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To: Daffynition
A Queensland family has been fleeced of more than $1.3 million in an elaborate variation of a scam that persuades people to part with large sums of money so they can retrieve an overseas inheritance, police say.

Wealth is sometimes wasted on stupid people.

3 posted on 06/16/2007 3:47:22 PM PDT by lowbridge ("The mainstream media IS the Democratic Party." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: lowbridge
The Baker family should feel no shame, Det A/Supt Hay said.

Yes they should.
6 posted on 06/16/2007 3:49:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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