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Interesting Global [email protected]English • 3 months ago

'Psychic' conman jailed for swindling 1.3m Americans

www.bbc.co.uk

'Psychic' conman jailed for swindling 1.3m Americans

www.bbc.co.uk

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Interesting Global [email protected]English • 3 months ago

Canadian Patrice Runner made $175m over 20 years in leaflet scam claiming he could make people rich.

Canadian Patrice Runner made $175m over 20 years in leaflet scam claiming he could make people rich.

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1•3 months ago
Glad to see they were caught but can’t help but notice they could have stopped at, I don’t know, 3M and been just fine. Greedy

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