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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 01/22/2007 : 11:56:28
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11497294/
A woman managed to scam a million dollars out of 22 different people with this story...
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She claimed to be a CIA agent who could have satellites scan people's bodies for disease, then have CIA agents administer secret medicines to them while they slept.
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
Edited by - BigPapaSmurf on 01/22/2007 12:53:29
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 01/22/2007 : 12:13:31 [Permalink]
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Replace the CIA with God in the story and you basically have the same scam going on in religion. The only difference is that there is proof the CIA exists. 
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 01/22/2007 : 18:19:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by furshur
Replace the CIA with God in the story and you basically have the same scam going on in religion. The only difference is that there is proof the CIA exists.
If it does exist, the CIA certainly doesn't have all those powers, though. Or they'd know where to target Osama and Al-Zawahiri. If those satellites can heal, it stands to reason they could kill.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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McQ
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 01/22/2007 : 19:39:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
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Originally posted by furshur
Replace the CIA with God in the story and you basically have the same scam going on in religion. The only difference is that there is proof the CIA exists.
If it does exist, the CIA certainly doesn't have all those powers, though. Or they'd know where to target Osama and Al-Zawahiri. If those satellites can heal, it stands to reason they could kill.
Oh, but HalfMooner, the CIA does have powers. Remember that they did all those Remote Viewing experiments? They know where Osama is. They're just acting real casual about it. You know....sort of sneak up on him. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2007 : 20:13:00 [Permalink]
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She scammed "22 neighbors, in-laws and friends". So basically she lied to and fucked over people who loved and trusted her.
I think prison might not be the worst of this person's problems. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2007 : 20:15:41 [Permalink]
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furshur wrote: quote:
Replace the CIA with God in the story and you basically have the same scam going on in religion. The only difference is that there is proof the CIA exists.
Even as a joke, that comparison only works for things like indulgences and televangelists. Most people who contribute money to a religious institution intend and know that is goes toward maintaining the building, paying the staff, and charitable work they agree with. Sort of the same as when I pay my local Humanist group's membership dues. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
Check out my art store: http://www.marfknox.etsy.com
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2007 : 05:41:40 [Permalink]
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Todays Proof, 1/23/07
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=bizarre&id=4921864
Man pays 200$US on ebay for three snowballs for his kids. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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tomk80
SFN Regular
Netherlands
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Posted - 01/23/2007 : 07:06:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
She scammed "22 neighbors, in-laws and friends". So basically she lied to and fucked over people who loved and trusted her.
I think prison might not be the worst of this person's problems.
It's how quite a few scammers work. Become friends with someone, gain their trust and then milk them. |
Tom
`Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, `if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2007 : 09:42:56 [Permalink]
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Speaking of scams....
I heard on NPR that people are calling families in Mexico claiming to be a relavtive in the US illegally (using cold reading to find out the relative's name) and saying that they are coming back home in a little while, then the scammers call back and pretend to be a US Immigration official and say that the relative is in jail and won't be released until money is exchanged... |
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The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2007 : 10:32:15 [Permalink]
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Prosecutors described the victims as “solid, middle-class, educated citizens”
Though I feel bad for their loss it appears that their education is clearly ongoing. |
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Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 08:02:18 [Permalink]
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Todays proof, 5/9/07
From News of the Weird,
The Scandia Family Fun Center, which operates a super thrill ride (168 feet high, spinning at 60 miles an hour, pulling 3.5 g's) called the Screamer, in Sacramento, Calif., decided in March that because of neighborhood residents' noise complaints, riders would be prohibited from screaming (and subject to ejection from the park). [KOVR-TV (Sacramento), 3-31-07] |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 05/09/2007 : 11:52:05 [Permalink]
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Oh yeah, our species has had the radish. We're way too stupid to have any further, evolutionary survival prospects.
Every once in a while I see a ray of hope, but then, I go to the Darwin Awards and dash that lying bastard to pieces.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 12:01:49 [Permalink]
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| The good news is, the plot from Moonraker is still an option. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2007 : 10:15:45 [Permalink]
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Today Proof5/21/07
Mom sues kids coach for bad coaching.
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Today's proof that we are doomed as a race.
