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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 1596051" data-attributes="member: 19675">Find a book on scams.The bag of money scam, the Nigerian banking scam, etc. should all give you ideas.Here's a classic:There once was a guy who sold shares in a mine.  The mine itself was played out, but whenever he had a potential investor, he would hire some bums from the city to "work" the mine while the VIPs toured it.  Invariably, one of the "miners" would find a huge lump of whatever he told the VIPs the mine was for.Over time, that mine was, at different times, a silver, iron, copper, gold, lead, platinum, diamond, emerald, uranium, and many other kinds of mine that, if you know your geology, would never co-exist- some didn't even exist in the country!When he was brought to trial, he was acquitted, even though all of the above came out in testimony.Why?  The smooth SOB had promised shares in the mine to the jurors at a cut rate, and they believed him!</blockquote>