NationStates Jolt Archive

A woman conned her friends, neighbors and relatives into believing that she worked for the CIA, Sattelites can diagnose illness, and for a fee the CIA would administer medicine to them while they slept. She ended up bilking them out of about 1 million dollars with this crazy story. Now why can't all the homeless lunatics wearing tinfoil hats to protect against CIA mind beams pull off similar scams?

http://www.wftv.com/news/10812417/detail.html

People will believe anything!

*takes notes*

i wonder if they would like to buy an upgrade to that system?

I have trouble with generating pity for people that will believe this.

Wow, I wish I'd thought of something that awesome.

I just can't comprehend how anyone could fall for that.

. Now why can't all the homeless lunatics wearing tinfoil hats to protect against CIA mind beams pull off similar scams?

http://www.wftv.com/news/10812417/detail.html


Google 'Irwin Schiff'

GENIUS! Absolutely fucking GENIUS! This woman clearly understands the phrase "A fool and his money are soon parted."

Bravo I say to her! :D

*take notes*

I'm getting an idea for a motivational poster here; (first line, larger font) The CIA (second line, smaller font) They're just not as cool as Tom Clancy and Metal Gear Solid 3 make them out to be.

how do you "KNOW" it was a con?

well ok, considering the kind of regemes we have, doing anything for poeple, and for a price mere mortals can afford at all, does sound a bit suspicious.

but like the song says:

"... the walls have ears and the cealing has eyes and the pillow is an agent in disguise, oh how can i tell you that i love you dear, when you know that the walls have ears ..."

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A woman conned her friends, neighbors and relatives into believing that she worked for the CIA, Sattelites can diagnose illness, and for a fee the CIA would administer medicine to them while they slept. She ended up bilking them out of about 1 million dollars with this crazy story. Now why can't all the homeless lunatics wearing tinfoil hats to protect against CIA mind beams pull off similar scams?

http://www.wftv.com/news/10812417/detail.html
Because the homeless' main friend is the bottle.
Tinfoil hats don't convince the general public of their actual ability as sattelite dishes like they should.

The poor also have another scam, it's called Social welfare, the idea is they get money for doing nothing whilst others work.

Twenty years for making people look stupid? When they ARE?

Wouldn't it make more sense to ask her to pay it all back? Wouldn't she, the suckers and the taxpayer ALL be better off for that? And she can't earn much in prison.

Set her free! :bangs gavel:

This woman should be put into the CIA. If she can fool people that easily, I'm sure the government could put her to work.