http://womensvoicesforchange.org/via-the-ftc-buyer-beware.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:40:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/via-the-ftc-buyer-beware.htm/comment-page-1#comment-5929 Pat Fortunato Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:15:47 +0000 http://womensvoicesforchange.org/?p=7606#comment-5929 This is a great video! I was scammed once by a small-time hustler: a disheveled young man in preppy clothes near Gramercy Park who had had his wallet stolen and needed money ($16.52) for a bus ticket back to Connecticut. He gave me his mom's phone number to let her know he was all right (this was before cell phones); I gave him the money ($20 so he could get a cup of coffee). Guess what? The number was bogus. And so was the young man. Okay, this was not a big deal but it taught me a lesson about how scams work. This kid was good! I later wondered what became of him. Maybe he's one of the mini-Madoffs out there or the TV get-rich-quick guys preying on other women. Anyway, the experience made me a little wiser, but not bitter . . . This is a great video! I was scammed once by a small-time hustler: a disheveled young man in preppy clothes near Gramercy Park who had had his wallet stolen and needed money ($16.52) for a bus ticket back to Connecticut. He gave me his mom’s phone number to let her know he was all right (this was before cell phones); I gave him the money ($20 so he could get a cup of coffee). Guess what? The number was bogus. And so was the young man. Okay, this was not a big deal but it taught me a lesson about how scams work. This kid was good! I later wondered what became of him. Maybe he’s one of the mini-Madoffs out there or the TV get-rich-quick guys preying on other women. Anyway, the experience made me a little wiser, but not bitter . . .

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