more research

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/11/30/con-women-fined-for-pyramid-selling-scheme/
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/BO142399/
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/BO142377/
http://www.echinacities.com/china-media/female-con-artist-swindles-money-marriage-from-tsinghua.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_confidence_tricks
http://www.metafilter.com/103227/The-Long-Con


http://gawker.com/263633/stanford-student-outed-as-imposter
http://sfist.com/2007/05/24/faux_cardinal.php
http://www.answers.com/topic/james-hogue
google her by name