On Thursday 15 March 2001 09:28 pm, Craig White wrote:

> Regardless of the particular scam - scam artists prey on people who are
> foolish enough to believe that they will get something for nothing (or next
> to nothing). The story is as old as time. PT Barnum certainly understood
> human nature.

I recommend the movie _The_Flim_Flam_Man_, with George C Scott.