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Conmen look for people who are so desperate they will suspend disbelief. It’s no surprise that all the marks in this story were struggling to save their livelih

Conmen look for people who are so desperate they will suspend disbelief. It’s no surprise that all the marks in this story were struggling to save their livelihoods. I wonder if part of the Yellowstone MO was to use fax? Over email, you have to compete with the Nigerians, Russians etc, somehow fax would seem a little more legit. Sad story this. I hope the victims can achieve some sort of redress.

cm2012 8y ago
To my knowledge, Yellowstone farms out acquisition to a network of tons of shady brokers. So if they do fax spam, Yellowstone's hands are clean. I know of Yellowstone because they are one of the biggest subprime SMB lenders.
- GreeniFi 8y ago
  That’s clever. It’s interesting how these guys always end up looking like mafia dons, one step removed from the chaos they create.
DoreenMichele 8y ago
Conmen look for people who are so desperate they will suspend disbelief. They look for people who are both desperate and also naive or gullible or unrealistic or something. I spent nearly six years homeless. I was also extremely ill at the time. I absolutely was desperate. I also refused to be sucked into certain things. No, I was not going to sleep with someone for money and risk getting AIDS, being arrested, etc and having my problems become drastically worse. No, I was not going to accept an offer of temporary housing that came with a huge and obvious downside that well could have left me in much worse straits than I was already in. No, I was not going to make use of homeless services that expected me to leave all my worldly possessions, including my computer that I could not afford to replace, in an unsecured area where anyone could walk off with it. I looked for options that had clear and obvious benefit without huge fuck you potential.
- GreeniFi 8y ago
  I’m sorry to hear that but am pleased you seem to have been able to walk away from offers that would have worsened your situation. I hope your savviness is still paying dividends.

cm2012 8y ago

To my knowledge, Yellowstone farms out acquisition to a network of tons of shady brokers. So if they do fax spam, Yellowstone's hands are clean. I know of Yellowstone because they are one of the biggest subprime SMB lenders.

GreeniFi 8y ago
That’s clever. It’s interesting how these guys always end up looking like mafia dons, one step removed from the chaos they create.

DoreenMichele 8y ago

Conmen look for people who are so desperate they will suspend disbelief. They look for people who are both desperate and also naive or gullible or unrealistic or something. I spent nearly six years homeless. I was also extremely ill at the time. I absolutely was desperate. I also refused to be sucked into certain things. No, I was not going to sleep with someone for money and risk getting AIDS, being arrested, etc and having my problems become drastically worse. No, I was not going to accept an offer of temporary housing that came with a huge and obvious downside that well could have left me in much worse straits than I was already in. No, I was not going to make use of homeless services that expected me to leave all my worldly possessions, including my computer that I could not afford to replace, in an unsecured area where anyone could walk off with it. I looked for options that had clear and obvious benefit without huge fuck you potential.

GreeniFi 8y ago
I’m sorry to hear that but am pleased you seem to have been able to walk away from offers that would have worsened your situation. I hope your savviness is still paying dividends.