Obama bill-paying hoax sweeps up victims nationwide

Obama bill-paying hoax sweeps up victims nationwide. “…the bogus ‘Obama program’ appears to be an identity theft scam. According to news reports, uniformed con men with clipboards went door to door in a handful of states, signing people up by collecting Social Security numbers and then giving them phony bank routing numbers to use to pay their bills.” Well, (con) art imitates life…

This post was last modified on July 11, 2012

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  • The asshattery of "john" aside, these clown who were scammed deserve it. They got what they deserve, they got taken to the cleaners, they are stupid, & since they rely on mooching from the gov't, they were only too happy to believe the scam when presented. Worthless zero-liability voters who are a drag on society & produce nothing but debt. They do then reproduce & bring more worthless people with their hands out in order to exist. This is a cycle that repeats itself all the time.

  • Now if this isn't proof that stupid people shouldn't vote or breed, nothing is. Can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they find out their tax return was sent to someone else using their Social Security Number.

  • This is going to piss off a lot of people when they finally figure out it's not real. This crowd is so dumb they'll still vote for Obama and wait for another stash to appear, which won't happen.

  • No wonder he's been falling behind on fund raising. All the dummies who supported him last time are either bankrupt or victims of identity theft.

  • SOMEbody messed up big-time on this! This rumor was supposed to go out the last week of October, so the Obama voters would not have time to realize they had been duped! Lets wait and see which Obama adviser leaves "for personal reasons". LOL

  • I know I have said this before on this blog, but I have to say it again. I used to really get angry when I heard about people being scammed but now I simply laugh my ass off. The stupidity in this country is beyond comprehension. All you have to do is use the word "FREEEEE" and you cam reel the suckers in. Anybody over 16 years old that believes that you will get something for nothing is a complete idiot and deserves the screwing they will get...sooner or later.

      • Yeah, cause coporations can send government checks. Man you are soooooo stupid, how do you remember to breathe?

          • "I would put it more as almighty savior amongst a horde of brainwashed corporate slaves."

            Of course you would. And we would still laugh at you.

          • Dunno, but think I'd actually blush if Sidekick was reduced to actually cursing at me. Not that the dumb shit didn't deserve it.

          • Or perhaps he's doubting himself so much that he has no more logical argument to use against me?

          • @John

            Since you must have missed it the first time:

            Come on John. I’ve repeatedly asked you to explain this “truth” to me. I’ve repeatedly requested that you give specifics on the machinations of these things. I’ve requested the history of these “truths” in the academic sense. I’ve wanted to know who discovered them, or who formulated them. How these persons where influenced. By what events, men, time periods or other works. I’ve wanted to know what your sources were, so that I could peruse them for myself -considering the possibility that I already haven’t.

            I’ve also wanted to know where these “truths” have been bore out by practice. Or exposed by accidents in the real world and not just in minds.

            I’ve wanted to know how these “truths” are reconciled with the existence of other truths that they seem in opposition with.

            But each time I’ve asked for some of the above you’ve clammed up and moved on. So I think it really is time that you put up or shut up.

          • John needs to try something new, get your Obese but lovable welfare collecting girlfriend and try the "Harry Reid" sex position...You just lay there and do nothing for four years...

          • Somehow, in the greater scheme of things, you and logic in the same sentence doesn't cut it. Damn, I broke the rule and responded, forgive me.

  • Oh I wish those guys would come to my house. I'd give em O's fraud SS #. Now wouldn't that be rich? Oh my I hope they ring my doorbell!

  • I'd wager that 99% of the people who fell for this scam are Obama supporters.

    Why? Because they believe in "Obama Money" and his "stash"; they believe that the govenment should pay your bills, give you food stamps, give you a cell phone and provide you with a housing. They believe this scam because they've been living on entitlements for years and they want to believe it's true. Who knows, if Obama is reelected, it may become true.

    Right now 49% of Americans get government checks, when the majority of citizens gets one the Democrats will win every national election...until we go bankrupt.

    • Actually, many if not most, of the people getting those government checks don't vote. If the pople bitching about Obama would man up, fo to the polls and actually VOTE for someone else, Obama would be out of the white house in a flash.

  • The scam works because of the entitlement culture's very deep roots. Next, we'll have some jerk with a mysterious past promise us free health care while signing gun ban treaties through the UN. Hey, it could happen!

    • My lady was in Mexico yesterday. She texted me that she's talking to people down there, who are NOT pleased with their new President. They tell her that he is a moron, bad for the country, and was only elected because the national media pushed for him. I texted back that the entire idea of a President being a moron, bad for the country, and elected by the media was preposterous. That could never happen here. Wait,........never mind.