...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/01/chinese-magical-hard-drive/
This bizarre scam is made even more hideous because it tugs on a Go... ...an's sense of humanity. Behold, the drowning baby scam :She pointed to the nearby lake where Mr White saw...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/02/the-drowning-baby-scam/
The 18th century's most notorious impostor. George Psalmanzar, was born in the south of France. He wrote a book in Latin called An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa, an Island subject to the Emperor of J...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/19/the-famous-formosan-the-man-who-invented-a-nation/
Morris Cerullo in a poster advertising for his "Mission to London" (Photo: LoopZilla)Loan modification and debt cancellation are hot businesses right now. So hot that God himself apparently decided to get in on...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/28/gods-debt-cancellation-plan/
Tired of getting those "Your car warranty is about to expire" robo-call? I get those several times a week, even though I'm on the do not call list.Well, thanks to some clever people over at reddit (oh, how I lo...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/your-car-warranty-is-about-to-expire-spammer-identified/
