TV Pitch Man/Con Man Don Lapre dead

[buxfan4life]

Remember those late night infomercials where Don told you that you could make millions by using well placed newspaper ads? Well, the mastermind behind this and a couple of other cons apparantly commited suicide while be held by the feds pending charges.

http://news.yahoo.com/phoenix-based-tv-pitchman-dies-federal-custody-045328138.html

 

[Buckeneye]

No offense, but I have to laugh at anyone who was dumb enough to invest money in "The Greatest Vitamin In the World"...

The tag line alone screams scam. Just a simple indication of how little people in this country can think once they hear something like "Work at home for $$$" or whatever bullshit they sold this scheme on.

 

[Dryden]

I wonder if his next of kin will place a tiny little obituary in 1000s of newspapers around the world?

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

They should bury tiny pieces of him all over the country...

 

[DubCoffman62]

I once called the number to see what their pitch was all about. I couldn't get anything out of the guy, he tried like hell to get me to sign up. I strung him along for about a half an hour. From what I've learned since is that they'd give you a website and for x amount of dollars they'd put you in the search engine so your site would turn up whenever someone searched for vitamins. I read some really bad stories about desperate people getting taken for all they had. I suppose that what he did was the only way for him to redeem his honor.

 

[Gatorubet]

If I stole 52 million, I would be enjoying a fine lunch with the President and Chief Supreme Court Justice of Belize to discuss our joint business ventures and the fairness of the new anti-extradition laws that had been recently enacted. :cheers:

 

[DubCoffman62]

If I stole 52 million, I would be enjoying a fine lunch with the President and Chief Supreme Court Justice of Belize to discuss our joint business ventures and the fairness of the new anti-extradition laws that had been recently enacted. :cheers:

You'd need more than that, 52 million isn't really much money these days.

 

[ScriptOhio]

If I stole 52 million, I would be enjoying a fine lunch with the President and Chief Supreme Court Justice of Belize to discuss our joint business ventures and the fairness of the new anti-extradition laws that had been recently enacted. :cheers:

You'd need more than that, 52 million isn't really much money these days.

Obviously you have never been to Belize? I think you could buy the entire country for $52,000,000.

 

[Jake]

I guess he decided he would rather be dead than deal with this guy. Can't say I blame him.

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