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MegtheEgg86 · 04-07-2010, 09:10 AM

Jack Lutter. What a creep.

Orange_Sody_84 · 06-26-2011, 02:52 PM

I think Fraud/identity theft should be taken more seriously. even if they don't kill the person they are conning. (& sometimes these con artists do. poor Bev Mcgowan among others.) they are still preying on people and manipulating them. it's just sickening.

I remember reading one story where a blind elderly man lived through a natural disaster. he was taken in by a man and a woman. they tied him up and collected his Social Security. eventually he somehow got out of their house and was rescued.

I just hope there is a special place in Hell for people like Andolina Gonzalez and other con artists. how can these people sleep at night?

UMFaninMD · 06-26-2011, 07:10 PM

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The two women having posed as mother and daughter in order to swindle a broken-hearted divorcee.

I felt really bad for the woman (I think her name is Young Sun Kim) because she depended on those two for support and companionship and they totally ripped her off. To go through a rough time already and then learn your roommates didn't care about you but only your valuables...

The Eric Kessler one always cracks me up, not because of what he did, but because his project, where you can get a picture of yourself with different hairstyles, was actually made and installed in video arcades and malls. It probably isn't as sophisticated as the machine Kessler used in his con though.

RobinW · 06-27-2011, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Orange_Sody_84

I think Fraud/identity theft should be taken more seriously. even if they don't kill the person they are conning. (& sometimes these con artists do. poor Bev Mcgowan among others.) they are still preying on people and manipulating them. it's just sickening.

Even if they never get caught, I've always believed that simply featuring these con artists on UM is a bit of a victory. A wanted murderer can just stay in hiding, but a con artist's livelihood requires them to get out in the open and interact with people, something they are much less likely to do once their photo has been circulated on national TV. I'd like to think the ones who were never caught at least had to curtail their activities a great deal.

idol · 06-27-2011, 08:57 AM

How about the guy that posed as a Dr. and would buy coins with phony checks. One time he even got a guy to go to the hopsital to meet him and got his coins and took off. Another time he just filled out a phony check and handed it another customer at the coin shop and took off with the coins. Any word if he's been caught? I think in the segment he used the name Dr. John Anderson.

SageSlowdive · 06-27-2011, 10:42 AM

I love the Bonnie Wilder case.

Babydollz24 · 06-30-2011, 03:45 AM

what was the case where there was this guy who told people that he could build them their dream home, and they guy ended up getting a lot of money off of people. I remember this family interviewed on the segment said that they used their life's savings to get their home built and this guy took off with their money. It was sad.

alfiechat · 06-30-2011, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Babydollz24

what was the case where there was this guy who told people that he could build them their dream home, and they guy ended up getting a lot of money off of people. I remember this family interviewed on the segment said that they used their life's savings to get their home built and this guy took off with their money. It was sad.

i believe you are talking about wade parker. there was another thread that basically said he'd been found. the lady that was inteviewed in that segment someone had mentioned that she'd died of cancer recently.

88keys · 06-30-2011, 11:06 PM

Liz Carmichel, for the sheer bizarreness of the whole thing. And the fact that some people still believe that she was the real deal and the car was not a fraud. She/he must have been one heck of a con artist!

Dan Tondevold was really intriguing, too.

McBevis · 07-04-2011, 08:14 AM

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Yep the "Sweet Granny", aka Gertrude Pruitt, was eventually caught.

Hmmm can't remember his name, but they guy who bilked members of a retirement community out of millions by posing as a broker for the Kemper Group.

Phillip Breen- was he ever caught?

The one who went diving with his son and "disappeared" after defrauding the government of profits from retail gasoline sales.

Raymond Young (the guy who went diving) was caught about 8 years after the segment was first shown.

04-07-2010, 09:10 AM	#16
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	Jack Lutter. What a creep.
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06-26-2011, 02:52 PM	#17
Orange_Sody_84 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 05, 2010 Location: Myrtle Beach Posts: 234	I think Fraud/identity theft should be taken more seriously. even if they don't kill the person they are conning. (& sometimes these con artists do. poor Bev Mcgowan among others.) they are still preying on people and manipulating them. it's just sickening. I remember reading one story where a blind elderly man lived through a natural disaster. he was taken in by a man and a woman. they tied him up and collected his Social Security. eventually he somehow got out of their house and was rescued. I just hope there is a special place in Hell for people like Andolina Gonzalez and other con artists. how can these people sleep at night?

06-27-2011, 08:57 AM	#20
idol Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Maine Posts: 280	How about the guy that posed as a Dr. and would buy coins with phony checks. One time he even got a guy to go to the hopsital to meet him and got his coins and took off. Another time he just filled out a phony check and handed it another customer at the coin shop and took off with the coins. Any word if he's been caught? I think in the segment he used the name Dr. John Anderson.

06-27-2011, 10:42 AM	#21
SageSlowdive the real hank queen Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 659	I love the Bonnie Wilder case.

06-30-2011, 03:45 AM	#22
Babydollz24 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 27, 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 131	what was the case where there was this guy who told people that he could build them their dream home, and they guy ended up getting a lot of money off of people. I remember this family interviewed on the segment said that they used their life's savings to get their home built and this guy took off with their money. It was sad.

06-30-2011, 11:06 PM	#24
88keys Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 24, 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 326	Liz Carmichel, for the sheer bizarreness of the whole thing. And the fact that some people still believe that she was the real deal and the car was not a fraud. She/he must have been one heck of a con artist! Dan Tondevold was really intriguing, too.