Legalised Scams

Wow! Today’s header seems like an oxymoron but before you throw darts at my vocabulary wait for my missive. Let me prove what this is all about. Egad! I’m almost feeling like I am in the dock.

If I was in Parliament that self-effacing speaker we all love would have said ‘Where’s ze evdence’. Ze evdence will follow shortly. Just keep reading. The police, the government, Facebook preachers, Facebook idiots, Facebook fiends, banks, cellphone companies, friends and family always warn us about the scams that are out there on a daily basis. In fact, there should be a warning like, ‘It’s scammers season. Just stay indoors’ played over and over like the COVID-19 messages.

Though the emphasis on scams is usually on the illegal ones there are also scams that are legal. Yes, legal. You might not agree with me but think about it. No court will listen to your pathetic cries if you were to litigate though.

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