NYC Woman Charged With Conning Man, 85
Friday, October 6, 2006
(10-06) 10:40 PDT New York (AP) —
A teen age vixen conned an 85-year-old man out of as much as a $1 million during a two-year relationship, and he may not have been her only victim, Queens prosecutors said. Louis Bruno of Queens said he met Natasha Marks two years ago outside a Waldbaum’s supermarket when she was 18 and he was 83. Bruno was hooked after Marks flirted with him and complimented his jacket. Full Article Here:
Kind of a little bit of humor here for a Friday afternoon. It’s sad, but an important reminder that:
- Men’s minds make bad decisions when they think with their “little head”
- As PT Barnum once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute”
Here’s an 85 year-old man who had built himself up a nice, substantial nest egg who sees an 18 year-old girl making goo goo eyes at him and almost breaks a leg hurrying to the bank to draw out his life savings to waste on her.
Now the “lady” in question certainly doesn’t seem to be much of a lady, but com eon, guys … if you’re 85 what are you doing chasing after a late teen? Hmm. I neither condemn nor advocate prostitution but for goodness sake it serves a purpose and one ought to at last know the going price for a “professional companion”. It would have ben a lot cheaper and a lot less embarrassing for Mr. Bruno to have hired a companion on a business basis.
In the world of con artists a “mark” is the pigeon or object of the scam … looks a bit as if the wrong person in this little drama was named “Marks”.
Who is doing your retirement planning? Please, get professional assistance and follow it … think with your “big head”.
