Fraud Jokes / Recent Jokes
Among the fraud victims who invested money with arrested New York money manager Bernard Madoff is Mets owner Fred Wilpon. Sadly, this comes right after Wilpon was stung by another bad investment-- the New York Mets bullpen.
Many folks have written with perfectly plausible explanations about why merchants take my phone number on a credit card charge. What these fail to address, however, is that if I'm perpetrating a fraud in the use of this credit card, I'm not about to give out a correct phone number.
They make no effort to validate the phone number before I leave, so what they're doing is collecting the phone numbers of a bunch of honest people.
Now then... Why are they collecting the phone numbers of a bunch of honest people?
I once asked why you are asked for your phone number when using your charge cards. The clerk explained that theives have been caught because they stupidly put down THEIR home phone number, not the phone number of the person who "owned" the card.
The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or funny.Many folks have written with perfectly plausible explanations about why merchants take my phone number on a credit card charge. What these fail to address, however, is that if I'm perpetrating a fraud in the use of this credit card, I'm not about to give out a correct phone number. They make no effort to validate the phone number before I leave, so what they're doing is collecting the phone numbers of a bunch of honest people.Now then... Why are they collecting the phone numbers of a bunch of honest people? I once asked why you are asked for your phone number when using your charge cards. The clerk explained that theives have been caught because they stupidly put down THEIR home phone number, not the phone number of the person who "owned" the card.
...amid reports of corruption and voter fraud, the UN has sent a delegation to Kabul to verify the Afghanistan elections results. The UN council found no evidence of tampering or voter fraud and have certified Hamid Karzai as the winner with approximately 115% of the vote.
Recently a man in New York received a six-month prison sentence for posing as a gynecologist and conducting phony exams in motel rooms. This is a frightening example of how hard it can be for women to find a reliable motel gynecologist.
Here are the four warning signs of gynecology fraud:
1. Doctor uses incorrect or strange terminology such as "clam" or "envelope."
2. Doctor conducts the exam using a shoe-horn and Twizzler.
3. Doctor has teardrop and/or spiderweb tattoo on elbow.
4. Doctor is William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Though William Perry once worked as an emergency field gynecologist during his time as a member of G.I. Joe, he is not licensed to operate a civilian practice. Don't believe his lies!