As stated in the article "confederates combed through the Midwest, conning tens of thousands of gullible people in to believing they could share in the fortune of Sir Francis Drake." ... These people will send you emails saying that they have much money to give through prizes, inheritances, etc. ... The author is surprised by how many people are being defrauded. ... I feel that the people being taken advantage of by these internet scams have only themselves to blame. Although it is wrong that people are doing this we need to be responsible for ourselves. ...

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White collar crime refers to crimes that are committed by respectable business people during the course of the occupation. ... is conned community celebrities like Stephen Spielberg, Authors Erick Roth and Stephen Greenspin who's an expert on Gullibility; some loosing as little as $400,000 to millions of dollars. ... People who invested with Madoff stayed with him because he became highly regarded and an affluent member of the Jewish community also they were in some cases getting a steady 1% return on their investment. ... He kept hustling way to the end promising people that they were e...

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In the end, it is surprising and interesting that despite the manner in which they have been treated, all of the people in the play who Orgon mistreated gather around him and forgive him. ... For this reason, he is a gullible person, easily tricked by someone who has contact with real society. ...

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Other people say that he was constantly in trouble and his family kicked him out by shipping him across the Atlantic (Goebel). ... Some people think that Ponzi was inspired by William "520 percent" Miller, a young Brooklyn bookkeeper who in 1899 was able to steal more than one million dollars from gullible investors. ... He eventually ran out of people to swindle. ... The 4-year sentence wasn't enough for the people that lost thousands of dollars and some, their whole life savings (Myers). ... After the people were wiped out, they said they always had suspicions about the smooth tal...

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