@tempest's comment on 'Journ*lists posting their Ls online'

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/con-artist-scam-red-flags_n_62dfefa1e4b03dbb991da98b

>I used to think I could never get scammed. I’m way too smart for that. I’ve got a degree from journ*lism school. And I read tons of newspapers and books. I know what’s going on in the world. There’s just no way a scammer could outsmart me, right?

:#marseybrainletclapping: :#marseylaugh:

>Because con artists don’t outsmart you. They “out-feel” you. They use your emotions to gain entry into your life so they can rob you.

:#marseycope:

>In 2017, I became the victim of a professional con artist, a woman named “Mair Smyth,” who very quickly burrowed deep into my psyche and systematically scammed me out of almost $100,000 using a sophisticated series of confidence tricks.

>I’m a gay man, so she couldn’t use s*x to ensnare me. Her lures were much more creative and sinister.

:#marseypridepearlclutch: :#marseystocksdown:

>My con artist tricked me into believing my neighbor was a criminal on the run from authorities in Canada. So I avoided her like the plague. She then convinced my neighbor that I was mentally ill. So my neighbor avoided me.

:#marseyrobber: :#marseyschizotwitch:

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tempest me/me 2yr ago #2872835

If you click through to the linked article there's more details about the scam.

One day, Mair called me and said the DA was now demanding $50,000 to dismiss the criminal case against her. I didn’t have $50,000 in cash. But I did have an 840 credit score. So I let her charge the $50,000 on my credit cards using her PayPal account to get the criminal case against her dropped, thereby opening the pathway for her to secure her $6.5 million inheritance and pay me back. I had only ever been to court for speeding tickets at that point. I knew so little about the criminal justice system. Besides, Mair was now like a family member! I just never imagined that she could be scamming me.

Just how r-slurred can you possibly be? I mean I know it's a journo but still.

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Redactor0 naori/oppa Darklands shill, do not engage tempest 2yr ago #2873297

I knew so little about the criminal justice system.

These are the people who write think pieces about how we should fix the criminal justice system.

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tempest me/me Redactor0 2yr ago #2873741

I guarantee they've written about how the rich play by different rules in the legal system, which is true, but they think that paying a $50k to the DA is how that happens.