Give the guy some credit. He’s making his story public, photos and all, which helps get the word out to more people that you should NEVER believe this sort of offer. Most people are too embarrassed to do that. And his relatives, presumably older than he is, should have been a lot wiser too. He’s taking the rap and getting his picture in the media, and having the whole world call him “stupid” while his stupid relatives hide in the shadows. I’m sure part of the reason this young man fell for this, is that when he went to older and wealthier relatives about it, they encouraged him to believe it and were quick to put in their money. That had to have boosted his confidence that it was real.
I’ll only give him credit for being a living example of how PT Barnum became a very very wealthy man.
And I’ll add, outting yourself as one of the worlds morons doesn’t get you more brownie points, it just makes you a world wide laughingstock, as opposed to just his town and families ‘laughingstock’.
Sorry.