The Connie Scam

Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0"
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:14:14 -0700

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Connie likes to party,
And has expensive tastes.
But "Bob", he is a cheap one,
So he's paid to get her dates.

http://tinyurl.com/3jspq

A Chinese man and his wife have been arrested
by police for running a bogus matchmaking agency.

Beijing newspapers report that the husband charged
men to find them a date with "Miss Right" - but
sent his wife instead.

The couple's agency ran newspaper ads claiming it
had lots of rich and beautiful women on its books.

Men had to pay a consulting fee, a directory fee
and another charge for each date, plus a membership
fee of up to R3,500.

Police arrested the couple after receiving a
tip-off from a victim.

They believe they have swindled hundreds of single
men, raking in at least R22,000 in less than a year.

--
"If you can't be the head, don't be
the backside because there is nothing
there but a tail."
-- Saddam Hussein