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On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:23:07 GMT, "George"
<george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:r89iv1tq1n663dk9e6q7kkm5ipdiigcmo9@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:18:36 GMT, in sci.geo.earthquakes, Wally
>> AngleseaT <wanglese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:44:15 -0800, Bob Officer
>>><bobofficers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>><SNIP>
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>>>>>> As you guess, I know people on the bunko-squad. they said when a scam
>>>>>> is uncovered, while con-man is usually not upset. the people that
>>>>>> usually object the most are the marks and rubes who foolishly and
>>>>>> with great folly invested their cash and beliefs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Their are not mad at the Con Artist. they are usually mad at the
>>>>>> police... and make accusations of towards the police of shutting down
>>>>>> an honest businessman; alternate medical practice; or free thinking
>>>>>> spirit. Most refuse to admit their own folly.
>>>>
>>>>>I'd feel sorrow for them if I wasn't so busy laughing at their utter
>>>>>gullibility.
>>>>
>>>>I feel sorry for old couples, often spending there last dollars for
>>>>worthless cures. It always seems to leave the widow dead broke.
>>>
>>>1: The scam artists depend on the needs of the scammed, and prey on
>>>those needs. The immorality of it all doesn't enter into the scammers
>>>mind.
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>> Faith healers; snake oil salesman; Orgon Generators; blood zappers;
>> Cell salts cults; Some <not all> herbal curatives.
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>Add: Crystal healers, magnetic medical bracelets, etc.
Oh, mate the funniest thing I ever saw was a magazine that had an
"expose" on power lines, and how the government was hiding the fact
that the magnetic fields generated from power lines were causing
cancer, and bipolar disorder and other illnesses in children.
Then on the inside back cover, they were selling the therapeutic
benefits of pillows bedsheets and mattresses with magnets in them.
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