BY FROMA HARROP A friend of mine, an expert car mechanic, once told me of losing $30,000 in a commodity deal. It was one of those investment swindles then making the rounds. I asked my friend whether he felt angry. “No,” he answered. “I could have tripled my money.” He had no idea that he had been hosed. Every successful scam ends with a “blow-off.” That’s when the con artist, having relieved the mark of […]
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