Realities

• More cheats, frauds, schemers, liars and thieves than ever in our perception. The turning point was internet access.

• Men’s and women’s sob stories are followed by glam shots.

• Drugs and gizmos for the ageing are hyped until people get wise: tinnitus, incontinence, arthritis, hair loss, hearing decline, cognitive issues, constipation.

• Book deals for the ego needs of prospective and new authors from people who probably can't even read books.

• False identify for editors from major publishers. A giant “stolen identity” fraud at work.

• “Tricks” to bake cakes, seal pipes, preserve food, fix toilets.

• Phony endorsements from people who don’t really exist.

• I told one scammer that he was obviously a foreign, spamming, scammer who had no quality and his intent was theft. He said, “I’m a citizen of the Czech Republic, why are you making this so personal?”!

• I can understand the elderly, perhaps, who lack proper advice and family, for falling for this stuff. But really, holding a metal object next to your ear to cure tinnitus?

• My doctors tell me too many people are self-diagnosing on the internet and coming in with preferred treatment suggestions.

• Vacations aren’t fulfilled or people are left stranded or in run-down facilities.

• Of course, I could afford all of this if those Nigerians just delivered on the $5 million they found in my name in a Swiss deposit box, awaiting US air mail.