On Sun, 6 May 2001 10:43:35 +1000 "Ben Legume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Theres also a strong factor of trying to cover up embarrasment. If
>you're silly enough to lose some money in a scam, you rarely would
>want people to know about it because they'll think (know?) that
>you're a fool.
>
>
> Steven wrote:
> >>
> > Care to elaborate on that HYIP reference ?
> >> How many have you tried and what were their names.
>
> Precisely what I've been saying. The suckers who fall for HYIPs seem
> to lack the ability to discern that it's a scam, and when they are
> burnt lack the reasoning to un
Theres also a strong factor of trying to cover up embarrasment. If
you're silly enough to lose some money in a scam, you rarely would
want people to know about it because they'll think (know?) that
you're a fool.
Similarly some of the big leaps of faith after the person believes
they have bee
