Woman Who Played Bride in “Fake Wedding” Shocked to Learn She Got Married for Real
An Australian woman asked to have her marriage annulled in Court, claiming that she was tricked into it by her husband who told her that it was just a stunt to boost his Instagram following. The woman, whose name has not been revealed by the Court, told the presiding judge that she met her husband […]
Family Scams Restaurants by Placing Cockroaches on Their Own Plates
A Mexican family has been outed as scammers after being caught on video placing cockroaches on their plates at a restaurant just so they can then complain and leave without paying the bill. The Puerto Chale restaurant in Guadalajara, Mexico, recently took to social media to shame a family of scammers who had threatened to […]
Woman Deceives and Defrauds Friend for 12 Years by Posing as Her Online Boyfriend
A Chinese woman has been arrested for allegedly pretending to be a man on social media and tricking her own friend into falling in love with her and sending her money. Shanghai police recently announced that it had cracked one of the most bizarre online romance scams ever. The victim, a middle-aged woman, had been […]
Newspaper Seller Develops Algorithm to Figure Out Credit Card Security Codes
A middle-aged newspaper salesman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was recently arrested for “hacking” dozens of credit cards and using them to make small purchases. When crime-fighting authorities in Argentina received a complaint about hundreds of unauthorized purchases, they were sure they were dealing with an organized hacking group. However, all leads pointed to the house […]
Florida Family Accused of Selling Dangerous Bleach as Covid-19 Cure
A Florida man and his three sons have been indicted for allegedly selling a dangerous chemical mix called “Miracle Mineral Solution” (MMS) as a cure for Covid-19 and dozens of other serious health conditions. 62-year-old Mark Grenon and his three adult sons, Jonathan, Jordan and Joseph stand accused of marketing and selling tens of thousands […]
Romantic Scammer Dated 20 Women at the Same Time, 3 of Them Living in the Same Building
Chinese media recently reported the story of a scrupulous Lothario who dated dozens of women at the same time, scamming them out of millions of dollars over a period of two years. On March 20th, a woman arrived at a police precinct in Zhengzhou, China’s Henan Province, to file a rather unusual complaint. Apparently, she […]
Dumb People Are Allegedly Paying $350 on an “Anti-5G” USB Stick
If you’re dumb enough to pay hundreds of dollars for a simple USB stick with just 128Mb of storage in hoping that it will protect you from the “devastating effects” of 5G, then you deserve to be scammed. Here at OC we’ve always refrained from judging people for their actions, but we draw the line […]
House Painter Who Didn’t Get Paid Gets Revenge with Angry Message on the Building He Painted
A disgruntled painter and decorator took revenge on the person who allegedly refused to pay him the sum they had a greed on by painting an angry graffiti message on the building he had painted. People passing by the former North Star Club building in Bolsover, England last month were surprised to see a peculiar […]
South African Pastor Brings “Dead” Man Back to Life in Ridiculous Resurrection Stunt
A South African pastor has been making news headlines all over the world for staging a hilariously ridiculous prank in which he appears to bring a dead man back to life in front of a congregation of churchgoers. Pastor Alph Lukau, of the Alleluia Ministries International church, in Kramerville, South Africa, has landed in hot water […]
Insurance Agent Tries to Scam Clients by Posing as Harry Potter’s Lord Voldemort
An insurance agent in Singapore recently got himself arrested after attempting to scam clients by sending them threatening letters signed by “Lord Voldermort”, a misspelling of Lord Voldemort, the main antagonist of the popular Harry Potter books. Ye Lin Myint, a Myanmar national working for the Singapore branch of Prudential Insurance, targeted potential or former clients […]
79-Year-Old Beggar in China Ousted as Wealthy Grandma Who Just Enjoys Begging
A 79-year-old who spent most of her time begging at a train station in Hangzhou, China, was recently ousted as a relatively rich pensioner who lives in a 5-storey villa and owns several retail stores and rental properties in the city. The woman’s story made national news headlines last week, after staff at Hangzhou’s East Railway […]
Woman Allegedly Finds Sanitary Pads in Her Hotpot Two Days in a Row
And the title for the world’s unluckiest diner goes to… A woman in Shenzen, China, who claims to have found sanitary pads in her hotpot, two days in a row, at two separate restaurants. The woman, known only as ‘Ni’ allegedly found the first sanitary pad while enjoying a hotpot at a restaurant chain called Haidilao, […]
Hong Kong Woman Gets Scammed into Marrying Total Stranger
A 21-year-old woman from Hong Kong who though she was undergoing a ‘mock wedding test’ to secure a job as a wedding planner ended up officially married to a total stranger from mainland China. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, told authorities that her ordeal began in May of this year, when she saw […]
Women Pay Over $1,000 for Nine Bottles of “Holy Water” That Could Cure Their Bad Luck
Two Singaporean women recently contacted police after being conned out of $S1,450 ($1,080) by a man who sold them nine small bottles of “holy water” which he claimed could cure their bad luck and solve all their problems. We’ve all heard of cunning snake oil salesmen using their power of persuasion to sell fake cures […]
Guy Buys Limited Edition Yeezy Snickers Online, Receives Cute Plush Slippers
The Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 “Turtle Dove” are some of the most expensive sneakers money can buy, so when one Vietnamese sneakerhead spotted them for sale at a discounted price, he decided it was too good a chance to miss. But you know what they say, ‘if something seems too good to be true, it […]