Comments on: Billion Dollar Babies http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/ Ruminations on Life, Korea, the Universe and Everything. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:50:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Quando http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2193 Quando Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:23:14 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2193 Yeah, take that baby down to the local Circle K and buy a bag of chips. Do you have change for a billion dollar bill? Yeah, take that baby down to the local Circle K and buy a bag of chips. Do you have change for a billion dollar bill?

]]> By: dogbert http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2164 dogbert Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:31:16 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2164 When I was working at a Korean bank, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Zigetta, who had enlisted the help of this scam artist XXXXX in order to try to deceive that bank through a truly laughable scheme (although not as funny as ONE...BILLION... DOLLARS. Glad to see him caught.  (Ed. note: I deleted the link because I don't want people getting caught up in that crap or starting to think it's a good idea.) When I was working at a Korean bank, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Zigetta, who had enlisted the help of this scam artist XXXXX in order to try to deceive that bank through a truly laughable scheme (although not as funny as ONE…BILLION… DOLLARS.

Glad to see him caught.

 (Ed. note: I deleted the link because I don’t want people getting caught up in that crap or starting to think it’s a good idea.)

]]> By: Jeff in Korea http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2153 Jeff in Korea Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:33:03 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2153 No. It never crossed my mind to charge them. As you say, I was too embarrassed for them...or trying to keep them alive. No. It never crossed my mind to charge them. As you say, I was too embarrassed for them…or trying to keep them alive.

]]> By: Brendon Carr http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2152 Brendon Carr Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:09:15 +0000 http://www.jsharrison.com/korea/2006/03/18/billion-dollar-babies/#comment-2152 This scam is one of my favorites. We see it once or twice a calendar quarter. One law firm in Australia called up seeking assistance in closing the deal -- it seemed their Australian client wanted to buy the bonds from a Korean seller -- and could not be talked out of participating. I always wondered whether the Aussie lawyers themselves weren't in on it. It seemed that the senior partner of the Australian firm had been suspended from the practice of law by the Queensland Law Society for some reason. Do you charge these idiots that come in for your advice on the billion-dollar bonds? I am always too embarrassed (for them) to compound their losses. This scam is one of my favorites. We see it once or twice a calendar quarter. One law firm in Australia called up seeking assistance in closing the deal — it seemed their Australian client wanted to buy the bonds from a Korean seller — and could not be talked out of participating. I always wondered whether the Aussie lawyers themselves weren’t in on it. It seemed that the senior partner of the Australian firm had been suspended from the practice of law by the Queensland Law Society for some reason.

Do you charge these idiots that come in for your advice on the billion-dollar bonds? I am always too embarrassed (for them) to compound their losses.

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