South Florida resident. I've come to realize that non-SoFla Floridians call Miami "Scamy Miami" for a reason. Before moving here, I had zero clue. Yeah, money laundering through real estate development was pretty known to me - because this is where the Latin American elite park their stolen gains, and that's been a thing for decades...but I was not prepared for what I've since discovered.

The amount of fraud here is staggering. I've seen a number of "businesses" that range from questionable to highly suspect to outright blatant fraud in a number of different industries, mainly in real estate - but they all pale in comparison to the amount of straight-up scams that exist in the medical world that all seem to originate here.

It's not limited by demographic either. I've seen people of all shapes, sizes, creeds, etc... in on this game, and they're all damn proud to be playing it. You see it in their luxury condos & homes, and their fancy cars that they get tricked out. You see it in their high-end clothes, their frequent dining out, and everything in-between.

Fraud is the name of the game. Yet when you ask people what they do, you get a runaround, vague, BS filled answer. The lack of ethical or honest people around here is stunning.

I'd leave but as a NY'er, the weather is just unbeatable.