Scott Loveless wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Doug Franklin
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I've never dealt with this particular bunch, but I've been approached with
>> various "Who's Who" scams repeatedly since before I got out of high school
>> ("Who's Who Among American High School Students" of all things).  It's a
>> scam that's been running, and running successfully it appears, since at
>> least the 1970s.
>
>My mother paid for my inclusion in one of those books.  We all knew it
>was a scam, but she wouldn't hear it.  Still, today, if you ask her
>about it she'll proudly show you her son's photo in the Who's Who
>book.  (FWIW, Mom knows she was taken for a ride, but her pride
>refuses to admit it to anyone.)

That's actually a pretty cool story, Scott.


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