Hipster Grifter Guilty of Conning Fellow Hipsters

It would be impossible to sum up the Observer's story on 22-year-old grifter Kari Ferrell, who recently conned her way into many New Yorker's hearts, beds and wallets. She even landed a job at Vice magazine—who are currently looking for a new administrative assistant, by the way. The young Miss Ferrell somehow managed to convince everyone, at least for a short period of time, that (amongst other things) she had lung cancer, was pregnant, worked for Coachella promoters GoldenVoice, and that she would, like, totally pay them back. Eventually they were all smart enough to Google her (hey amateurs, rule #1 in grifting: always change your name).

Amongst her notable traits, she has a tattoo on her back that reads "I Love Beards" and enjoys passing notes to strangers at the bar reading, “I want to give you a hand job with my mouth," signing them "Korean Abdul-Jabbar.” Amazing, right? Even more amazing is that our very own Billy Parker was living right below her when she was sleeping with this Joe fellow in Greenpoint. She even offered to give "a good friend" of his a blowjob in the Turkey's Nest bathroom, passed a similar napkin note to a friend at Enid's and managed to convince him that she likes the NBA!

The article concludes that "the Salt Lake City Police Department remains very, very interested in finding Ms. Ferrell" (here's their video on her). We have it on very good authority that she is still in town, and was at the Alligator Lounge on Metropolitan this past Friday night. Cannot wait until this Law & Order episode comes out.

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By Jen Carlson in News on April 15, 2009 1:39 PM

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bitchyme

Looks like a biter to me.

mdow

This "Bobby" fellow sounds very, very bright: "I thought it was really strange that if she was dying of lung cancer, she’d be smoking pot.”

Um, yeah.

palndrom23

Yet another A+ entry from Jen Carlson. Was it drafted in crayon first?

ilovejapgirls

she's scary, who would want a bj from her? or is it him?

Keith Hopkin

The title of this story should be "Why people decide to get dumb tattoos"

grandeur

I figured out the holes in this post. It was written by jen carlson. Her boyfriend probably got grifted, or a bj.

Rocknrope

She's ugly as sin, but whities will bang any asian chick with a pulse.

AnnaZed

Actually, this is just the logical progression of the hipster ethos: scamming, slacking, posing; the chick's just the uber version.

fmonar

You forgot becoming a "journalist."

Gothamist_Cynic

She looks like a chubby Bai Ling.

phatbenetar

Hipster Gripster... I suppose that makes her a "GRIPSTER?!"

Ha Ha

weatherman2012

you killed your punchline

S.D.

Yep, she has issues and this snarky post, IMO, is right out of Junior High School.

"We have it on very good authority that she is still in town"??

This seem more like a TMZ hit piece than anything else...

felixthecat2

She is unattractive, who would pay her for BJs? I give her money if I felt sorry for her.

jaycjay

"who would pay her for BJs?"

No one has said that ever happened.

felixthecat2

She must be giving something up for money.

nykimchi

One thing that I do think is missing from both the Gothamist post as well as the Observer article is an explanation from her male vics as to why they let her grift go on as long as they let it. Someone says they have cancer but the ER didn't find any trace of any tumor??? UH...HELLO?

Also, there is something unsettling about the Observer injecting so many details about the lurid aspects of her various grifts. I wonder if the editors would have decided to do print the same article had the element of "yellow fever" not been a factor in how she was able to sucker so many clearly non-Asian males.

babyhitler

this bitch is dumb. she didn't even steal that much money. She actually lost money if you asked me. She could have just blew truckers for more money if she wanted to instead of having sex with whiny hipsters.

NannyState

Her "Lot Lizard" days were probably what led to this anyway. Truckers eat too much food and watch too much TV to bother with whores anymore.