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To: Stoat
"Everyone she knew, including law enforcement officials, her family and bank officials, told her to stop, that it was all a scam. She persisted.

Spears said she kept posting API articles because the scammers kept telling her that the Obama tapes were about to be released, that the big tape was 24 hours away. Spears said she became obsessed with hearing the tape.

An undercover investigator who worked on the case said hatred of Obama helped blind Spears to the reality of the situation, which he called the worst example of the scam he’s ever seen.

He also said he has seen people become obsessed with the scam before. They are so desperate to hear the tape they descend into a vicious cycle of posting API articles in hopes the false promises will turn out to be real.

Now, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim.

She hopes her story will warn others to listen to reason and avoid going down the dark tunnel of obsession that ended up costing her so much.

Spears estimates it will take two years to dig out of the posts she ran up on Free Republic in pursuit of the non-existent tape."

7 posted on 11/11/2008 11:34:16 PM PST by icwhatudo
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To: icwhatudo

LOL


18 posted on 11/11/2008 11:56:08 PM PST by smokingfrog (If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: icwhatudo

LOL.


50 posted on 11/12/2008 1:33:18 AM PST by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA or lose reelection)
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To: icwhatudo
...that it was all a scam. She persisted.
..that the big tape was 24 hours away. Spears said she became obsessed with hearing the tape.
..into a vicious cycle of posting API articles in hopes the false promises will turn out to be real.
Spears estimates it will take two years to dig out of the posts she ran up on Free Republic in pursuit of the non-existent tape."

*sigh*....Say it ain't true. /sarcasm
57 posted on 11/12/2008 2:40:57 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid, doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you.. :^)
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To: icwhatudo

ROFL!!!!


81 posted on 11/12/2008 7:46:44 AM PST by visualops (portraits.artlife.us or visit my freeper page)
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To: icwhatudo

Added “api” to the keywords :-)


93 posted on 11/12/2008 8:24:24 AM PST by lonevoice (Ich bin ein plumber)
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To: icwhatudo

WONDERFUL!!! Bless you sir for your insight and humor.


101 posted on 11/12/2008 11:09:15 AM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
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