A recent study by Professor Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School found that creative thinkers are also more prone to cheating, as well as rationalizing away their behavior. In her study with co-author Dan Ariely, “The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest,” to be published in 2012 in the Journal of Personality […]
“Steve Gowan,” “Craig Mayor,” “Justtryingtomakeit,” “melarvae,” “Jay.” Previous ImSpirit posts about him: Steve Gowan: A New Name for an Old Con Yet Another Baccarat Scammer A Victim of Jay Tells His Story Now he is going by the name “Matthew Lawrence,” and his new pitch makes him the official Shuffle Master Hustler. His latest pitch […]
Alert: The well-known baccarat scammer Jay (“Craig Mayor,” “Justtryingtomakeit,” “melarvae”) is now posing as “Steve Gowan.” He is now using the email address: stevegowan45@gmail.com, and his phone number is 702 788 3500. He is an African-American male who lives in Las Vegas. (He had been using the email addresses: takingthebank@gmail.com and melarvae@yahoo.com; and the same […]
I had pretty much put Anthony (Tony) Lango in my past, when quite unexpectedly a few days ago, he responded to one my blog entries. For those who are just tuning in, I had written three earlier blogs about him, not including the present one: 1. “Anthony (Tony) Lango – Clever Con or Just Naive?” […]
Tom Dimos relayed to me his experience with Jay, who also goes by the name “Craig Mayor,” “Justtryingtomakeit,” and uses the email addresses takingthebank@gmail.com and melarvae@yahoo.com. Jay advertises his holy grail baccarat system throughout the internet, especially on Craigslist. I wrote about him in a previous posting here. Tom, who is an experienced gambler and […]
In previous posts (Science, Not Gambling and Would You Let a Guy On Meth Gamble With Your $20,000?), I wrote about a guy who caught my attention as being probably a scammer (due to his outrageous claims), as well as possibly sincere (due to his promising proof of his claims). He advertised a guaranteed way […]
The guy who is behind the “Science, not Gambling” ad (written about in my previous post here) did finally respond to me, and we emailed back and forth much of the day. Put simply, the guy is a paranoid delusional nut case. He said that someone had reported him to the police, presumably the “stalker” […]
I found this catchy slogan for an ad which is no doubt yet another big scam: “$300+ PER HOUR – SCIENCE, NOT GAMBLING.” The ad goes on to hit all the right buttons, that this opportunity is 100% guaranteed to beat the casinos, is totally original, can double your money in a few days, has […]
Now Tony Lango (Anthony Lango) has a new spin. He’s looking for “working partners” to join his possible scam. When talking to him before about his baccarat system (previous post here), he admitted that he’s not getting many new students these days. He thinks it’s due to the recession. I think it’s due to people […]
The deeper I wander into the online community of gambling, investing, finances, and anything else related to money, the more I find that the scams are rule, rather than the exception. It would be a full time job just to list all of the scams out there, let alone research and document each one. And […]
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