Sandy
04-03-2018, 04:24 PM
It's unbelievable how some people aren't just duped, but go out of their way to be duped.
“And Joel in Liberia had done this maybe 50 times before, just reaching out to people asking for money,” Hartman says. “He wanted people to send him electronics. He would sell them, and then he’d send you some of the money back. I think he really thought that business model would work, but when you factor in shipping and whatever, it was never gonna work. I give him the benefit of the doubt with that one.”
Eventually Ben realized Joel was for real. He got the idea to bundle together some of Joel’s photos (they were getting better and better) and sell them in a 16-page book. Ben sold an impressive 1,000 copies through a crowdfunding campaign. He split the proceeds with his new business partner and vowed to fork over his own half if Joel was willing to donate it to charitable causes.
The result is that Ben — who Hartman says had never before been out of the country — flew to Liberia to meet Joel. The two also saw some of the good work that their money was doing in the community, such as providing kids with backpacks and other school supplies.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/heres-one-true-life-internet-spam-scam-will-make-heart-happy-162042437.html
“And Joel in Liberia had done this maybe 50 times before, just reaching out to people asking for money,” Hartman says. “He wanted people to send him electronics. He would sell them, and then he’d send you some of the money back. I think he really thought that business model would work, but when you factor in shipping and whatever, it was never gonna work. I give him the benefit of the doubt with that one.”
Eventually Ben realized Joel was for real. He got the idea to bundle together some of Joel’s photos (they were getting better and better) and sell them in a 16-page book. Ben sold an impressive 1,000 copies through a crowdfunding campaign. He split the proceeds with his new business partner and vowed to fork over his own half if Joel was willing to donate it to charitable causes.
The result is that Ben — who Hartman says had never before been out of the country — flew to Liberia to meet Joel. The two also saw some of the good work that their money was doing in the community, such as providing kids with backpacks and other school supplies.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/heres-one-true-life-internet-spam-scam-will-make-heart-happy-162042437.html