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Panamah
07-25-2005, 10:30 AM
Be glad you're not this gullible!

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian couple stole 50,000 euros from a woman in the Sicilian city of Palermo after convincing her they were vampires who would impregnate her with the son of the Anti-Christ if she did not pay them.

The man, a cabaret singer, and his girlfriend took the money from their victim over four years by selling her pills at 3,000 euros each that they said would abort the Anti-Christ's son.

Police uncovered the fraud after the 47-year-old woman's family became concerned when they discovered she had spent all her savings, local news agencies AGI and ANSA reported.

Arienne
07-25-2005, 11:40 AM
Reminds me of a blurb on the news once...
Some "minister" in Arizona was selling insurance for the life hereafter.... "Who SAYS you can't take it with you?" he asked. "Send me your CASH and I will make SURE you have it in the hearafter when you die!". Fortunately the cops got him before anyone could prove or disprove his claims, but he had amassed quite a fortune by that time. ;)

Thicket Tundrabog
07-25-2005, 11:59 AM
Reminds me of a blurb on the news once...
Some "minister" in Arizona was selling insurance for the life hereafter.... "Who SAYS you can't take it with you?" he asked. "Send me your CASH and I will make SURE you have it in the hearafter when you die!". Fortunately the cops got him before anyone could prove or disprove his claims, but he had amassed quite a fortune by that time. ;)

Heck, something similar was common practice in Europe during the Middle Ages. You could buy 'indulgences' from the Roman Catholic church to decrease your time in purgatory after you died. Maybe the meek would inherit the earth, but the rich could buy the hereafter :) .

Panamah
07-25-2005, 12:27 PM
Oh yeah, there's a funny Black Adder episode where he is Arch Bishop of Canterbury and they're selling indulgences and making a tidy profit off it, curses too I think. :) I think cursing someone that an orange would fall on their head cost half an egg.

Cantatus
07-25-2005, 12:46 PM
*sigh* How am I supposed to make money if people post my scams all over the internet!?

I am so sending a pack of ghost hamsters to haunt you, Panamah. That is, unless you send me $150.

Arienne
07-25-2005, 12:50 PM
Heck, something similar was common practice in Europe during the Middle Ages. You could buy 'indulgences' from the Roman Catholic church to decrease your time in purgatory after you died. Maybe the meek would inherit the earth, but the rich could buy the hereafter :) .Not much has changed over the years. They still make their money selling raffle tickets to heaven.


Oh! And Bingo,too!! (although they'll remind you that gambling's a sin, dontchaknow) :D

Panamah
07-25-2005, 01:48 PM
Cantatus, are you sure you didn't send those ghost hamsters awhile back? Every evening while sitting on my sofa, it sounds like someone throws something at my front door. There's a small "whump" and I go look and nothing is there! I bet it is the ghost hamsters detonating themselves!

Arienne
07-25-2005, 01:56 PM
...Every evening while sitting on my sofa, it sounds like someone throws something at my front door. There's a small "whump" and I go look and nothing is there! I bet it is the ghost hamsters detonating themselves!Birds! Especially if you have a glass door. They fly into windows, fall to the ground stunned, get up a moment later and fly off. :shuffle:

Panamah
07-25-2005, 01:57 PM
A window, I have had happened... but my front door with no glass, every evening around the same time? Its the ghost hamsters!

Anka
07-25-2005, 04:19 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4114640.stm

Ghost hamsters! That's ridiculous! You've actually got an Al Qaeda cell hiding out next door and the bumping noises are agents sneaking around your property. Send me a cheque and I'll arrange a speedy relocation for you.

Cantatus
07-26-2005, 02:35 AM
Cantatus, are you sure you didn't send those ghost hamsters awhile back? Every evening while sitting on my sofa, it sounds like someone throws something at my front door. There's a small "whump" and I go look and nothing is there! I bet it is the ghost hamsters detonating themselves!

Well, they haven't exactly learned to pass through solid objects yet.

Ok... ok... I actually use live hamsters and put them in little sheets with holes for the eyes. It's so much easier and cheaper. Outsourcing at its finest.

Arienne
07-26-2005, 01:17 PM
Panamah! I found your culprits!

HAMSTERS! (http://www.greymatter.org/satanichamsterdance/)

Panamah
07-26-2005, 01:29 PM
NOOO! Satanic Ghost Hamster!

Silxie
07-27-2005, 01:52 PM
/cower