Nevada Named Most Deceitful US State in Questionable Report
Posted on: January 29, 2026, 11:17h.
Last updated on: January 29, 2026, 12:34h.
A new report published by The New York Post claims that Nevada is America’s most deceitful state, leading the nation in lying, cheating, and creative paperwork. This is, of course, an indictment of Las Vegas, where more than 70% of Nevada’s 3.27 million residents live.
The tabloid’s story says it relied on data tallying up multiple flavors of modern dishonesty: fraud reports, romance scams, identity theft, fake doctor’s notes, fake IDs, and Google searches for Ashley Madison, the notorious cheating site that refuses to die no matter how many data breaches try to kill it.
“There’s a reason they say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” the Post wrote.
According to the report, other states excelled in individual categories. Florida was No. 1 in fraud, with over 2,100 reports per 100K residents. Arizona led the nation in romance scams, with $53.7 million lost in 2024.
But Nevada took the overall dishonesty cake. According to the Post, 1 in 5 Nevada residents surveyed “admits to frequent fibbing.” (Hmm, do liars tell the truth about lying?)
Worst-Case Scenario
To back up its case, the Post cited a “romance scam on steroids” in which a female Las Vegas resident allegedly lured older men via dating websites, drugged them, and emptied their bank accounts.
In this case, uncovered by the FBI in February 2025, Aurora Phelps, 43, faces life in prison if convicted on bank fraud, ID theft, and one count of kidnapping resulting in death.
However, this case was unrelated to the data compiled for the Post’s report. That data came solely from “researchers at online tarot reading site Tarotoo,” according to the newspaper.
In addition, no such study or survey is mentioned anywhere on Tarotoo.com — or anywhere else on the internet other than in The New York Post story.
Could The New York Post itself have been taken in by a scam?
Nah, impossible. Tarot card reading websites are renowned for their honesty. Except probably the ones based in Nevada.
And Tarotoo.com is based in Ukraine.
Last Comments ( 4 )
That’s not true. We have a very honest and ethical way of doing business here. Just ask my business partners David Berman and Gus Greenbaum. I should also mention that I was always able to trust Frankie Carbo and Eddie Cannizzaro. The two of them wouldn’t harm a hair on my head.
When I dine, go to a cashier or have any interaction with any worker, I usually ask where they are from. I would say 90% proudly say they are from CA, then you have some that try to fake you out and say they are a CA refugee. Remember the CA 3 strikes rule? You get three major arrests you go to prison. That was well before Gavin Newsome where you get as many strikes as you like. Anyway, when the three strikes rule was in place, the rule of thumb was, get two strikes, move to Vegas. Vegas does not attract the best, that’s for sure. Just walk down the strip one day and see all the graft happening. Oh well, my dad always said you can’t fight City Hall. “City Hall” has created this and won’t fix it.
Please provide the statistics to back up your assertion.
Nevada, especially Las Vegas and Reno; most lowlife-low/ low integrity place on the planet, hands down. Followed by Texas, Washington DC, and Florida.