If you can sell this to people, you can sell anything!

[pilyin 10+ year member]

How do people actually fall for something like this! This is just nuts.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_medical_scam.html

Man sentenced in bizarre diagnosing scam

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONROE, La. -- A man was sentenced to more than four years in prison for bilking friends and family out of more than $800,000 by convincing them that his wife was a government agent who could arrange to have their medical problems diagnosed by satellite imaging.

Brent Eric Finley, 38, of Rayville, was sentenced in federal court in Monroe to serve 51 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. His wife, Stacey Finley, was sentenced in August to spend 63 months in prison and both are ordered to jointly pay restitution in the amount of $873,786.94.

The Finleys pleaded guilty in August to wire fraud, according to court records.

U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington said in a news release following Monday's sentencing of Brent Finley that the couple convinced numerous people that Stacey Finley was a CIA agent and with her contacts she could schedule a medical scan of the victims' bodies by satellite imaging that would detect any hidden medical problems.

The Finley's convinced their victims that, if any medical problems were found, secret agents would administer medicine to them as they slept in exchange for payment, according to a bill of information filed when the Finleys were charged in May.

"These audacious criminals should remind all of us that scam artists will go to great lengths to take our life's savings," Washington said.

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[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Where do I sign?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

smart man

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

That's amazing, the idiots who fell for this don't deserve their money back.

It's very low down that someone would take advantage of their own family though.

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Wow people are dumb. Sad that he would do that to friends and family though. I wonder how much he sold it for.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

alot, he made 800,000+

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

alot, he made 800,000+

You think lol? I just wanna know what he made people pay so I know how many people he fooled.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

You think lol? I just wanna know what he made people pay so I know how many people he fooled.

i'm gonna guess that he did not fool that many ppl since his last name does not suggest he is Mexican.

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

I live in Monroe, La!!!

HAHAHAHAHA!

I actually heard about this case from one of my Professors awhile back, thought I was BS though. I guess not...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

The way I originally heard it, the scam went like this:

The guy would tell the people his wife could put them on a list that government officials are on for health screenings. At night, a sat. would scan them in their sleep and if it found anything it would red flag them. Then, the governments docs would come in a treat you while asleep.

He supposibly scammed mainly older people from what I heard.

I think it was like $25-50k per person.

 

[SteveSkal]

Geez, usually a successful scam would require to ALMOST sound plausible, this is just ridiculous! The people who paid this guy money SHOULD lose all their money and be removed from the gene pool!

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

It can be done... i can do it myself //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif PM me and please have $1,000 ready and I will do it for you.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

It can be done... i can do it myself //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif PM me and please have $1,000 ready and I will do it for you.

u can't even sell ur Rl-p //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

That's amazing, the idiots who fell for this don't deserve their money back.
It's very low down that someone would take advantage of their own family though.

i wouldnt be so quick as to call them idiots. i mean would you expect your own family to try and scam you? they probably saw it as someone who cares for them going out of their way to help them out, and being desperate to get a diagnosis (maybe they were, since obviously the doctors haven't diagnosed them yet) some people are sure to do it. i mean satellite imaging is a stretch at best lol, but if someone is real desperate they will try anything.

now if they fell for this from some random *** person, then we have an issue. just my .02

edit:

The Finley's convinced their victims that, if any medical problems were found, secret agents would administer medicine to them as they slept in exchange for payment, according to a bill of information filed when the Finleys were charged in May.

ok i missed this part....hmm maybe they were idiots lol

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

NOTE:

***He scammed mainly OLDER people. Like SENIOR CITIZENS!***