consumeraffairs.com— Consumer affairs chose from the roughly 50,000 consumer complaints they processed in the past year, are the ConsumerAffairs.com Top Ten Scams of 2006.
Dec 11, 2006View in Crawl 4
Where do you think the money made off it comes from? Thin air? It comes from the people investing in the stock! Lying to people in order to profit = scam.
merreborn: "The world's full of them. The sooner you understand this, the better. Remember, roughly 3 billion people have an IQ lower than 100."That's kind of biased, about 3 billion people have an IQ between 90 and 110
@gonzomarteThe reason I dugg-down your improperly placed "story" (i.e. SPAM) is because it points to a "Made for Adsense" page with no redeeming content on it whatsoever. You're just trying to make money.
canceledczechDec 11, 2006
@VtmnRI think that's what he means. It was in the movie Criminal. Damn good movie, damn sick con. A lot of scams I think I could do without any moral hang-up, but that's mostly because the mark is just as much of a greedy lying bastard as the con artist is. #8 is just sinister.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_%28film%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_%28film%29</a>
nsinu8Dec 11, 2006
What about the "brick in the box" ebay/ paypal scam? That will be on there next year.
lewieDec 11, 2006
I hate Scientology. Even before it was fashionable to hate Scientology. I was a pioneer.
Closed AccountDec 12, 2006
cameraworld.com just ripped me off on a mail-in rebate scam for an SD card.
muttererDec 12, 2006
In the federal sentencing system, you can get a longer sentence if the victim is especially vulnerable.
alkyDec 12, 2006
Where do you think the money made off it comes from? Thin air? It comes from the people investing in the stock! Lying to people in order to profit = scam.
macaddct1984Dec 12, 2006
merreborn: "The world's full of them. The sooner you understand this, the better. Remember, roughly 3 billion people have an IQ lower than 100."That's kind of biased, about 3 billion people have an IQ between 90 and 110
Closed AccountDec 12, 2006
@gonzomarteThe reason I dugg-down your improperly placed "story" (i.e. SPAM) is because it points to a "Made for Adsense" page with no redeeming content on it whatsoever. You're just trying to make money.