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Kid in his 20s (intelligent and likely suffering psychological conditions) fools a bunch of rich people and collect money for exotic travel ($20k each, from the article figures, which is peanuts for exotic travel. it doesn't even cover a 1st class ticket to a mundane city) and disappears.

Then the article keeps going about how clever the disguise was, when it really was just "i am rich and won't talk about my family"

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The article really does ramble on and on. Just because it's a delicious, interesting story, doesn't mean it needs 2000 words of filler...

Same. It's interesting but the people scammed themselves say that they don't care about the money - they're all multi-millionaires. Does't inspire pity or anger on the readers part.

I read the article and was on the side of the scammer. He wasn't scamming old ladies out of their savings or anything, just a kid having a good time by spinning a story.

The only bit that made me cock an eyebrow was when he pocketed the $10k for the charity.

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