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> Conmen will always find a way. During the south sea bubble vendors sold shares in the streets. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company#/media/File
by mr_toad 8y ago
> Conmen will always find a way.
During the south sea bubble vendors sold shares in the streets.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company#/media/File%3ABubble.folly.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company#/media/Fil...
- a_bonobo 8y agoNPR had a very interesting article on scammers in the 1800s: https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/02/12/385310877/how-scams-worked-in-the-1800s https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/02/12/385... The first guy would be a perfect fit for GoFundMe.